PROCEDURAL BLOC DISSOLVE

A setup for a cool block dissolve animation
I use a driver expression for animation: frame/4

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MULTIPLE CURVE FOLLOW RIG

Here 's a trick to control multiple curves path switch and stationnary location too within pose mode of your rig.


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trick: To avoid anoying twist on curve just set Twist Method to Z-Up for each curves






 

Blender code: dealing with list

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import bpy list = [] sel = bpy.context.selected_objects for ob in sel: list.append(ob) #or list+=[ob] print(list) for i in list: print(i) #action: #bpy.context.object.data.auto_smooth_angle = 0.436332 i.data.auto_smooth_angle = 0.43633212

Blender code: Manage texts

Managing text settings on selection

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import bpy newfont = bpy.data.fonts.load("//FONTS/ariblk.ttf") Sel = bpy.context.selected_objects for obj in Sel: if obj.type == 'FONT': print(obj) obj.data.font = newfont obj.data.size = 0.5 obj.data.space_character = 1.4

Removing text parts on selection (a bit tricky but many possibilities)

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import bpy Sel = bpy.context.selected_objects for obj in Sel: if obj.type == 'FONT': #remove first 7 characters obj.data.body = obj.data.body[7:] #remove all but 7 first characters obj.data.body = obj.data.body[:7] #remove from 3rd character to 7 from start obj.data.body = obj.data.body[:3] + obj.data.body[7:] #remove first 3 and copy first 7 to the end obj.data.body = obj.data.body[3:] + obj.data.body[:7] #remove first 3 and copy from after first 7 to the end obj.data.body = obj.data.body[3:] + obj.data.body[7:]

Rename texts objects by their content (first 10 characters)

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import bpy print("*****************") print("rename text objects by content") for ob in bpy.data.objects: if ob.type == 'FONT': ob.name = ob.data.body[:10]

Blender code: loop by index in range

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import bpy print("*****************") print("This Loop Trough Multi Materials") selection = bpy.context.object print("SELECTED OBJECT: "+selection.name) index = -1 for num, m in enumerate(bpy.context.object.material_slots): num+=1 bpy.context.object.active_material_index = num print(num) mat = bpy.context.object.active_material print(mat)

Blender code: loop by index

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import bpy print("*****************") print("This Loop Trough Multi Materials") selection = bpy.context.object print("SELECTED OBJECT: "+selection.name) index = -1 for m in selection.material_slots: index += 1 bpy.context.object.active_material_index=index mat = bpy.context.object.active_material print(mat)

Multi Elements Text Fade-in Trick

How to made a multi elements text appear one by one in the right order with one only material, while

keeping text editable.

In the text Texture Space panel:

Disable "Auto Texture Space" check box.

For each text part, add the lenght of the previous parts in Texture Space Location.

part1= 0

part2 = part1 x dimension

part3 = part1 + part2 x dimension

...

X dimensions can be found in the right panel (N)

Cumulate previous parts dimensions in Texture Space Location

This way, the elements UV mapping will be align in x value in the right order.

Then you can animate a gradiant fade in material on it.

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Repeat procedural gradient

Just need a separate XYZ node / a math-modulo node / a combineXYZ node between the UV node and the gradient node. You can ajust the number of repeat by using the mapping  X scale value

NEGATIV RGB NODE

When you use procedural textures like noise, the invert node does not the job quite well because of the non linear based texture (I guess). Here is a trick to always get the perfect negative version of your textures: