24 free blender addons in 2024

[Music] today we're going to be taking a look at 30 free blender add-ons that you can use right now 24 is a lot of add-ons so let's start with a free add-on that will keep everything organized simple tabs is a blender add-on that helps to organize your end panel or side panel only about 10 add-ons can fit in the side panel now imagine 30 uh simple tabs can easily help you manage these add-ons by grouping them in a more organized way and giving you easy access to the add-ons you need when you need them imperfect aperture maps for perfect CGI boka this add-on is a collection of imperfect aperture maps to create photorealistic bokeh effects most render engines let you add different shapes for your aperture making it easy to create photorealistic renders and outof focus zones cycles does not have this function but this free add-on brings it with a number of different shapes you can use in Cycles [Music] smudge mask generator for geometry nodes this smudge tool lets you add photorealistic smudges on walls very easily it creates a water smudge mask on any mesh using geometry nodes which you can use to add texture details like dirt rust and more bird generator it's mindblowing what blender artists are sharing with the community for free like this bird generator that can also generate the flight path and animation of the bird you can use it to generate a flock of unique birds with different flight paths and behaviors the birds are well modeled and customizable to make each look unique and the flight path can be based on a curve you draw geometry node particle system V7 I can't believe this is also free this geometry node setup allows you to create particles that interact with your world in real time this is a big deal because geometry nodes offer more customization and control than the particle system one obvious Advantage is that you can layer more effects on top of the particle simulation like particle Trails child particles and more things that are impossible to do with the built-in particle system CAD Sketcher this one is for architects who use blender um this tool lets you draw accurate meshes with accurate measurements it's a constraint based Sketcher add-on created by Loris for blender that allows you to create precise 2D shapes by defining CAD geometric constraints like tangents distances angles equals and more these sketches are then converted into bezier or meshes which still stay editable through a fully non-destructive workflow I.E geometry nodes and [Music] modifiers anti- seam when you have textures that are tiling you can use this free anti-am add-on to break up the seams it creates masks over the seams and blends the different parts of your tiled textures to make them look more detailed and seamless nature nature clicker free add-on if you have objects or nature assets you want to scatter in your scene this free add-on nature clicker can be of great help in providing a powerful way to scatter your objects it will help you randomize the scale rotation and placement of different objects in your scene to avoid object intersection and more cuq blocker add-on this add-on can let you block out your scenes Faster by giving you tools to help you play objects according to different parameters it also gives you an easy way to adjust object settings by using sliders instead of typing the figures directly you can also Place objects depending on other objects orientation or nearest face normal [Music] Direction free future scratch sci-fi sketches if you are working on a Sci-Fi render try using this free future scratch sci-fi pack that comes with a Sci-Fi themed kit bash gble asset pack these can be used to create a steampunk City Cyber City and more the assets are wellmade and textured and you can also use other add-ons to scatter these into a large city easy PBR this add-on lets you download the hundreds and hundreds of PBR textures on ambient CG and other sites directly in blender you select the textures you want the add-on downloads them extracts them and packs them into a material in blender with just a single click ready to be applied on any object customizable 3D cartoon robot if you're looking for a cute cartoon robot this robot's tool can generate different variations that are ready to animate with different Expressions characteristics mannerisms and more with just a few [Music] sliders this sci-fi panel generator creates quick sci-fi panels for hard surface models there are 23 different panel style styles to choose from this can be quite useful if you're designing Interiors of sci-fi scenes and more non-destructive modeling toolkit so if you are looking for an optimized non-destructive workflow this free add-on provides all the necessary tools the add-on provides workflow enhancements tools operations and generators tailored specifically for non-destructive and hard surface 3D modeling it additionally offers post-modeling workflow enhancements for external applications such as substance painter maret toolbag game engines and more free snow plus procedural ice generator if you want to create a chilly cold render with snow icicles and visible coldness this free snow generator does it in one go snow snow shaders snow particles icicle generators dust and more real Sky the sky generator that comes with blender does not generate clouds or Stars if you want to replace it with something that generates more detail and is more powerful this free add-on real sky is the the way to do it gbh tool for blender when you are creating hair for your characters try out gbh tool it's built on the new hair system can convert the hair to Curves and meshes and you can generate different styles quickly it gives you more options UV squares this hugely popular add-on for the UV editor reshapes UV selections into a grid it respects vertical and horizontal face ratios and can stretch out any selection shape no more manual alignment of a distorted UV blender's UV unwrap is far from perfect quite often you end up with a distorted shape of your object and have to clean it up this takes time and effort as you select all the vertices and realign them via the appropriate axis repeating this endlessly what if you could do it with a single button push that is what UV squares is all [Music] about stylize tree leaves with geometry nodes anime trees are quite hard to make so when I saw that there was a generator that makes them easily and that it's free I rushed to add it to this list [Music] enjoy buildify 1.0 another free tool that I find amazing and surprising that it's free is buildify the only issue is that it has not been updated to the latest versions of blender so you may find that some of its functionality is missing in the new versions uh if you want you want something equivalent and guaranteed to work in the latest versions of blender check out Auto building this is like buildify but updated with more features more buildings and more control it's built with geometry nodes to allow you to just extrude a few faces and let the add-on add all the details like Windows Doors textures and more [Music] like give my back

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Keywords: blender, blender 2.8, eevee, cycles, tutorial, animation, 3d, basics

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Length: 8min 3sec (483 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 04 2024