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Portfolio Creator Pro - One-Click Portfolio Generator

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Why we like it

Portfolio Creator Pro earns its place for collapsing the repetitive final steps of asset presentation, studios, lighting, hero shots, breakdowns and marketplace exports, into a single templated workflow inside Blender, with the original model kept safe on temporary copies.

What is Portfolio Creator Pro - One-Click Portfolio Generator?

Portfolio Creator Pro - One-Click Portfolio Generator is a Blender addon for turning a finished model into a full presentation set. You select your model, pick a template, and press generate. The addon then builds its own temporary studio, cameras, lighting and breakdown setup around your asset while leaving the original untouched.

Templates cover asset types including Character, Vehicle, Weapon, Prop, Architecture, Environment, Product, Furniture, Jewelry and Clothes, each loading matching defaults for cameras, studio scale and lighting. You can generate portfolio views such as a hero 3/4, front, back and side shots, low-angle, top and orthographic views, and bust, face and feet closeups, with automatic hand and foot closeups for rigged characters. Fifty procedural studios and 108 lighting rigs, in warm, cool and low-key variations, scale automatically with the size of your model.

Smart breakdown renders cover clay, base color, wireframe, material ID, roughness and metalness, normals, ambient occlusion and UV layout, reading the Principled BSDF to skip unused channels. Optional modules add 360° MP4 turntables, GIF export with FFmpeg, contact sheets and selling thumbnails, and marketplace export presets sort files into per-store folders for ArtStation, FAB, Unity Asset Store, BOOTH, Superhive, Blender Market and Sketchfab.

Who is Portfolio Creator Pro - One-Click Portfolio Generator best for?

Portfolio Creator Pro - One-Click Portfolio Generator is best for character, prop, environment, hard-surface and game artists who want to skip rebuilding the same lighting and camera setup for every project.

How much does Portfolio Creator Pro - One-Click Portfolio Generator cost?

Portfolio Creator Pro - One-Click Portfolio Generator is completely free to download and use.

Key features

  • Template-driven generation: select a model, pick a template (Character, Vehicle, Weapon, Prop, Architecture, Environment, Product, Furniture, Jewelry, Clothes) that loads matching camera, studio scale and lighting defaults, then press generate
  • Portfolio render sets including a hero 3/4, front and back, side, low-angle, top and orthographic views, bust and face closeups, feet closeups, and automatic hand and foot closeups for rigged characters
  • 50 procedural studios spanning styles like Pure White, Soft Gray, AAA Charcoal, Gloss Black, Anime Sunset and Cinematic Blue, scaling around your model automatically
  • 108 lighting rigs such as Three-Point, Beauty Dish, Rembrandt, Butterfly and Cinematic Backlight, each in warm, cool and low-key variations, with energy that scales with model size
  • Smart breakdown renders (clay, base color, wireframe, material ID, roughness/metalness, normals, ambient occlusion, UV layout) that read the Principled BSDF, skip unused channels, and render temporary copies leaving the original untouched
  • Optional 360° MP4 turntables, GIF export with FFmpeg, automatic contact sheets, and selling thumbnails with title, logo, border, vignette and contrast boost, saveable as JSON presets
  • Marketplace export presets for ArtStation, FAB, Unity Asset Store, BOOTH, Superhive/Blender Market and Sketchfab, with files sorted into per-store folders

Tags

#Blender#portfolio#rendering automation#lighting rigs#studio setup#material breakdown#marketplace export#turntable

Frequently asked questions

Does Portfolio Creator Pro work with rigged characters?

Portfolio Creator Pro generates automatic hand and foot closeups for rigged characters, alongside standard portfolio views such as the hero 3/4 render, front and back, side, low-angle, top, orthographic, and bust and face closeups. Its Character template loads matching defaults for cameras, studio scale and lighting, and the character shown in the preview images is included. The studio scales around your model automatically, so a stylized character renders with consistent framing and exposure without you rebuilding the setup by hand.

Do I need FFmpeg to export GIFs with Portfolio Creator Pro?

Portfolio Creator Pro exports GIFs only when FFmpeg is installed on your system, while its 360° MP4 turntables are framed so your model never leaves the shot. Turntables, contact sheets and thumbnails are optional modules you can enable in the same dialog or run separately. Thumbnails can include a title, logo, border, vignette and contrast boost, and you can save favorite setups as JSON presets to reuse the same configuration across future projects and batches.

Does Portfolio Creator Pro change my original model or materials?

Portfolio Creator Pro keeps your asset untouched by building its own temporary studio, cameras, lighting and breakdown setup around the model. Its smart breakdown renders, clay, base color, wireframe, material ID, roughness and metalness, normals, ambient occlusion and UV layout, read your material setup from the Principled BSDF and skip texture channels your asset doesn't use, so you avoid useless gray squares. Breakdown passes render temporary copies of your asset, keeping the original model completely safe throughout the process.

Which marketplaces does Portfolio Creator Pro export presets for?

Portfolio Creator Pro ships ready-to-use export presets for ArtStation, FAB, Unity Asset Store, BOOTH, Superhive and Blender Market, and Sketchfab, plus generic portfolio packs. The Unity preset covers icon, card, cover and screenshots, BOOTH uses square thumbnails, and the Superhive and Blender Market preset produces five 2:1 images, Hero, Front, Back, Side and Detail, per listing rules. Files are automatically sorted into per-store folders, making them easy to upload, archive or send to clients.

Is Portfolio Creator Pro free to use?

Portfolio Creator Pro is listed as free in this catalog, so you can add it to your Blender setup without a purchase here. For current licensing terms, or any changes the developer may introduce, check the developer's page. Documentation is available to help you get started, and a demo video is available as well. A test render option also lets you preview results before committing to a full batch, which is useful when working through a large set of assets.

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