Installation

Blender 4.2 and up — installs as an extension (recommended):

1. Drag and drop the Mimosa .zip into Blender, or go to Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions > Install from Disk and choose the .zip.
2. Open the 3D Viewport, press N to open the sidebar, and select the Mimosa tab.

Blender 4.0 / 4.1 — legacy add-on:

1. Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > Install… , choose the .zip, then tick the checkbox to enable it.

How to use

Mimosa works as a shot list. Each shot remembers its camera, timeline frame, resolution and visible collections.

1. Set up the view for this shot — move to the frame, choose the camera, set the resolution, and show or hide the collections.
2. Click Capture Shot. Mimosa records the current camera, frame, resolution and collection state as a new shot.
3. Repeat for every angle, state and resolution you need.
4. Click Render Shots to render the entire list in one batch.

Tips

• Use Render Shots, not Ctrl+F12 — Blender's built-in animation render locks the resolution when it starts, so per-shot resolutions won't apply.
• Day / night: animate the states on the timeline, then capture a shot on each frame.
• Collection variants (furniture on/off, finish A vs B): toggle collection visibility, then capture a shot for each.
• Multiple scenes: use the Render Scenes queue to render scenes back to back.

Output

Mimosa gives each shot a sequential filename and hands off to Blender. Your render settings and Compositor File Output nodes work exactly as you set them — AOVs, multi-pass, EXR, color management and path branching are all respected.

Support

Questions or feedback? Email [email protected]