by Gachoki Studios·Rendering
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Stands out in the superhive library for wrapping several product-render steps — asset import, decals, shadow catchers, and rendering — into one PRT panel, with support spanning Blender 4.0 to 5.1.
Product Rendering Tools is a Blender add-on by Gachoki Studios built to make product renders easier and faster. It gathers its functions under a single PRT tab in the 3D viewport side panel, opened with the N key.
The add-on covers a few stages of a product-render workflow. You can append or link assets from another blend file, or import from OBJ and FBX files. For decals and labels, it lets you import an image and project it onto a mesh in a few clicks rather than placing a sticker by hand. A shadow catcher tool converts any selected mesh into a shadow catcher, useful when compositing a model into an image or video. A Render Your Product section provides Render Image and Render Animation buttons.
Installation runs through Blender's Add-ons preferences using the downloaded zip, without unzipping it first. The add-on uses the Cycles render engine, is released under the GPL license, and is listed as compatible with Blender 4.0 to 5.1. A demo video is available.
Product Rendering Tools, A Blender Addon That Makes Product Rendering Easy And Fast is best for blender users assembling product renders who need to bring in assets, apply labels, set up shadow catchers, and render stills or animation.
Product Rendering Tools, A Blender Addon That Makes Product Rendering Easy And Fast is completely free to download and use.
Product Rendering Tools is listed as compatible with Blender versions 4.0 through 5.1, and it's marked as Blender Extension compatible. It uses the Cycles render engine for its Render Your Product section, so your scene should be set up accordingly. Because it installs as a standard add-on, it appears under a PRT tab in the 3D viewport side panel once activated. If you run a version outside that range, check the developer's page for current compatibility before installing.
Product Rendering Tools installs like a standard Blender add-on. Download the Product_Rendering_Tools.zip file from Gumroad and save it to your computer, but do not unzip it. In Blender, open Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, click the Install button, then select the zip file. Check the box next to the add-on to activate it, and close the preferences window. Back in the 3D viewport, press the N key to open the side panel and select the PRT tab, where all the tools are available.
Product Rendering Tools is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing can change over time and may differ on the developer's own page, so it's worth checking there for the current terms before you download. The add-on is released under the GPL license, and Gachoki Studios is noted as a Blender Development Fund contributor. For details on how to obtain it, the developer distributes the download and any related information directly.
Product Rendering Tools adds labels and decals by letting you import an image and project it onto a mesh, which takes just a few clicks instead of manually placing a sticker on the model. This is one of several functions grouped in the PRT panel, alongside asset import from blend, OBJ and FBX files, a shadow catcher tool, and buttons for rendering images and animations. All of these sit in the PRT tab you open from the 3D viewport side panel.
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