Blender PhotoCreator Extension

Blender notes

Please read to avoid problems with Blender and CTM Import.

This tool and the photocreator plugin runs only with the Blender 2.9 LTS and the blender addon linked below. If u have allready installed an CTM-Import-Export plugin, please remove it from “c:\Users\{Your user}\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.93\scripts\addons\” and install it from the zip in the link below!

Latest version download (1.0 BETA2)

Step by Step documentation

CTM-Import-Exporter for Blender 2.9

Command line tool to extend the Blender PhotoCreator functions to render multiple versions of one specific scene with different materials.

Please read the step by step document before using the tool.

Supported command line parameters:

Usage: PhotoCreator.exe [Parameters] [Options]

{Parameters} for the material renderer:
-s|-scope=IG.Creator workspace scope Domain.SubDomain
-b|-scope=IG.Creator basics workspace scope Domain.SubDomain
-u|-user=Readonly user
-p|-password=Readonly user password
-w|-path=Working directory

[Options] for the rendererings:
-width=Width (Width of the testing or rendering image)
-height=Height (Height of the testing or rendering image)
-c (Skip the preparation mode, use this after preparation is done to speed up)
-name=Name (Name prefix for the rendering scenes, default is "scene")
-scene=Scene (Scene id (01..07), default is "01")

Testing scenes (320×200) with different environments:

Final rendered scenes as example:

Please note, the resolutions are low and not really best settings were used (rendered with environment “07).

Possible known issues include the following:

Missing addons

How to see it: in the command line error message of the type “Missing CTM-Import plugin…” appears.

Solution: Blender does not contain the necessary addons, please install the CTM-Import-Exporter from IG (see IG Tools).

Faulty materials in the workspace

Faulty materials without correct definitions or textures cause possible problems when creating the rendering scene.

Solution: remove these materials from clone.json.