Lightbox

Blender study add-on for various utility functions

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Blender Version 4.2.0 | Add-on Version 0.14 | Project Start 25 Jul 2024 | Last Update 05 Aug 2024

Features

• EEVEE Clay Material Override
  Overrides all materials within the scene with a basic clay material. Toggles back to the original materials on button click.
  Access UI View3D > Lightbox > Toggle Clay

• Focus Selected on Outliner
  Focuses selected object on View3D on outliner on complex scenes.
  Access UI View3D > Lightbox > Focus Outliner
  Keyboard SHIFT + ALT + W

Pre-Release Installation

1. Download lightbox folder from this repository.
2. Use a compression tool like 7-Zip to create .zip file from the folder
3. Open Blender version.
4. In the top bar, open the Edit menu.
5. Select Preferences window.
6. On the left side of the Preferences window, choose the Add-ons tab.
7. In the top right of the Preferences window, click down arrow, then click the Install button.
8. Browse to the Lightbox .zip file you downloaded.
9. In the bottom right of the file browser, click Install Add-on.
10. You should now see Lightbox in the list of add-ons.
11. Tick the box to the left of the add-on name to enable it.
12. On your 3D Viewport press N to open context menus.
13. You should be able to see Lightbox UI on right of your editor.

Work in Progress

Feature: Shader Editor Node Previews
A small preview frames on top of each node on shader editor for better comprehension and control of node-based procedural texture creation.

Roadmap

Feature: Renderqueue
A renderqueue function with an interface that allows you to set multiple camera, resolution, keyframe renders in batch.