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📦 Auto Output & Render – Add-on Documentation

🔖 Overview

Auto Output & Render is a professional Blender add-on designed to help artists and studios manage their output naming and rendering workflow automatically. With customizable tokens, subfolder structures, and automatic saving for still images and animations, this add-on ensures your renders are always organized—without repetitive manual steps.


🧩 Features

  • ✅ Auto-generate output file paths based on tokens: {blendfile}, {scene}, {date}, {resolution}, {version}

  • ✅ Render Still Images or Animations

  • ✅ Auto-save still images (no more manual "Save As")

  • ✅ Auto-create subfolders: {date}/{scene}, {scene}/{date}, or custom

  • ✅ Live output preview in popup UI

  • ✅ Format support: PNG, JPEG, EXR


📁 Output Naming Example

When rendering from a .blend file named MyProject.blend, in a scene called Forest, at 1920x1080 resolution on March 21, 2025, the output might look like:

/Render/20250321/Forest/MyProject_Forest_20250321_1920x1080_v01_0001.png

If a file with that name exists, the add-on automatically increments version: v02, v03, ...


🛠️ Installation

  1. Download the .zip file of the add-on from Blender Market.

  2. Open Blender → Edit → Preferences → Add-ons

  3. Click Install, and select the .zip file.

  4. Enable the checkbox for Auto Output & Render.

  5. Done! You’ll find it in the Sidebar (N-panel) under the "Pipeline Tools" tab.


🚀 How to Use

  1. Save your .blend file first (this is required to generate output paths).


    Open the 3D Viewport → Press N to show the sidebar.

  2. Go to the tab “Pipeline Tools”


  3. Click the button “Auto Output + Render”


A popup will appear with options:

🎛️ Popup Options:

Field Description
Format Choose output format: PNG, JPEG, EXR
Render Type Still Image or Animation
Subfolder Style Auto-create folders: Date/Scene, Scene/Date, Scene Only, None
Output Preview See the full output path before rendering
  1. Hit OK → Blender will:

    • Auto-create the folder

    • Auto-name the file with all tokens

    • Render and auto-save the result


📽️ Render Type Behavior

  • Still Image

    • Renders current frame and auto-saves image to disk

    • No need to manually save from "Render Result"

  • Animation

    • Renders full frame range to sequence using Blender’s internal animation render

    • Files saved automatically per Blender standard


🧠 Pro Tips

  • Save different versions of the .blend file and this add-on will auto-increment render versioning (_v01, _v02, etc.)

  • Use subfolder options to separate client projects or shots

  • Combine this with your studio pipeline folder structure


🧰 Compatibility

  • Blender 3.0+

  • Windows / macOS / Linux


💬 Support

Need help or have a feature request?

  • Contact us via Blender Market messages

  • We offer fast support and updates based on user feedback!


🔐 License

This product is licensed for individual or studio commercial use. You may include it in your pipeline, but redistribution outside your team is not allowed.


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Published over 1 year ago
Blender Version 2.6x - 5.0
Extension Type N/A
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