Abby Black - Blog

From time to time, I write tech tips for Blender, Maya, and other programs and materials I'm using. When you click on any of the tips below, the link will take you to the corporate website for Mindwatering, and Mindwatering's comprehensive database of tech tips on a wide variety of technologies and topics.

Procedural Night Sky with Stars and Moon in Eevee
(Abigail Black 01/15/2025 - Animation)
Pencil Hatch Shading Material in Blender Eevee
(Abigail Black 01/08/2025 - Animation)
Blender Add-on - Wiggle Bone 2 Not Rendering Addon
(Abigail Black 07/04/2024 - Animation)
Nishita Sky Texture with Procedural Background
(Abigail Black 05/25/2024 - Animation)
Procedural Jet Exhaust Flames in Blender
(Abigail Black 05/07/2024 - Animation)
Roundcube - Style Bar Display Drops Buttons in Browsers
(Abigail Black 04/15/2024 - Email F.A.Qs (Non-setup))
Realistic Eye in Cycles
(Abigail Black 11/20/2023 - Animation)
Disappearing Gimbal on Blender UI
(Abigail Black 11/17/2023 - Animation)
iPhoto/Photos on Apple Macbook - How to Save a Long Exposure taken with Live Photo on an iPhone
(Abigail Black 09/25/2023 - General Web Tips)
XMuscle Add-on - Pairing Muscles to Body
(Abigail Black 09/13/2023 - Animation)
Gunfire / Blaster Effect using Particles
(Abigail Black 04/11/2023 - Animation)
Blender Cycles Fire Material
(Abigail Black 04/10/2023 - Animation)
Missile Smoke Trail Using Particles
(Abigail Black 12/28/2022 - Animation)
Exporting Final Video Sequence from Avid Media Composter v2021.12.0
(Abigail Black 07/30/2022 - Animation)
Compositing A Vignette in Blender 3.1.x
(Abigail Black 06/02/2022 - Animation)
Exempt Hair Particle Physics from Reacting to Force Fields
(Abigail Black 03/01/2021 - Animation)
Plane Contrails No-Smoke No-Particle
(Abigail Black 10/06/2020 - Animation)
Landscape - Mountain Scene with Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights
(Abigail Black 04/15/2020 - Animation)
Landscape - Forest
(Abigail Black 04/08/2020 - Animation)
Landscape - Cliff
(Abigail Black 03/31/2020 - Animation)
Holograms and Emitter Rays in Blender
(Abigail Black 03/06/2020 - Animation)
"Invisible" Shader in Blender Cycles
(Abigail Black 02/21/2020 - Animation)
Attaching Fabric to a Solid by Pinning
(Abigail Black 02/14/2020 - Animation)
Procedural Landscapes in Blender Cycles
(Abigail Black 01/24/2020 - Animation)
Cycling/Repeating Movements
(Abigail Black 01/17/2020 - Animation)
Make Hair Multicolored in Blender
(Abigail Black 06/16/2019 - Animation)
MAYA - Basic Buttons and Shortcuts
(Abigail Black 02/07/2019 - Animation)
Importing Images to Render
(Abigail Black 02/06/2019 - Animation)
Keyboard Shortcuts and User Preferences
(Abigail Black 10/09/2018 - Animation)
Normals from Image
(Abigail Black 10/06/2018 - Animation)
Cloud Texture
(Abigail Black 10/01/2018 - Animation)
Restricting an Armature from Clipping/Phasing Through a Plane
(Abigail Black 06/13/2018 - Animation)
Setting up Multiple Layers for Compositing in Blender
(Abigail Black 05/28/2018 - Animation)
Maya - Basics
(Abigail Black 01/01/2018 - Animation)
Fix Pack Fails to Run
(Abigail Black 09/11/2017 - Domino Upgrades / Installations)
Clouds - Creating helicopter mist effect
(Abigail Black 05/30/2017 - Animation)
Automator Duplication
(Abigail Black 05/03/2017 - Animation)