Install

1. Download calloutforge_studio-1.3.0.zip. Do not unzip it.
2. In Blender: Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions > arrow menu (top right) > Install from Disk, then pick the zip.
3. Open the 3D Viewport sidebar (N) and click the CalloutForge tab.

Only one CalloutForge edition runs at a time. If Lite or Pro is enabled, Studio switches it off for you. Your files keep working.

Quick start

1. Select a part of your model and click + Callout in the Create tab. A dot, a leader line and a label appear and point at it.
2. Type your text in the Selected panel. Pick a look from the Preset Browser.
3. Scene tab: click Presentation Stage for lights and a backdrop. Finish tab: Auto Layout tidies all labels.
4. Press Play to see the animation, then render in EEVEE or Cycles.

Callout icons

• Select a callout. The Icon panel sits right under the text fields.
• Pick one of the 50 built-in icons, or load your own PNG, JPG or SVG file.
• Choose the position (Left, Above or Dot), size, gap and colour. Turn on Tint to recolour PNG icons.
• Icons are saved inside the .blend file. Copy Style copies the icon to other callouts.
• Spreadsheet import: add an icon column with a built-in icon name or a file path.

The five tabs

• Create: callouts, titles, presets, icons, themes, Scene Manager.
• Text: Kinetic Text, Captions, Languages.
• Data: Live Data, Data Widgets (3D charts), Spreadsheet & Web.
• Scene: Presentation Stage, Glass & Glow, Templates, Story Mode.
• Finish: Auto Layout, Audio Timing, Readability Check, Brand Kit, Batch Tools.

Video tutorial

Full step-by-step tutorial (20 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyUPREH5_-s

Requirements

Tested on Blender 4.5 LTS, 5.1 and 5.2 (Windows). No internet access and no extra Python packages needed.