by Bookyakuno·Rendering
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Save Cams earns its place in the superhive library by pairing camera-setting storage with batch and background rendering in a single add-on. It supports Blender 2.8 through 4.1 and is released under the GPL.
Save Cams stores camera settings in Blender and reloads them to any camera, removing the need to manage angles with keyframes or duplicate cameras. Stored data includes camera position and rotation, camera type, lens, depth of field, rendering resolution and frame range. When the active object is not a camera, the add-on operates on the scene camera.
Batch rendering covers each angle in the add-on list, a selection, a specific collection of cameras, or the scene camera across all scenes, output as still images or animation. Each camera carries its own renderability setting.
Background rendering runs the blend file from the command line for normal rendering, with options to render an external blend file, use a different output path, render another scene, and change the number of seeds. A detailed rendering information menu replaces the Render → Dimension panel and reports on the current scene and all scenes, while a view layer list reproduced from Blender 2.79 adds per-layer render icons. Both can be disabled in the settings.
Save Cams - Saves / Loads Camera Settings And Batch Rendering is best for blender artists who manage multiple camera angles and batch-render stills or animations across scenes and collections.
Save Cams - Saves / Loads Camera Settings And Batch Rendering is completely free to download and use.
Save Cams runs on Blender versions 2.8 through 4.1 and is distributed under the GPL license. Across those versions it saves and reloads camera settings including position, rotation, camera type, lens, depth of field, rendering resolution and frame range, and it also handles batch and background rendering. The add-on can work on the scene camera when the active object is not a camera. For the newest release details and any version-specific notes, check the developer's page before installing so you know it fits your current Blender setup.
Save Cams is listed as free here. Licensing and pricing can change over time, so for the current terms it's best to check the developer's page directly. The add-on is released under the GPL license. Beyond cost, it covers camera-setting storage, batch rendering across lists, selections, collections and all scenes, and background rendering from the command line, so you can evaluate whether its feature set matches your rendering workflow before downloading it.
Save Cams can render the blend file from the command line, though this background feature only supports normal rendering. It lets you render an external blend file, use an output path different from the scene settings, render another scene, and change the number of seeds. It also produces a copy of the generated command text and can change scene properties to make repeated runs with the same settings easier. These options let you set up command-line renders with settings separate from the scene's defaults.
Save Cams removes the need to manage camera angles with keyframes or to duplicate cameras. It stores each camera's position and rotation, camera type, lens, depth of field, rendering resolution and frame range, and you can load those settings back to any camera. When the active object is not a camera, it operates on the scene camera instead. The saved angles appear in a list inside the add-on, and you can batch-render them individually, by selection, by collection, or across all scenes as stills or animation.
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