2.8 Hurdles and Roadblocks

Of course, some bugs like this one, are more difficult to find. As I got the notification. But at least now we know it's definitely not as simple as where you put the tags. And that was the whole point. :)

spikeyxxx To be more fair, there were two tags on the same line by ssmurfmier1985 and if it still works, then I guess there's not much more we can do for now.

thebergh the last notification I didn’t get, so maybe tagging 2 people in only line is an issue 

thebergh another test.

Wondering if it works when you tag later. spikeyxxx hi spikey

ssmurfmier1985 Interesting. I guess we're on to something here. :)

ssmurfmier1985 Didn't get a notification this time

Let's try this: tagging two people, but both at the beginning of a paragraph.

thebergh Hi Markus!

And of course.

ssmurfmier1985 Hi Miranda!

spikeyxxx I got a notification.

spikeyxxx Only got the notification for the message that you didn’t got a notification..

Curiouser and curiouser I'd say, forgetting about my grammar;)

So I am trying out eevee to render some effects that will be added to an image in Photoshop. 

Below you can see the viewport render that has a black plane behind it , this is what I am looking for but with transparency rather than black. 

If I delete the black plane and enable "transparent" in the film settings of the render properties. I get exactly what I want in the viewport render :

However , when I render out the actual image , I get this :

I can only assume this is down to there not being any black in the scene to show the lighting or glare , or perhaps I have something wrong in the render settings? 

Can anybody help out please?

Thanks in advance

Hi @waylow , thanks 

Here is the link to the dropbox folder with the link in it 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/do2zyyfhot2c5ac/Magic_Caster_02.blend?dl=0

Hi frikkr !

This is indeed because there is no background to show the glare. If you composite the render over a black background you'll see that the glow is still there;)

Thanks spikeyxxx , it works in the compositor as you say , I tested it below : 

However , I still need it with an alpha background rather than the black so I can use it in Photoshop. But if I remove the black background and save the image , and then drop it into Photoshop , I get this : 

Is the blue bloom being calculated and added in the compositor after the render is complete? How do I save this out with an alpha background with the blue bloom showing? 

Cheers! 

Apparently, you'll have to render it without the bloom and then add it in the Compositor like so:

This is explained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=190&v=G6GspGFtCbE

ahh great spikeyxxx , thats exactly what I need . I didn't think of that , I was assuming that there was a simple explanation since what is the point in having a bloom setting in the render if it doesn't actually render it out - perhaps just as a visual aid but still a bit strange.
Anyways , I can get on with my project now,much appreciated:) 

I'm not sure if this is a 2.8 specific issue , but I've never come across it before in a previous version of Blender so for now i'll post it here 

My bevel tool is doing all sorts of strange things today. You can see what I mean from the screenshots below , along with the macro window with all the bevel settings (which I have played about with , but with no success) 

At first I thought it was the object I was beveling , perhaps some incorrect normals , or un-applied transforms. But even on a default cylinder , added straight to the world centre , and immediately beveled yields the same issue.  (Shown in second image below) 

As usual , it will no doubt be something obvious, but I can't for the life of me figure it out and it is holding me back as I use the bevel tool a lot in my modelling....

Any help would be hugely appreciated :)