In this repository we upload various scripts to improve our inhouse workflow with Blender.
The purpose of this script is to help you with the process of finding the best render settings by tweaking sample and bounces parameters of the Cycles render engine and comparing it to previous results using the render slots in the Image Editor.
There are two ways to use it. First you can store the current settings by pressing the Save Settings button in the Sampling Panel of the render properties. Now you can tweak all cycles render settings, rerender, compare and restore the previous settings by pressing the Restore Settings button. But you can also use the 8 render slots of the image editor for this. Enable the Record Render Settings button in the header of the Image Editor to save your settings of the current slot. As long as the button is enabled there will be the render settings stored after each render in the current slot. Here's a demo: https://youtu.be/a3FI_n6vH64
The VRAIS tools are meant to help users of our free VR viewer VRAIS setup their VR scenes and upload the finished rendering to vrais.io.
To install the vrais tools, simply download the script to your computer and install it as a Blender Addon from your User Preferences. In order to be able to upload to vrais.io you first need to copy the private API key from your Account Settings on vrais.io. Then open up the preferences of the addon and paste the user key there. The VRAIS Tools will appear in the Render section of the Properties editor in Blender.
This addon assumes that you use it from within your active scene. For instance: You finish a rendering in Scene_01, you press the cubemap or upload button in Scene_01. The renderpath and camera stereo convergence from Scene_01 will be used by the addon.
Cubemaps have the advantage of making better use of the pixels in your VR rendering. If you render an equirectangular panorama the upper and lower thirds of the image will be unnecessarily oversampled, hence wasting precious render time. A cubemap avoids that. In order to render a cubemap you need to enable the Cube Map addon by Dalai Felinto. You find it in the Testing section of the Blender Addons. That addon will render 12 images, left and right eye for each of the 6 sides of a cubemap. To upload that to vrais.io you need to stitch these images to one long cubemap stripe. The "create cubemap" button will do that for you.
Once you have configured the addon by entering the user API key in the User Prefs, you can upload your finished rendering to vrais.io by clicking on the upload button. Before you do that make sure that you give your Rendering a title and a description. The stereo convergence will be automatically copied from your scene camera and transferred to vrais.io.