Apetown Art
Render Buddy V 2.4.4
Render Buddy | Blender Render Pipeline Builder
Spend less time setting up renders and more time making them.
Render Buddy is a Blender add-on that builds a production-ready render and compositing pipeline in one click. No more manually wiring nodes, organizing passes or fighting with output paths.
Designed for artists working with After Effects, Nuke, Fusion and other compositing workflows.
What Render Buddy Does
One-Click Pipeline Builder – Automatically creates, connects and organizes compositor nodes.
AOV Management – Export Multilayer EXRs or individual passes with customizable denoising.
Puzzlemattes – Quickly generate object and collection masks for compositing.
Light Groups – Organize and export lighting passes.
Optical & Lens FX – Export post-processing effects as separate layers, similar to Octane's Post FX workflow.
Motion Vectors – Export motion data for post-production.
Smart Output Naming – Customizable tokens automatically update with scene, camera and render settings.
Render Farm Ready – Bake output paths into portable relative paths so render machines don't need Render Buddy installed.
Final Image Export – Save a display-transformed reference image alongside your EXR passes.
Built for Real Production
Render Buddy only rebuilds the nodes it creates, leaving your existing compositor setup intact.
Switch between Multilayer and Separate EXRs, change cameras, customize your outputs and rebuild whenever you need.
Build it. Render it. Get back to creating.
Development & Updates
Render Buddy is actively developed and includes teaching guides to help you get started. If you encounter a bug, please reach out so I can address it.
October 18, 2026 — Pipeline & UI Overhaul
Redesigned interface with streamlined accordion sections.
Added Bake and Unbake Token Paths for render farm compatibility.
Improved automated output naming and pipeline management.
September 28, 2026 — Live Token Resolution
Output paths automatically update when scene variables or active cameras change, without rebuilding the pipeline.
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