The BEST Addons That Come with Blender!

[@benverschoor6521]

Images as Planes does what it says, lets you bring in an image from File/Import and puts it on a vertically oriented plane with no fuss. Great for adding background or reference images.

[@_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_]

There's a million uses for this one!

[@drumboarder1]

@@_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_ like adding an image as a plane!

[@_S_P_A_C_E_M_A_N_]

@@drumboarder1 true

[@tubaeseries5705]

its build in new blender, you can drag and drop

[@raskzak3313]

You can direcly add an image without using mesh

[@dihler55]

One important node wrangler hotkey is Ctrl+T I think because it adds an texture coordinate node and a mapping node to the selected texture and automatically connects generated into the mapping and the vector into the texture. Saves you creating and connecting 2 nodes.

[@Maggiethegsd]

Yup definitely an important hotkey

[@raulgalets]

yep thats the one

[@sottozen]

Just discovered the tri-lighting plug-in :) Thanks for this great video!

[@FR4M3Sharma]

LMB Same

[@Cadforcam]

Good tutorial as always. My favorite is the 3d printer addon, it is a really good addon, tons of checks and fixes for meshes. Make manifold is a bit slow I think, it is faster to select non-manifold edges and fix them manually but sometimes you just can't work with so many faces..

[@unnamedbot2960]

with node wrangler and the quick connect (shift+alt+rm) theres a second keybind (alt+rm) which instantly connects the 2 nodes without asking what input into which output. when using geo nodes this is for me really helpful because it will always try to match in and output types, so geometry will always first connect to other geometry before going to the next node. incredibly fast and imo one of my most used features

[@jimmysgameclips]

My latest favourite find is the MeasureIt Addon, adds measurement lines to selected edges/curves/etc for any CAD work

[@krysidian]

There is just so much cool stuff hidden in Blender. All these Addons are like a gigantic toybox and I still haven't scratched the surface. I'd love there to be some way to mark or favourite Addons since I tend to have a lot enabled and when I want to clean out all the addons I currently don't use, I tend to forget which ones I turned off since there are just so many.

[@jaromor8808]

Yes. Hidden. The UX of Blender is just horrible. I keep returning to Blender because it is free and seems to be pretty lightweight, but the UX is atrocious.

[@switchstatement568]

@@jaromor8808 I guess it depends on people, i find it incredibly good.

[@elliotkinney8252]

@Jeppo Jinx what?

[@0214hjalle]

About ’Real Snow’. You can use it as dust, with volume shader.

[@aviphyr]

loop tools has changed my whole workflow for modeling. it's so useful

[@NigraXXL]

Great video! You can also disconnect a node wire from the source node without Node-Wrangler. Just hold Ctrl and disconnect the wire from the node with left click.

[@Oakyere]

5:11 you can click that dot, or i found out by accident that Shift+t with a directional light will snap it to your cursor and you can aim it that way

[@mixchief]

@Curtis Holt The "Edit Mesh Tools" is also one of my essentials.

[@trashbenny]

I love that you are getting more comfortable with your weird editing. I appreciate that

[@wyomingcreations8824]

at 3:13 A? : what would be a "clean" method ? would machine tools do it not "dirty"

[@nadstunes77]

Without a doubt the best blender content on you tube Curtis is the best mentor, zen guru and therapist all rolled into one human AI super computer :) legend

[@SupaKoopaTroopa64]

The Space operator in the Loop Tools addon should really be included by default. It's a must have for clean topology, and there really isn't any easy way to do it without the addon.

[@FF7Cayn]

F2 is my personal hero, cool list 👍

[@HalValla01]

I really appreciate you taking the time to animate the facecam XD

[@RonHicks]

Greetings, regarding lighting I've been in the habit of creating and empty and parenting a light to it and constraining the light to it. This allows me to to rotate and transform the empty while viewing my scene through the camera.

[@КонстантинВоробьёв-у6ъ]

"Bridge Edge loops" operator is much better than the one in LoopTools. It can even interpolate between several loops. Too bad last time i checked it only appears in "Edges" category and not "Faces". But it can be used with polygon selection as well ! Blender has billion integrated tools even developers themselves don't know anything about.

[@SanYOk549]

@@ExpertManOfficial Почему?

[@Kyderra]

The most beginner friendly function that should be a default is in node Wrangler Select your default Principled BSDF, press Ctrl+Shift+T , select the 3 or 4 textures you want for a model in the window that pops up. (Metallic / specular, normal, base). Boom, you are done it, it's all sets up.

[@sultanthe2nd]

At first I was like "not another addon video!". But I must say this video was very beneficial, especially the node wrangler shortcuts! So thank you! 💯👑

[@Ab_obla]

Nice video, some more cool add-ons would be sapling generator- many free tree presets, properly UV unwrapped with presets (shipped with blender), archimesh, archipack- good for arch viz, bool tool- quick booleans, images as planes- saves lot of time.

[@KonJonnorMusic]

Thanks Curtis, tri-lighting looks as though it will save so much time.

[@HarryMcKenzieTV]

ALT+SHIFT+D to detach node doesnt work for blender 2.93 in my case

[@enkiimuto1041]

Somehow I didn't know about ANY of those, like, AT ALL. I'm seriously impressed

[@djC653]

had most of these installed already and nice to see how they are to be used. Also decided to turn some off that I knew I won't use for a while. Glad you went threw the TriLighting - I know a little more now. Also glad you went through the snow one been eyeing it for a while just never turned it on.

[@erz3030]

Not even halfway in and already so many useful tips, thanks bro :)

[@ronioclarenzo6137]

Thanks a lot, Curtis! Your tutorials and great advice have really helped me out over the years!

[@pleochroic]

Very useful (and yes, I WAS wondering about those cool metals ;). Thanks!

[@c3kkos]

U nailed it man. Short, useful. funny. Lets keep thing this line. dont overdo

[@themartinsbash]

i love how dark your interface is, how can i do that?

[@WilsonDigitalDesign]

This is great! Didnt know about that snow one, have some experimenting to do!

[@danielh4309]

That sponsored segment was the best transition i have ever seen

[@justinvillagracia6530]

The doggo boop is the highlight of this video

[@CalBain]

Dude, that was really great, thanks for taking the time to make this one!

[@stevenf7564]

Okay, Mr. Holt. I am still learning Blender and my takeaway is cutting that circle in under 20 seconds. I am getting into advanced Geo nodes but this was haunting me, so thank you!

[@occultya]

I really like the way your blender looks Could you share/go over your theme settings? Looks awsome this dark.

[@CurtisHolt]

Yeah, I might do a video talking about my startup file and theme in the future. You can get a hold of it here: curtisjamesholt.gumroad.com/l/curts_defaults

[@occultya]

@@CurtisHolt Thank you!

[@iammayankjain]

@@CurtisHolt thank you bruh !

[@n01z3]

i forget blender functions when learning new features.....limited memory time. this is a basic intro video but refreshed my memory. thanks

[@danmarquez3971]

WOW! This tutorial is insanely helpful. Thank you!

[@hellovagim]

Omg I really need to spend some times on learning these before using blender

[@francoc1453]

nice vid!! 3 life savers i got from this!

[@endlesslovingmovement]

Awesome! Blender is just getting better and better.

[@hypnotict9209]

I brought a pc specialist laptop, it was the viper 15.6 inch or soemthing like that, had a nightmare with it and had to fully reset my laptop atleast 4 times to scratch, sent it back to them once and still had issues after 2 weeks, now it’s been over the warrenty and they won’t look into it unless I pay extra, this is my experiance I have friends who have had godly expierences with pc specialist but for me I’m disappointed as my laptop doesn’t perform as well as it should for its specs.... This was in 2019/2018 when I brought the laptop, they could have improved since and I’d hope they have

[@minzy421]

Awesome vid. Simple and effective. Past few days i have been having a hard time trying to create fire in Blender looked at so many tutorials but the end result wasn't like in tutorial vids. What would you advise?

[@randallwhiteis]

I really thought he'd mention F2. I use this one SOOOO MUCH. I keep finding out it does more and more stuff everyday. If you're doing retopo, try this before buying some retopo tools. It is really insane how good it is. It's also good for just basic modeling.

[@CurtisHolt]

I can probably give that one a good demonstration in a future video 🙂

[@family4499]

Great video! At 12:33 how are you manipulating that single vert structure in the next steps? I tried scaling after adding the solidify modifier but I was not getting anything close to what you are getting.

[@matyverdina5476]

ctrl + a

[@apatsa_basiteni]

The modifier tools, awesome!

[@StudioInvisible]

Import images as planes Also, I wonder what is your opinion on Pie Menus, I use them all the time

[@sim2g]

Nice video Curtis, thank you for teaching us. Like!

[@zyn_108]

the addons make blender so easy to use

[@CinematicDestiny4K]

Great tips, I hadn’t delved into the add one other than the few I use, can I ask which texture that is in your example of node wrangler that’s on the blender monkey?

[@CurtisHolt]

The material being used on the monkey head is the Mega Shader, which comes in my paid pack of procedural materials called Modular Metals: curtisholt.online/modular-metals

[@CinematicDestiny4K]

@@CurtisHolt Awesome, thank you. I'm going to check these out for sure, the colors are so satisfying it really caught my eye. Great looking material

[@thebulletkin8393]

What are those purple nodes? I've never seen them before but they look a bit like textures

[@rusticagenerica]

Would be cool if you could detail your hardware configuration ! CPU / GPU / RAM :) Thanks ! NVM-e?

[@tiltshiftvis]

the whole world: built-in this guy: in-built

[@balloonsomeday]

If Real Snow isn't so ideal for a large landscape, is there an option that is better? I'm trying to a create a large landscape without snow, then add snow to it, for static images. I would like then to zoom into the macrophotography level on specific parts of that landscape. My guess is that I'll have to create multiple blend files, one for the macro (with much less geometry in order to create high detail on focal points), and one for the wide-angle landscape scene. In all cases, I hope to go from no snow, to snowed upon. All static images, no animation. Unfortunately, I'm on a laptop with an older Nvidia GTX 1060. My guess is that I'll melt my 'puter. (Oh, I'm also relatively new to 3d and blender. I apologize if this question is ridiculous or off-topic...) Thanks Curt for the great blender videos!

[@catafest]

Good tutorial! How about animation meshes with Blender ?

[@daleanderson1727]

Great job mate, thanks a lot for the assist.

[@Farcaller]

What is the toolbar at 1:04?

[@francoc1453]

3d print toolbox isnt showing when i type non or print or manifold i cant find it

[@yogesh124]

How do Maya's 'spline dynamic' animation feature in blender

[@RootTheCoop87]

*Thank you for this video, I'm going to try some of these in my project. I'm subbed now 😀*

[@RunTheTape]

A bit offtopic here Curtis, but because I care about your work and channel, I suggest investigating with HWInfo64 for example your GPU Memory Junction Temperature on your Gigabyte RTX 3090. I have the same card and as well as quite a few others noticed that this temp spikes as high as 100+ deg C during rendering with OptiX and other usage of the GPU, which is too much and can cause premature death of the card. The solution, if you do find that to be the case is to replace your thermal pads on the vram chips.

[@CurtisHolt]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

[@martinusamsterdam7667]

Thanks for these explanations.. a Big help

[@jeremiahgallo1055]

Won't enabling GPU affect the graphics tablet display? I'm using an XP-Pen 16 and it goes dark/black whenever I enable GPU CUDA. Anywho, great video!

[@quroshu]

Grazie mille per la fine del mondo di forme .

[@FaddyVFX]

That is great. keep up the good work

[@threetowers5695]

I'm very much a novice with blender, I use it for planning out things like cupboards an stuff, my issue is every time i go to Blender theres a nu version, then after a while i realise things are missing (add-ons). Then remembering what they were...is there an easier way?

[@martinl6790]

This is the video I didn't know I wanted :D

[@UcheOgbiti]

Hey your theme looks awesome, where did you get it?

[@CurtisHolt]

You can grab it for free here, just put 0 in the price field :) curtisjamesholt.gumroad.com/l/curts_defaults

[@UcheOgbiti]

@@CurtisHolt Thank you very much

[@iamthebearerofchrist]

This is a good suggestion.

[@danielsonderhoff5882]

Good Inspiration. Thanx

[@AnityEx]

turnaround camera is a must

[@samulinstudio5575]

This was very helpful!😊

[@graphic-nations]

Amazing Thank you

[@QuantayPeoples]

Thank you.

[@K40Keller]

What a great Voice !

[@LanceMyair]

Dayum that was helpful!

[@APRICEPRODUCTION]

When you added the real snow to the model, it looked like he was wearing fluffy white slippers hahaha

[@jbiziou]

This was great:)

[@stefanguiton]

Great video!

[@MancoBlanco]

very useful, thanks

[@brennancurrier806]

F2 is also a great addon to have enabled

[@NightVisionOfficial]

Can you do the 50% coupon on blender market? I would really love the metal addon of yours, but I want add-ons only on blender market, not gumroad

[@CurtisHolt]

It's a teeny bit complicated. Blender Market requires me to pay to upgrade my account to create coupons whereas Gumroad does not. However, Blender Market does site-wide sales that you can opt into - they're doing one for Black Friday which I have included Modular Metals in, however their sale is only for 25% off. So at the moment you can get Modular Metals at 50% off on Gumroad, but only 25% off on Blender Market because I have less control.

[@NightVisionOfficial]

:c oof, I guess I'll buy the addon another day. Thx anyway :)

[@heshjohans5331]

Nice Video .. Really Enjoyed an Learned from it .. :-D

[@infographie]

Excellent

[@_Bayul]

What's up Holt army?!

[@AtrusDesign]

Very useful video!!

[@BillRey]

Bridge is not a LoopTools feature. Blender has this natively by default. With two faces selected, right-click and pick Bridge Faces.

[@CurtisHolt]

1:12 - Listed in alternatives on screen.

[@ogpurpledaddy]

Every time you go over a new addon. My brain: "I am once again asking for you to update the startup file."

[@user-hn2wc3fy7y]

Alternate, personal title: Realizing in real-time that I wouldn't know how to use a clean install of Blender. Honestly, I just enable them as I follow tutorials, so at this point, I wouldn't be able to tell you what's default and what's not. It's especially fun when I take a break from Blender and come back to the newest version and certain things don't work or have been abandoned so I go to use a macro or a shortcut ingrained in my muscle memory and it breaks my scene lol.

[@stevesculptor1]

Carver tool: sent from heaven

[@U_Geek]

Imagine paying for sponsorships of gpus in the middle of a gpu shortage

[@wyomingcreations8824]

I encourage you to make videos. Here in USA we enjoy your accent.

[@GaryParris]

Well done Curtis! yes so many in there! i've been one of those who adds them all since 2.79 upwards, mesh tissue is great; as well as all those you mentioned! :O)

[@Gary_Hun]

You don't say all i need is a high-end graphics card, haven't you noticed the absolute madness out there...

[@garrithgill6692]

How are my dreams and KZbin matching up I the same day? Tri lighting

[@Greviouss]

Did not expect a 14 year old Ben Mckenzie as the content creator. :D

[@neuvatn]

F2 is wonderful (before having watched it)

[@buddhasinger]

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