by The_Missing_Field·Motion Graphics
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Stands out in the blender_extensions library for consolidating turntable setup into a single camera panel. The elevation modes cover both smooth animated turnarounds and stepped output for spritesheets and flipbooks, and it's listed here as free under the GPL v3.
Turntable Camera adds a new camera panel to Blender that automatically generates keyframe sequences of turntable animation, with parameters that can be rapidly refined. It's built for model demonstration, spritesheet and flipbook creation, and website product gallery or carousel rendering.
Rotation is controlled through a step count, custom start and end angles, and a constant offset. A Hold Frames setting holds each camera position for a set number of frames, useful for turntables of animated content such as flipbooks or multiangle sprite animations. Distance sets a constant camera distance and Shift a constant XY shift, while an optional Root Empty creates a parent required to move the camera away from the origin. A Range to Scene option updates the scene render range to match the animation duration.
Elevation interpolation offers a Stepped mode with constant values, suited to spritesheets, product galleries and flipbooks, or a Linear mode with smooth changes for animated turntables. Visualization options can create a visualized object, scale camera direction indicators, and show the connected path. It runs on Blender 4.2 LTS and newer under the GPL v3.
Turntable Camera is best for model demonstration, spritesheet and flipbook creation, and website product gallery or carousel rendering in Blender.
Turntable Camera is completely free to download and use.
Turntable Camera supports Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, so it runs on current long-term-support builds and later releases. Version 0.1.2 added support for Blender 5.0, keeping it aligned with the latest Blender line. If you're on a release older than 4.2, you'll need to update Blender before installing. For the most current compatibility details and any future version notes, check the developer's page.
Turntable Camera includes a Hold Frames parameter that holds each camera position for a set number of frames, which is useful when creating turntables of animated content such as flipbooks or multiangle sprite animations. For stepped output, the elevation interpolation can be set to Stepped, using constant elevation values suited to rendering spritesheets, product galleries and flipbooks. Together these let you keep each angle in place while the content plays through.
Turntable Camera is listed here as free and distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. That license covers how you can use, modify and redistribute the add-on. Since licensing terms can change over time, check the developer's page for the current details before relying on any specific arrangement. The extension also does not require special permissions in Blender, according to its listing.
Turntable Camera can be added by dragging and dropping the downloaded file into Blender, or by downloading the package and using Install from Disk. Once installed, it adds a new camera panel where you set the turntable parameters. The add-on is a compact download, and issues can be reported through the developer's Discord linked on its page. For step-by-step installation help, refer to Blender's extension documentation.
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