OPTIC LAB

Creative optical effects for Blender.

Turn ordinary 3D scenes into experimental visuals without manually building complicated shader or Geometry Nodes setups.

01 / BLUR

Controlled directional blur

Create stylized directional blur on selected objects or inside custom blur areas.

• Selected Mesh and Area modes
• Multiple independent blur regions
• Blur Amount, Length and Edge Softness controls
• Directional controls
• Preview and animated blur
• Live Update workflow
  
  
  

02 / DATA POINTS

Technical data overlays

Build futuristic technical callouts, scan graphics and FUI-style data overlays directly around your objects.

Mix layers together and control opacity, glow, line weight, scale and other styling settings.

03 / PATTERNED GLASS

Procedural optical glass

Generate stylized glass panels with procedural patterns, material controls and animated distortion.

Choose different panel shapes, control pattern scale and displacement, and use Glass, Glass Dispersion or your own custom material.

Animate Glass adds procedural Ripples or directional Waves without manually building keyframes.

04 / SURFACE RIPPLE

Sculptural surface deformation

Create smooth ripple deformation directly on selected meshes with fast, art-directable controls.

• Movable Ripple Origin controller
• Ripple presets
• Pattern and strength controls
• Preview and Final quality modes
• Non-destructive subdivision support
• Built for animation and motion graphics
  
  
  

Built for creative CGI

Optic Lab is designed for product animation, motion design, beauty CGI, fashion visuals, abstract renders, advertising, music visuals and experimental 3D.

Fast, art-directable workflow

Optic Lab is built around simple controls, live updates and reusable procedural systems so you can spend less time building setups and more time art-directing the final image.

Use Preview settings while working and switch to Final when you're ready to render.

Compatibility

Version: 1.0
Blender: Blender 5.2+
License: GPL-3.0-or-later

Turn your Blender scene into an optical playground.