Ira Krakow's Blender 3D 2.53 Beta Add Ons Tutorial

[Ghosthunt64]

THANK YOU! I kept getting results for how to install Blender with Python, because I was too stupid to search for How to install Add-Ons in Blender

[MiyuArt]

F**K !!! Why I'm not english ? I understand anythong TUT

[cryinglaughterFTW]

I love your voice... x3

[dactnl]

Thanks for this reminder. I just downloaded 2.55

[kitsunegamer375]

I just downloaded Blender 2.53 Beta and need to make a background image to start a model, but I can't find the background image button anymore. Can you help me out?

[julienmauricemort]

it wont use python 3.1 which i installed

[flyingpig217]

I need to know which one to install for Python 2.7 or 3.1.2. I have windows 7 64 bit. I just installed Blender 2.53 Beta. I'm a definitely new at this.

[norvman]

Thanks great info... ben wanting to figure out add-ons for blender for a while now and just have not gotten to it... This Tut did the short cut for me...

Thanks Ira!

[irakrakow]

@pepperannziggi You can report bugs in the user interface even if you're not a programmer. They are important to report.

[MikeHornett]

I thought I was the only one that had to go back and correct my tutorials with annotations. lol, thanks for making me feel normal.

[irakrakow]

@MikeHornett You're quite welcome. Nobody is perfect.

[usmanater]

neat

[Yarmyen]

So thank you Mr. Ira

[BlenderMeshWeaver]

hmm...I've used the add-ons a lot, but there's one thing I'm curious about - do you actually need to install the add-on for it to work? or was that just the steps so you could open the python file?

anyway, awesome tutorial :D there's only one thing I noticed, and this is the first time I've noticed, but your audio and video don't seem to match as well as usual in this video... if I remember correctly, you pre-record your audio, right? (from your "How to make a video tutorial" video)

[irakrakow]

@BlenderMeshWeaver I discovered after I did the video that you're right! Just click the little square in the upper right corner of the particular add on and it's enabled, which means you can use it. Also, yes, I did this one quickly, and there's a bit of a mismatch between the audio and the video. I'm thinking of showing some of the different add ons in more detail in some future videos. Thanks for your input.

[BlenderMeshWeaver]

@irakrakow ah :)

i'll keep an eye out for that video, sounds interesting :D

[simpernchong]

Thanks for this video.

[multimediahelp1]

or saving your project and then quit blender all the time.

This may be difficult to understand, or maybe i missed something (in the manual).

But this accident ruined a project that i was working on.

thanks Ira

[multimediahelp1]

Ira i found a very strange bug or glitch.

You see when i open blender 2.5 aplha 2 and i work my projects.

After saving it many times, blender shows a message about quit blender file.

Now what happens is that you can't save the .blend (project that your working on).

so instead blender names your project quit.blend, also if you search your hard drive for the .blend file it cannot be find anymore.

To prevent this from happening is to, or recover last session. (NEXT COMMENT)

[irakrakow]

@multimediahelp1 What can I say? This is alpha software, which means it's not ready for prime time. The solution is to save your file often and make backups of those versions that you can recover from.

[enjoiskate11]

Its the 2.53 beta version better then 2.5a2?

[irakrakow]

@enjoiskate11 I haven't had a chance to test it. There are certainly an enormous number of bug fixes and I'm sure the ones that are found will be fixed quickly. I wonder if performance will improve.

[Bennichan]

i think, it is not necessary, to install the addons, which are already in the list. you just have to enable it and you get the features.

the install button is for addons, which you want to add to the list.

[irakrakow]

@Bennichan Sounds right. I didn't think of that. What I guess I showed was how to install your own add on. I also forgot to mention the button for reporting a bug.