Reel DirectorA Blender add-on for turning existing scenes into social-ready 3D content.

Reel Director helps Blender artists create camera moves, object animations, clay breakdowns, wireframe looks, stylized viewport renders, and optimized output setups from one workflow.

Built for product visualization, automotive shots, archviz, asset presentation, process content, Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and commercial 3D showcases.

Reel Director Pro expands the same workflow with cinematic filters, advanced clay styling, lattice surface generation, wool/fur surface tools, thumbnails, and more production-focused visual controls.

Set The FormatChoose Vertical 9:16, Square 1:1, or Landscape 16:9. Set HD, FHD, 4K, or 8K resolution, frame rate, and duration before building the shot.Available in: Reel Director + Reel Director Pro

Direct The CameraChoose from curated camera movements for hero shots, reveals, orbits, architectural moves, product details, cinematic paths, and commercial showcase movements.Reel Director includes 32+ camera movements.Reel Director Pro includes 36 camera movements.Adjust the rig, aim, focal length, animation speed, reverse motion, smooth stop, and supported seeded variations.Camera FX include Dolly Zoom, Depth of Field, Handheld Motion, and Rack Focus.Pro adds Lens Punch and Pedestal Motion.Available in: Reel Director + Reel Director ProPro additions: more camera moves, Lens Punch, Pedestal Motion

Animate The SceneApply object-animation presets to selected objects. Use drops, rises, slides, scale pops, rotations, wall reveals, exploded views, float-ins, layered build-ups, and assembly movements without rebuilding the scene.Reel Director includes 19+ object-animation presets.Reel Director Pro currently includes 17 object-animation presets.Control animation speed, scale, stagger, order, reverse, and timing.Available in: Reel Director + Reel Director Pro

Make The Breakdown The HookCreate clay renders with custom clay colors, wireframe overlays, glass looks, bevel detail, and ambient occlusion.Use clay views, wire overlays, and material breakdowns to turn process shots into content, not just technical previews.Available in: Reel Director + Reel Director ProPro additions: per-object clay styling, clay + wire presets, glass presets, seeded clay distribution, custom clay presets, and more advanced clay controls.

Create Pro Visual LooksApply cinematic compositor filters to give renders a more polished final mood.Use looks such as Archviz Clean, Golden Hour Film, Neon Night, Black Pro Mist, Teal Orange, Luxury Low Key, Soft Bloom, Fine 35mm Grain, and more.

Available in: Reel Director Pro onlyBuild Stylized SurfacesCreate lattice-style surface structures from selected objects with adjustable strut thickness, density, topology, interior layers, shell options, color, and frame limits.Create wool/fur-like surfaces with guide density, strand count, viewport percentage, length, thickness, irregularity, frizz, color, and experimental dynamics.Available in: Reel Director Pro only

Make Fast Renders Look IntentionalExplore viewport solid styles and matcaps for graphic, technical, cinematic, comic-inspired, clay, chrome, plastic, concrete, blueprint, and stylized visuals.Render solid viewport images and videos without waiting for a full Cycles render.Available in: Reel Director + Reel Director Pro

Pro additions: expanded matcap/style options and stronger stylized viewport presentation toolsCreate ThumbnailsGenerate thumbnail-style presentation frames for your content workflow and social previews.Available in: Reel Director Pro only

Render With A PlanUse render optimization presets for fast social previews, safe speed-ups, low-noise balanced output, or clean final renders.Reel Director includes output tools for image sequences, video when supported by the Blender build, HDR EXR, output paths, and cleanup controls.Available in: Reel Director + Reel Director ProPro additions: thumbnail workflow and expanded visual-production controls

Technical DetailsBlender 4.2+Fully offlineNo subscription, API, cloud service, or loginNon-destructive camera, transform, material, and visual workflowBuilt for existing Blender scenes