Blender 4.2 Extensions: The Definitive Guide

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@zvitamini 4 ай бұрын

For a moment I was horrified when I couldn't see the old settings, but thanks to this video I'm very happy! Everything has become much easier, thank you Mr. CGDive ♥

@CGDive 4 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

@RyanKingArt 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks!

@CGDive 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Ryan. I always enjoy watching your videos too!

@zvitamini 4 ай бұрын

I love you Ryan! You're best!

@t----m 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, Todor, for the overview. As always, you're very thorough and concise! I've seen some of the fancier add-ons implement homebrewed "update" mechanisms. It's great that there's now a standard way to achieve this. Once there are other addon repositories we can register to and we've gone through a few rounds of addon updates, we'll forget how painful and rudimentary the old system was.

@asthalis 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this video. To me, the previous add-ons system was far more intuitive.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Hope it is helpful!

@BlenderAddict 5 ай бұрын

Extensions for Addon update is a good idea but they have to be certified compatables and don't cause another issues, in my humble opinion

@9b8ll 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, it's much clearer now.I was confused at first and managed to do it.I wish that install from disk was bigger and has a button. As for updates for addons, most of them that I have work such as edgeflow addon but, clean panels pro, wait for the 4.2 update! It instantly crashes blender to the point I had to reinstall completely! 😵‍💫

@zedeon6299 5 ай бұрын

I'll welcome Extension with open arms, in age where paid addons plagued blender, we need a platform to open source free add-ons, many people will hated it because they don't understand the long term benefits or they're paid addon developer lol

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Enlighten us. How do paid addons "plague" Blender?

@WannabeMarysue 5 ай бұрын

One of my biggest fears would be paid add-on developers implementing spyware DRM or online DRM into this extension platform. . We do need every Blender plugin to be as free as Blender itself - Its what's ethical and important. There's so many extensions I would support if donationware, but avoid due to paywalls.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

@@WannabeMarysue I believe this has already been possible. The allow internet access thing is just the main devs being transparent. "There's so many extensions I would support if donationware, but avoid due to paywalls." Maybe that is you but not the average blender user. Our donationware addons are financially supported by less than 4% of people who download them :)

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

@@WannabeMarysue Actually I don't think I understand what "spyware DRM or online DRM" means. Please elaborate.

@WannabeMarysue 5 ай бұрын

@@CGDive 4%? that's awesome. would the blendermarket sales metrics look much more beefy if you also factored in gfxfather downloads? paywalls only look beefier than donationware only because those metrics don't include those on the digital high seas. As for DRM, I mean videogame-like DRM. Like Steam or Denuvo. You can research what videogames do for yourself.

@marilynberry9478 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much...very helpful (as always).

@CGDive 3 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@Giul_The_Fool 4 ай бұрын

Good stuff T.

@roshandhimal5065 4 ай бұрын

😮😮 it's a very complicated to enable add-on but 4.1 is also good

@7783sc 3 ай бұрын

Any idea on how to import image onto plane? I know there are Videos on this previous version but I cant seem to make this work (BTW, I am new to Blender)

@CGDive 2 ай бұрын

Import images as planes is now a native Blender feature in 4.2. You don't need an addon. I think it is under Shift+a > Image > Mesh Plane

@karthikditya4297 5 ай бұрын

Hi can you please make a video on rigging robots/mechs using autorigpro

@NitinGurbani 3 ай бұрын

Hi, I tried to install TexTools add on and after that the software isn’t opening. I uninstalled and reinstalled, deleted the add on from blender foundation > scripts But its not opening. Please someone help me out

@TheJackFoley 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for a clear exposé. You should be paid to write the official Blender manual - which I think is very poor.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Some parts of that manual are OK, some not that great :)

@othoapproto9603 5 ай бұрын

I also predict current developers stopping existing add-on updates when this becomes standard in Blender. I seen this happen before and greatly miss the RIP add-ons. I have zero faith in BF to execute a repository due to the failure of ASS browser.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

What is ASS browser? :)

@ganzalez89 5 ай бұрын

@@CGDive Interesting name for Asset browser? But in my opinion after Asset browser implementation blender became 200% better and faster to use.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

@@ganzalez89 ahahaha, the asset browser. They should totally rename it :D

@Sonario648 4 ай бұрын

The Ass Browser? Check out Source Filmmaker.

@WannabeMarysue 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad, if this will allow automatic extension updates. Manual installation is a pain. I think splitting Extensions and Add-Ons is confusing, commjt to the rebrand, yanno?

@Funnytoon70 5 ай бұрын

Wow nice exsaplas❤

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

@roshandhimal5065 3 ай бұрын

in my device of blender 4.2 lts ko extension not working. i have many time reinstalled but same problme. what should i do ?

@CGDive 3 ай бұрын

Try reporting a bug.

@captaincharles9166 Ай бұрын

The scripting option is not on my blender. How can I activate it?

@CGDive Ай бұрын

scripting option? No idea.

@88Cows 4 ай бұрын

It says its only accepting .zip files! im very worried! i need a certain extension to help out with a project and blender just chews it up an spits it out!!! what do i do ive spent at least a week on this projecttt

@CGDive 4 ай бұрын

What says it is only accepting zip files? And why is that a problem?

@88Cows 4 ай бұрын

@@CGDive my issue at the time was that i was trying to imprt a python file directly, without knowing that i could just shove the .py file into a zip file and the problem would be solved

@CGDive 4 ай бұрын

@@88Cows ah, so Py files are no longer supported in 4.2? I wasn't aware...

@ericosakwe-x3i Ай бұрын

I have a problem, I can't find the extension tab in my blender

@CGDive Ай бұрын

then you have a version earlier than 4.2

@HelenSchwieger 5 ай бұрын

After installing version 4.2, the button to import settings from 4.1 did not appear. Sad.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

It always appears the first time. You must have installed a beta or something before. There is 4.2 folder you can delete and it will be reset to default. It’s under AppData/blender foundation I remember correctly.

@prathameshgaikwad7550 3 ай бұрын

nice

@BăngngânCherry 20 күн бұрын

i clicked on allow access but it also fails. can you help me? thank you

@CGDive 20 күн бұрын

No sorry, I cannot help with general Blender errors especially when I don't know why it happens.

@yuy19asa82 5 ай бұрын

To update the motion path you need to click the UPDATE button. There is no built-in ghost to view your previous poses during animation. On a weak computer, the rigify rig can slow down while ARP does not. NO BUILT-IN PICKER, either manually turn on the desired layer, or drown in the visual garbage of controllers and geometry. This is what I remember when I do animation in blender. And what do they do? They make two!!! buttons for addons. Well, this is a victory, I think. At this rate, blender will be able to replace SFM in the porn industry at most, something serious will appear only by accident

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

haha kind of true :)

@robertpoole9707 5 ай бұрын

I don't understand how some people are saying this overcomplicates things, to me it seems like you can do everything like you used to but with a new way of doing things faster and easier. I just don't get people sometimes

@onjofilms 4 ай бұрын

What if your addon does not have an uninstall button?

@CGDive 4 ай бұрын

I am not sure but think it means it is an extension so look for its options in the Extensions tab.

@letsplayop 4 ай бұрын

But I have some it a problem ( python trackback error something like that problem)

@CGDive 4 ай бұрын

Python errors are a part of life with Blender and addons. You have to be specific where it happens. If it's in default Blender, you submit a bug report through the main Blender menu. If it has to do with a specific addon, then you ask the addon developer. Hope this helps.

@spittingame4241 5 ай бұрын

*Here's an idea for a video using AUTO RIG PRO* how to rig a character with different shoes with different height elevation from barefoot to boots to high heels like they do in video games where you can create a female character. So you don't have to make different animations for different shoes.

@mikem727 5 ай бұрын

Extensions are even more confusing for newcomers to the blender community, keep blender simple and accessible like it's suppose to be

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Totally agree!

@halafradrimx 5 ай бұрын

lol 3D Software aren't simple in any way. You're on the wrong field if you want simplicity, no offense.

@ronaldjensen2948 5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm still pinned on 3.6 because the Blender team is making too many workflow breaking changes.

@ivideogameboss 5 ай бұрын

font size is still tool low. very hard to see. please make ur font size even bigger.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

What kind of screen are you watching on?

@ivideogameboss 5 ай бұрын

@@CGDive 1920 x 1080 screen

@sasdasu00dfsdfardo 5 ай бұрын

what is up with opensource and adding many useless extra steps on every update?

@BloxPixel 5 ай бұрын

They also took out the bloom feature in the render panel

@Sonario648 4 ай бұрын

@@BloxPixel It's in the Compositor now as the Glare node, and is so much better now because of it.

@AVids-20 2 ай бұрын

Where is edge flow ?

@CGDive 2 ай бұрын

What do you mean?

@nigellill3222 5 ай бұрын

I am so fed up with the blender design team telling us it's more simple than it was when it isn't. Seriously how simple was it in 4.1 or 4.0 to just click a box for your add on ? really, hands up all those that thought ticking a box was hard & this way is more simple ? FFS blender designers leave things alone.

@JeffersonKelly-c4z 2 ай бұрын

Rachael Knoll

@CGDive 2 ай бұрын

Rachael rocks

@yudhinugraha5876 5 ай бұрын

I'll stick with 4.1 for now

@悟-g2f 5 ай бұрын

My argument is blender constantly connected to the internet leaves it vulnerable to cyberattacks. They already suffered a major one.an a not for profit entity this is a major issue for the blender foundation. Given the number of cybersecurity issues and blender’s revenue base it’s a threat to all users long term. while everyone sees this as a benefit having a program tick to turn on network access or not. It’s not safe as anyone in cybersecurity arena knows this can be overridden in background with few lines of code. Not a good scheme for me.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Blender just lets you know that it will officially connect to the internet. It was vulnerable to attacks since before this version like every other software. Nothing much has changed.

@Gigaloader 5 ай бұрын

What a cluster f**k. Obviously this will become the integrated blendermarket at some point. The token integration will soon only work with an online connection. I already know what they are doing. However I have never seen anything more poorly implemented as the "get extension". Nothing is consistent here. Buggy as hell! Even some of Blender native add-ons functionality is broken. It doesn't even display the installed add-ons properly. Why would you display "installed add-ons" in the "get extensions" section!? It basically eight balled the legacy add-ons section as it is now.

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Relax. 🧘 It’s going to be fine!

@Gigaloader 5 ай бұрын

@@CGDive I'm totally relaxed. Just pointing out the obvious. To call this 4.2 LTS is funny tho. That is sub alpha. Changes of this size should be reserved for 5.0. This breaks almost every community add-on. For the first time ever I won't upgrade to Blender 4.2. ;)

@CGDive 5 ай бұрын

Blender has been very clear that internet connection will not be necessary. I don’t have a reason to doubt them about that. Feel free to tell me I told you so if I’m wrong. I’ll do the same :)