Production Layer Manager V.060  |  Simplify Your Blender Rendering Pipeline

Production Layer Manager is an all-in-one Blender add-on designed to bring studio-style scene management, rendering and compositing workflows to independent artists, freelancers and production teams.

Forget manually organising collections, configuring individual render passes or repeatedly setting up output nodes. Production Layer Manager brings these essential tasks together in one convenient interface, allowing you to spend less time managing your scenes and more time creating.

Key Features

• Automated Scene Organisation: Instantly generate colour-coded collections for characters, environments, props, lights, cameras and FX, with automatic asset sorting.

  
  

• View Layer Management: Create and manage multiple rendering configurations, selectively enabling or disabling collections to isolate different scene elements.

  
  

• Automated Compositor Setup: Generate organised Render Layers and File Output nodes for your selected View Layers, with configurable render-pass connections.

  
  

• Multilayer EXR Pipeline: Configure OpenEXR output, render passes, Cryptomatte and EXR compression for integration with compositing software such as Nuke.

  
  

• Render Manager: Select which View Layers to render, configure frame ranges and resolution percentages, and launch renders from a dedicated interface.

  
  

• Custom Output Naming: Standardise render output directories and filenames using project, sequence, shot, department and version identifiers.

• Scene Duplication: Create additional scene configurations while sharing existing asset data.

• Non-Destructive Workflow: Preserve existing compositor setups and maintain shared cameras, lights and assets across View Layers.

Built for Artists, Designed for Production

Whether you're developing an animated short film, producing complex VFX shots or managing multiple rendering configurations, Production Layer Manager provides the tools to establish a consistent, organised production pipeline.

Developed by OJZONE, the add-on aims to make professional rendering practices accessible without requiring extensive pipeline development or custom scripting.