20 free blender addons you may like
if you want to get some free cool tools, plugins, projects and addon, seat with me as we go through this list of 20 that you can download right now for free.
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blender pizza stack generator
a few days ago a new version of blender was released and with it a few amazing new demo projects that you can download, like this stack of pizza generator that takes advantage of the new matrix node to rotate every pizza box depending on the box before it, this shows how powerful and useful the new matrix node is and how you can take advantage of it, the demo project is available for download and you can use it in your own projects.
POINT AND SHOOT/fracture tool
the cell fracture addon has always been the only way to fracture objects into different chunks, thanks to this new demo for blender 4.2 you can add an impact fracture tool into your setup, this works in edit mode as a geometry nodes modifier and will fracture a mesh according to where you click, creating multiple fractures and creating interesting details, you can download the project and add it to your asset browser to have another handy fracturing tool on your finger tips
The Plant Library
need grass and different vegetations, the plant library is a collection of free plant vegetations by the team that brought you Gscatter, The Plant-Library is a Pack containing over 170+ HQ Vegetation Assets. Discover how blender can be the greatest platform for creating your best environmental 3D art. There’s literally no reason to not try it out! No catch, it’s free to use, a free gift for your asset-browser! Download it now and you’ll be ready to go.
fSpy
if you are recreating a scene from the real-world before you start modeling, make your life easier by aligning the perspective of your camera with the perspective of your photograph, this is going to make it easy to model, fspy is a standalone tool that will make matching the camera perspective, view angle, focal length of the original camara to the 3d camera alot easily with just a few clicks, after you can export the setup into blender.
Easy PBR
there a alot of free pbr shaders on the internet from sites like ambientCG, polyhaven and more, the problem is when you download them, they are saved as a zip file containing multiple images, to use them inside blender you have to unzip the file, setup a material and browse and connect each map to its coresponding bsdf input node, setting up one material can take some time, now imagine setting up multiple materials, this free addon Easy PBR does away with all that tedeious steps and lets you browse sites like ambientCG for pbr materials directly in blender, and when you find what you want, you can just use one button to download and setup the shader for you in one go.
Easy HDRI
like pbr shader, hdri images present the same problem, there are alot of them on the internet, but to use them you have to download them, setup an environment map for your world to see them inside your render engine, East HDRI is a sister addon to easy pbr by the same developer and its also available for free to you.
CloudRig
we all know and love rigify but the blender studio, the animation company setup by the blender organisation moved on to another tool called CloudRig, that they use now for rigging everything from creating characters, animals and everything in between, its more upto date, easier to use and can be configured for different kinds of rigs., CloudRig is a rig generation add-on for Blender, developed by the Blender Studio for our Open Movies, starting with CoffeeRun in 2020. CloudRig lets you save time by creating helper bones, constraints, and drivers for you, based on some basic inputs. These inputs are provided in the form of a simple armature, called a Metarig
Fire Scatter Free Blender Addon
if you need fire in your scene quickly, you can skin the smoke simulation tools for blender and opt for this free fire scatter addon, its customizable, free, realtime and looks great, all you have to do is select the mesh you want to add the fire on, and you have a wide range of parameters to play with to make the fire look as you want, with controls for density, fuel, speed, wind direction and more.
Ivy Generator Pro Addon For Blender
there is a free ivy generator that comes built in into blender but its a bit slow, confusing to use, and does not come with materials or textures setup for you plus its not easy to direct the ivy placement, a free alternative is this free ivy generator, that uses curves to direct the ivy growth, and uses the shape of your mesh to grow, it comes fully textured and ready for render time.
Free Cell Fracture modifier for blender 4
today we have two new addons that can be great alternatives for the slow cell fracture addon, this alternative is by the same name except its a geometry nodes modifier meaning we get a non destructive workflow, that is also procedural with different parameters.
View Culling!
if you have given up rendering your projects because they are too heavy or too slow to render, try this amazing free tool call, view culling, you see most of the time if you have too many objects in your scene your viewport playback and responsiveness will go down significantly, this addon makes sure that only what the camera is seeing in available in your scene making your computer use less resources to run your project.
Rain and Splashes Blender Project File
if you make anime scenes you are going to love this detailed rain generator, its a combination of alot of things to pull of this effect, you can get the project file for free but there is also a full step by step tutorial to show you how its done. from adding rain drops, splashes, making droplets bounce off walls and adding ripples, all procedure and looks amazing.
Modular desert kit 1.0
if you want to create a midieval town or village, hear me out, this modular desert kit probably has everything you need, it does not look much, but these pieces can be assembled in multiple ways to create different buildings in different styles, you can also use this in other applications like unreal or unity, another great thing about this is that this is compatible with the buildify generator.
Buildify
speaking of buildify, what an amazing asset to have, and its totally free, already we have seen that it can work with different modular assets, which can be from anywhere, the creator has a few sets you can buy from him or you can make your own and use them with buildify to make impressive buildings that are procedural and unique
Spiky-Spikes
make your renders look more intresting by adding areas of visual interest like these spiky procedural spikes, you can even animate them to make them look even more interesting.
Terrain Erosion – GeoNodes Simulation
if you sculpt a mountain but it does not look good enough, on key thing its likely missing is terrain erosion, every terrain generator has a key element that makes it powerful, and that is erosion, this will simulate erosion of rocks, land, soil from any mesh to make it look more realistic, the erosion mask can also be used to mix different textures and materials for a more believable look.
Free Addon Mc World Generator
if you love minecraft and maybe trying to render your own minecraft world, try this free addon that can generate an entire minecraft world from, the hills, caves, trees and all assets you except like sheep, chicken and more.
Freezing Effect Generator
are you making a cold enviroment, snow and icicles are agreatway to show coldness in an enviroment, and thats what this freezing effect generator offers, it comes with a procedural generator for every effect you need, for creating snow covered meshes, icicles and mroe/
Water Droplets Generator Free Blender Addon
if you are doing any product visualization, you will probably want a droplets generator to show coldness, the best way to do that is to have some condesation droplets and that is what this free generator does, enjoy
Ucupaint
lastly, we are overhauling texture painting in blender with free amaizng tools like ucupaint, it sets up all the maps, textures and shaders so that you can get started with texture painting with one click of a button, it also comes with a layer based system that you can use to seperate different effects.