BasedPlayblast

Easily create playblasts from Blender

BasedPlayblast is a Blender addon that streamlines the process of creating video playblasts for animation review. It provides optimized render settings for fast preview generation while maintaining visual quality suitable for review purposes.

• Fast Playblast Creation: Optimized render settings for different preview modes (Solid, Material, Rendered)
• Multiple Display Modes: Support for Wireframe, Solid, Material Preview, and Rendered modes
• Flexible Resolution: Scene, preset, or custom resolution options
• Video Format Support: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV with various codecs (H.264, H.265, AV1, etc.)
• Metadata Integration: Automatic inclusion of frame numbers, camera info, and custom notes
• Settings Management: Apply and restore render settings without losing your project configuration
• Flamenco Support: Custom Flamenco Job Script with a simple, non-destructive workflow

1. Open Blender (4.3+)
2. Install BlenderKit via https://www.blenderkit.com/get-blenderkit/
3. Open Preferences (Ctrl + ,)
4. Go to Edit > Preferences > Get Extensions
5. Search for "BasedPlayblast"
6. Click Install
7. Enjoy automatic updating!

1. Download the latest release
2. In Blender, go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons
3. Click Install from Disk and select the downloaded file
4. Enable the addon in the list

1. Locate the Panel: Go to Properties > Output > BasedPlayblast
2. Configure Settings: Set your output path, resolution, and display mode
3. Create Playblast: Click the PLAYBLAST button

4. View Result: Click VIEW to open the generated video

5. Apply Blast Settings: Use this button to apply optimized render settings without rendering

   • Intended particularly for Flamenco. Apply, check the resultant render settings to ensure they're correct, then send to Flamenco using the BasedPlayblast custom Job type.
6. Restore Original Settings: Return to your original render configuration
7. Display Modes:
   • Wireframe/Solid
     • Fast workbench viewport rendering. Recommended for short and/or locally-blasted projects.
   • Material
   • Rendered

• Blender 4.3.0 or higher
• Python 3.x (included with Blender)

• Documentation: GitHub Repository
• Issues: Report bugs or request features on GitHub
• License: GPL-3.0-or-later