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Dink Blender Template

Released:August 17th, 2024
File Size:9.72 MB
Downloads:16
Release Notes:As always, offline HTML documentation is included for this version, or you can check out the latest version at: https://drone1400.gitlab.io/dink-blender-template-documentation

V1.3.2 changes:
- Fixed an issue where action start/end frames were not calculated correctly in the script. Start frame was pretty much hardcoded to 1 and end frame was considered to be the total frame count. In certain situations this lead to rendering not working correctly.
Released:July 20th, 2024
File Size:9.72 MB
Downloads:11
Release Notes:As always, offline HTML documentation is included for this version, or you can check out the latest version at: https://drone1400.gitlab.io/dink-blender-template-documentation

V1.3.1 changes:
-Set the World's Strength property to 0.0.
-Modified shadow angles to be closer to Dink's original style.
-Added model rotate buttons to the Compositing editor.

V1.3.0 changes:
-Fixed grid-pattern shadow not rendering in Blender V4.2 (deja vu?). This was because they removed an existing feature for a compositing node with plans to add it back "in the future"... https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.2/compositor/#repetition
-Replaced the direction selection checkbox with 3 buttons for rendering all directions, diagonal only (1, 3, 7, 9) and horizontal/vertical only (2, 4, 6, 8)
-Added progress bar to rendering process. NOTE: In blender 3.6 there will be only progress text displayed as the progress bar is unavailable. [Note: This was actually a lot more work than I expected, hah. But I think the end result is worth it.]
-Added abort button when rendering.
-Fixed an issue with ModelRotator not rotating the model...
-Fixed an issue with selected values for "Output Format" and "Name Format" properties not being loaded correctly when opening file.
-Set the Grid object's material emission property to 0.0.
Released:June 20th, 2024
File Size:8.62 MB
Downloads:11
Release Notes:-Can now set sprite image size, scale and other parameters from the Dink Render panel.
-Changing properties in the Dink Render panel automatically updates compositing.
-Added Dink panel in 3D viewport for rotating model.
-Can now render normal shadows with transparency when saving as PNG!

Known Issue: For some reason the 'Name Format' and 'Output Format' properties seem to load a random value every time you open the file. They really should get saved into the blender file and remembered, just like all the other custom numeric properties, but for some reason they don't. I don't know how to fix this yet... Shouldn't affect functionality in any way, just a slight annoyance since it means you might have to set them manually before rendering.

As always, offline HTML documentation is included for this version, or you can check out the latest version at: https://drone1400.gitlab.io/dink-blender-template-documentation
Released:May 24th, 2024
File Size:4.78 MB
Downloads:12
Release Notes:Fixed shadow rendering no longer working in Blender V4.1 due to a change in how the Crop node in compositing works
Released:April 14th, 2024
File Size:4.78 MB
Downloads:16
Release Notes:Initial version.