Understanding Fake Users in Blender 🛡️

[@MikelMonleon]

Wow im so glad they added a feature that just deletes all my work automatically for no reason and it's set as the default.

[@infiniteproduction1906]

Better to make some noise about it on official forum & project page, I bet Blender's devs doesn't give a sphere about Ryan's yt channel and this video.

[@snailer06]

"Fake User" is confusing. It's basically an "Unused" material, so assigning the unused material to an "empty" object is more like the logic. I love your thoroughness, Ryan!

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@CeeTheJay]

That's what I was thinking, too... they should have used clearer terminology. Maybe "Preserve Unused Material" or something? I also agree that Ryan broke it down nicely for us (as per usual).

[@snailer06]

@@CeeTheJay "Preserve unused data" ✌

[@CeeTheJay]

Well said! You should write the (non-fake) user manual for Blender :) @@denoffun788

[@orits-egbe]

The best channel since I started my blender journey last month much love from Nigeria, keep it up

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching my videos!!

[@uncommongamers]

Now I understand why my material remove automatically

[@RyanKingArt]

yep 👍‍

[@RogueAstro85]

I've done a lot of tutorials and read a lot of forums and made my own stuff now. Not one person has explained this lol. Also fake user is the worst name for it. Thank you!

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for watching!

[@Omnivore21]

I often feel like a fake user.

[@RyanKingArt]

Haha, I understand what you mean. As a Blender KZbinr I sometimes get imposter syndrome. 🙂

[@zofo264]

Very helpful! I always wondered about fake users in Blender and now I understand. Thanks for sharing!

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@merwinatticus]

oooh, that means if you do a clean-up of unused data it still stays. brilliant.

[@RyanKingArt]

Yep!

[@Smithy_Toons]

Thank you Ryan King ! Now when I make more games in Blender I now know I can make my materials save without them being on an object. This really helps in Blender! 👍😄

[@RyanKingArt]

glad it helps!

[@theoneminutes2759]

Well Learned something new today

[@RyanKingArt]

glad to hear that!

[@Revenant483]

This was very good to know information, I was wondering how to set up a file to store multiple materials without having a bunch of shader balls repeated to hold the materials.

[@RyanKingArt]

Yeah this would be a great way to do that. 👍‍

[@fergadelics]

As an alternative to making as asset, which overwrites that icon. Subtle stuff.

[@UltraLightDashFlawless]

Thanks Bro ;)

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@rsplayz7777]

Most important tutorial of blender :D Its obvious some features are just written quickly to have them and aimed to the writers not to users, i understand that tho its a big old program, its an absolute beast tho, i love it

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CGBurgerStudio]

Wow, I didn't know the "0" mark exists! I usually use Fake users when cleaning up unused data-blocks

[@RyanKingArt]

Cool 👍‍

[@bryangrunauer]

Excellent video, thank you! As a former C4D user, I REALLY miss a feature like a "materials" tab. Took me long enough to learn that materials have to be assigned to an object. I used to have a library of materials and drag-and-drop them to see which would fit the best. I'm fairly new to Blender so maybe that's actually doable and I just don't know it yet.

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching 👍‍

[@juanjm12]

I was also a former C4D user, we are both fake blender users

[@user-vd6zx5pp4smohamed]

Can you explain to us how TV intros and logos are made?

[@RyanKingArt]

I might be able to make a video on how to do that. 👍

[@johnnymmcneil]

Ryan King Art is Blender Guru 2.0, seriously been saving my ass this past week haha.

[@RyanKingArt]

wow thanks : )

[@jaronjackson6913]

Perfect explanation Ryan as always. God bless you brother and stay smart👨‍🏫

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks!

[@eggimmortal]

This is very nice!

[@RyanKingArt]

thank you so much!

[@MRUStudios]

Sweetness! Thanks for the great explanation Ryan! I hope you and your family had a great weekend, and I hope you're looking forward to an awesome week. Let me give everyone a WOO to start out this Monday: WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! 😃

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks so much! Have a good week!

[@anzaklaynimation]

Wooooo

[@lazaruslong3D]

Great video because I've never understood what a fake user was used for. QUESTION: Around 2:33 you open the drop down and say the Blue material is missing. Did you mean to say the red material is missing? Thanks

[@RyanKingArt]

Yes, I added the * with the text correcting myself in the video.

[@blenderstuffs]

Amazing 🤩🤩

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks Blender Stuffs! 👍‍

[@sadcastudio]

Why does not Blender auto save those materials? I don't really understand why it is not enabled by default, what would be the cons?

[@RyanKingArt]

Well if you make lots of data, but then don't use it, then the Blender file data would get bigger and bigger with all of the unused data. so it kinda helps to clean up the Blender file.

[@chrismartinartist]

Damn, that's why my practice file with pre-made Bevel Shaders never worked! So useful, thank you.

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it helped!

[@mikael3911]

I finally knew what it was for.

[@RyanKingArt]

glad it helped!

[@michaelsmusicinstruments9980]

blender secrets and Ryan King Art are two of the best sources to learn Blender correctly and quickly, great job guys 😎

[@RyanKingArt]

Thank you!

[@jamus1217]

Extremely helpful tutorial. Blender is so odd when it comes to saving nodes and materials

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@范無救-w3x]

Thank you for the explanation. Every time I see "fake user" I rofl. At least now I understand it's actually useful. Still, it's possibly the worst way of naming "keep" "retain" or "preserve". I guess that's one way of reminding users the software they're using is free.

[@puneetshakya3001]

Bro I'm just stuck in a problem please help. I've a scene in blender in which I used a plane to make a board and then used a solidify modifier on it and after that I'm using draw sharp in sculpting mode but it is not working and also It is not working on other objects too I don't know why this is happening Please help me

[@halloweencreep7200]

Quick solution is: 1. Apply modifier (click little arrow in your modifier, and click "apply") 2. Click on your object (your board) 3. Came to sculpting mode. 4. Press ctrl + r (it will remesh your object) and now you can sculpt on it with "draw sharp" brush 5. Try to use draw sharp brush on your object. Two importand shortcats In sculpting mode: R - retopology mesh (Drag mouse to change topology mesh if you need more topology or less) Сtrl + R - remash (it will apply topology on your object, and you can sculpt on it) If you want to sculpt more freely: 1. Click on an object 2. Enter the sculpting mod 3. Activate Dyntopo in the upper right corner 4. Click ok if the window appears. 5. Try to sculpt on the object with different brushes, But don't use "Draw Sharp" because it doesn't create a new topology even in this mode, try using other brushes

[@JoaoVictor-vd9fn]

Great video, but I have a question: Are fake users only applicable for materials or I could use them for geometry nodes as well ?

[@RyanKingArt]

Yes, as I mentioned at the beginning of the video, you can use them with textures, images, geo-node setups, materials, and other blender data.

[@JoaoVictor-vd9fn]

@@RyanKingArt Guess I am running out of memory. thanks

[@shiznitts]

Much needed tutorial, thank you good sir! Can you make a tutorial explaining animation transforms? I've ruined a few models/amaratures by not knowing how to clear transforms properly

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for the tutorial idea! 👍‍

[@lawrenade]

Brilliantly explained, thanks so much Ryan. Great content as usual 👌🏻

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like it!

[@RekodezStudios]

Thank you so much. I have learnt something today😊

[@RyanKingArt]

glad to hear that!

[@smilgu]

Thank you Ryan!

[@RyanKingArt]

you're welcome! thanks for watching.

[@os6078]

Thank you for another great video! 🎉🎉

[@RyanKingArt]

You are very welcome!

[@buddyVision33]

Wow thank you, lol. I never knew what fake users were, and now I do. This will be useful 😅

[@RyanKingArt]

glad it was useful!

[@neptep_games]

How can we use the material we created in Blender shading in Texture painting?

[@sammedia3d]

Great vid as always! Thanks for that. I forgot to count how many time you said "monkey" but not as often as "Fake User" thats for sure hahaha

[@RyanKingArt]

Lol, thanks for watching!

[@reallygoodwifi]

oh wow, this is brilliant! This whole time I needed something like this, but the name confused me so I avoided it haha. Thank you so much

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@carlesv7219]

I don't understand why would you want that, I mean, it would make more sense (to me), to have that 0 on the side and have an option somewhere to remove all unused things on the scene, in case you want to get rid of them before publishing final archive or something. Btw, thanks for the clarification, now a lot of things make sense :)

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching

[@Arghya_10]

Okhay I really wanted to know about this stuff! Thanks!!!!1!!!!

[@RyanKingArt]

thank you for watching!

[@EricaCalman]

his is really helpful and glad I know and I'm gonna be spamming that button from now on haha. It seems like fake user on should actually be the default. Is there an ad on or something that defaults to fake user on every time you create a material/node setup?

[@RyanKingArt]

glad you like the video! I don't know of any addon that sets it on, on default, but you could go to the Blender Market and search for something like that.

[@KionLionGuardOfficial]

Nice Video!

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks!

[@KionLionGuardOfficial]

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[@nrzero515]

Hi ryan

[@RyanKingArt]

Hello! 👋

[@travissmith7471]

Interesting... I can imagine something... I can use this knowledge... Thanks for sharing...

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for watching!

[@aymanfatani]

Finally, the hidden is unhidden 😁, Thanks to you

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@cloud694]

Hey, but please show me the proof of bump map to normal map, the playlist won't help

[@francoisgeldenhuys6431]

Much appreciated.

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks for watching!

[@rabbitadventurous9441]

Thank you for your video. I thought "Fake User" meant something related to other people using the same file but not the owner of the file or something idk...

[@RyanKingArt]

Oh yeah. Understandable by the name of it.

[@D3LB0Y]

i found this very helpful thx

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it helped!

[@D3LB0Y]

@@RyanKingArt HI, big fan of your channel …do you have any videos on painting blender objects in adobe Substance 3D Painter ?

[@zackx1]

Ooooooh so that is what that is used for. Shoot that for that, that was very useful I really appericate the info.

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for watching!

[@cekconi1773]

👍👍👍

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks!

[@AntoineVanGeyseghem]

FR: Merci. :) EN: Thank you. :)

[@RyanKingArt]

you're welcome!

[@AntoineVanGeyseghem]

@@RyanKingArt FR: je me demande juste pourquoi ils ne laissent tout simplement pas ces matériaux là et nous laisser les supprimer nous-mêmes. °_ ° EN: I'm just wondering why they don't let the materials where they are and let us deleting them by ourselves. °_ °

[@Canale064]

Thank you :)

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@recyclingglobaltech3731]

Thank you Ryan ! ❤My King

[@RyanKingArt]

you're welcome!

[@user-vd6zx5pp4smohamed]

Good luck

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks so much!

[@reaporofdragon744]

Hmm so its keeping a material that's not on a object , it did happen that I made materials first and then made the object but when I loaded it back up I had to remake the material XD now I just make the objects first and leave materials for last but I can see this helping if your prototyping materials oh I downloaded all your materials playlist and I made 3/129 sofar XD

[@fahmiraza1763]

Oh my God thanks dear useful info Why blender say fake user it should be named some easy

[@AHSEN.]

Ncie detail making the length exactly 4:04 :P

[@RyanKingArt]

haha thanks 👍‍

[@orrinjonesjr]

Absolutely ridiculous! "Fake user" like wtf. Never seen such a concept in any other software.

[@rulix36]

nice

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks!

[@kucklowmusic9184]

My dumbass thought it was an attack towards fake blender users who acted like they knew 3d but dont know anything about it

[@RyanKingArt]

Oh yikes, no its nothing like that. 🙂

[@NoName-uj7th]

he makes it too long even though it's short anyway thanks very much for your helpful tutorials❤

[@RyanKingArt]

sorry about that

[@Topper_Harley68]

My head hurts.

[@RyanKingArt]

Ahh sorry about that

[@plsahu4381]

Don't stop creating stuff

[@RyanKingArt]

Don't plan on stopping. At this point, I'm making Blender content online for a living. 😃

[@masonroger3417]

owo，nice~

[@PsychorGames]

Worst feature I've ever seen in my entire life. YEAH, I really want my animations to be unceremoniously nuked when I save my fucking file. Unreal.

[@RyanKingArt]

sorry you don't like it

[@cqrhqr3418]

the most useless thing in blender

[@RyanKingArt]

I actually find it pretty useful at times.