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59 lines
2.6 KiB
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# BasedPlayblast
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**Easily create playblasts from Blender**
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BasedPlayblast is a Blender addon that streamlines the process of creating video playblasts for animation review. It provides optimized render settings for fast preview generation while maintaining visual quality suitable for review purposes.
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## Features
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- **Fast Playblast Creation**: Optimized render settings for different preview modes (Solid, Material, Rendered)
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- **Multiple Display Modes**: Support for Wireframe, Solid, Material Preview, and Rendered modes
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- **Flexible Resolution**: Scene, preset, or custom resolution options
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- **Video Format Support**: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV with various codecs (H.264, H.265, AV1, etc.)
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- **Metadata Integration**: Automatic inclusion of frame numbers, camera info, and custom notes
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- **Settings Management**: Apply and restore render settings without losing your project configuration
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- **Flamenco Support**: Custom Flamenco Job Script with a simple, non-destructive workflow
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## Installation
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### Via BlenderKit's Extension Repository (Recommended)
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1. Open Blender (5.0+)
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2. Install BlenderKit via https://www.blenderkit.com/get-blenderkit/
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3. Open Preferences (Ctrl + ,)
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4. Go to **Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions**
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5. Search for "BasedPlayblast"
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6. Click **Install**
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7. Enjoy automatic updating!
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### Manual Installation
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1. Download the latest release, or the release that supports your intended Blender version
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2. In Blender, go to **Edit > Preferences > Add-ons**
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3. Click **Install from Disk** and select the downloaded file
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4. Enable the addon in the list
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## Usage
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1. **Locate the Panel**: Go to **Properties > Output > BasedPlayblast**
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2. **Configure Settings**: Set your output path, resolution, and display mode
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3. **Create Playblast**: Click the **PLAYBLAST** button
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4. **View Result**: Click **VIEW** to open the generated video
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- **Apply Blast Settings**: Use this button to apply optimized render settings without rendering
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- Intended particularly for Flamenco. Apply, check the resultant render settings to ensure they're correct, then send to Flamenco using the BasedPlayblast custom Job type.
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- **Restore Original Settings**: Return to your original render configuration
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- **Display Modes**:
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- **Wireframe/Solid**
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- Fast workbench viewport rendering. Recommended for short and/or locally-blasted projects.
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- **Material**
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- **Rendered**
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## Requirements
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- Blender 5.0.0 or higher
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- Python 3.x (included with Blender)
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## Support
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- **Documentation**: [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/RaincloudTheDragon/BasedPlayblast)
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- **Issues**: Report bugs or request features on GitHub
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- **License**: GPL-3.0-or-later |