No. The addon only runs when you click a button. No background processes, no timers, no scene-graph hooks — zero overhead when idle.

Yes. The lens presets set sensor + aspect ratio, and you can still tweak bokeh, anamorphic ratio, and DOF after applying a preset.

GPL-2.0-or-later (required for all Blender addons). This applies to the addon code, it has zero impact on anything you create with it. Your renders and projects are 100% yours.

Yes. All future 1.x updates are included in your purchase.

Yes. Use it on films, commercials, shorts, YouTube videos, animated series, games, whatever. No attribution required, no project restrictions.

Yes. Once a camera is created by the addon, Blender's standard stereo/multi-view features work normally on it. The addon doesn't override camera data types.

v1.0 ships with a fixed preset library (8 shots, 8 lenses, 5 shakes). Custom preset saving is on the roadmap for a later update.

It calculates the subject's bounding box, then positions the camera using the chosen focal length so the subject fills the frame according to the preset (tight for Close-Up, loose for Wide, etc.). You can override with the distance multiplier.

Yes. The lens presets use physically accurate sensor sizes, so the camera data matches real-world optics. Match-moved tracked cameras can use the lens library to snap to the right focal length after import.

No , shake is added as modifier noise on top of your existing keyframes. Your animation stays clean underneath. Remove the shake modifier and your original motion returns exactly.

Yes. The quick-buttons (Subtle / Handheld / Vehicle / Earthquake / Explosion) apply sensible defaults, but the "Add Shake..." dialog gives you an intensity slider and optional frame range with auto blend-in/blend-out.

Yes. Shake is applied as f-curve noise modifiers on the camera's transform — it bakes into every rendered frame exactly as it plays in the viewport. Stackable (combine Handheld + Vehicle for a chase scene), non-destructive (remove with one click).

Create several cameras, jump to a frame in the timeline, select the camera you want active there, click Bind Here. Blender then auto-switches cameras during playback and final render. No manual camera-switching needed.

Blender gives you one generic camera. Camera Director Pro gives you: - 8 cinematic shot types with correct focal lengths (Close-Up 85mm, Wide 24mm, Drone 35mm high-angle, Dutch, Low-Angle Hero, Top-Down, Over-Shoulder, Medium) - 8 real-world lens presets with accurate sensor + aspect ratio (24, 28, 35, 40mm Anamorphic, 50, 85, 100mm Macro, 135) - Rule-of-thirds subject placement (left/right/upper/lower intersections) - All physically correct not just random focal lengths

Absolutely. Every preset just generates a standard Blender camera, you can edit focal length, DOF, clipping, animation, constraints, everything. Think of presets as a smart starting point, not a locked template.

No. By default it creates new cameras from your presets. If you use the "Apply to Active Camera" option it repositions your existing camera, but doesn't delete or overwrite any animation unless you explicitly enable "Insert Keyframes"

Yes, all three. Camera Director Pro only sets camera data (focal length, sensor size, transform) it doesn't care which render engine you use.