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Once part of Blender 4.1's bundled add-ons and originally written by Luca Rood, UI Animation Render now lives in the Blender extensions library as a community-maintained extension. It carries over 18,000 downloads, though it's offered as it is with limited support.
UI Animation Render is a Blender add-on for rendering animations of the Blender UI. Originally written by Luca Rood, it was part of the bundled add-ons shipped with Blender 4.1. It's now available as a standalone extension, offered as it is with limited support.
You reach the add-on from the View3D sidebar under the View tab, or trigger it with the Ctrl+Shift+F12 shortcut. It runs on Blender 4.2 LTS and newer, requires no special permissions, and is released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later.
Listed at version 0.1.0 and published in May 2024, UI Animation Render sits in the Blender extensions library among other community add-ons. For the latest details, installation options, and version history, check the developer's page.
UI Animation Render is best for rendering animations of the Blender user interface.
UI Animation Render is completely free to download and use.
UI Animation Render is compatible with Blender 4.2 LTS and newer. It was previously part of the bundled add-ons that shipped with Blender 4.1, and is now maintained separately as a standalone extension offered as it is with limited support. Because it targets Blender 4.2 LTS and later releases, check the developer's page to confirm it runs on your specific Blender version before relying on it in a project.
UI Animation Render is located in the View3D sidebar under the View tab, and can also be triggered with the Ctrl+Shift+F12 keyboard shortcut. Once installed, these are the entry points for rendering animations of the Blender UI. It runs on Blender 4.2 LTS and newer and requires no special permissions. Installation follows Blender's standard extension process, so refer to the developer's page and Blender's documentation for the current install steps.
UI Animation Render is listed here as free. It's released under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later, which governs how it can be used, modified, and redistributed. For the current licensing terms and any conditions attached to the GPL, check the developer's page. Since it's offered as it is with limited support, review those details before building it into a production workflow.
UI Animation Render does not require any special permissions to run in Blender. It focuses on rendering animations of the Blender UI, reachable from the View3D sidebar's View tab or the Ctrl+Shift+F12 shortcut. Since it targets Blender 4.2 LTS and newer and is offered as it is with limited support, confirm it works with your version on the developer's page.
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