Why Breakdown Maker?

We know how exhausting and tedious it can be to create a reel or breakdown after putting so much effort into your scene. That’s why we developed Breakdown Maker. This addon streamlines the process, adhering to industry standards for creating professional portfolios or demo reels. Showcase your work in the most polished way possible with minimal effort.

Breakdown Creation

Effortlessly breakdown your scene by animating all its elements and showcasing your creative process in just a few clicks. It’s fast, intuitive, and designed to keep your workflow smooth.

➤ Animation Presets

• Pick from 6 animation presets designed to showcase how your scene came together, inspired by the way top 3D and VFX studios present their work.
• With just a single click, your selected models will appear and progressively reveal the original scene, allowing every detail to be appreciated.
• You can combine as many animation styles as you want in your breakdown, deciding how each element gets animated.

Turntable Option

Create professional turntables for showcasing your models. With this feature, you can customize your scene setup with preset animations, lighting options, and more, making it easier than ever to create high-quality demos.

➤ Lighting Scheme

Select from various preset lighting setups to perfectly showcase your model. These presets offer a range of moods and styles that you can apply with a single click, and they’re easily editable to fit any model.

➤ HDRIs

Choose the HDRI that best complements your model or upload your own. You can activate the Rotate HDRI option to make the environment rotate around your static model, allowing you to instantly see how the lighting interacts with every detail.

➤ Studio Light Assets

In addition to lighting presets, you can add real studio lights through the asset browser. These studio light assets enhance your scene by providing authentic, customizable lighting setups that bring a professional touch to your turntables.

➤ Texture Options

Switch easily between three texture types: standard, wireframe, and solid color. These options can be set to change automatically during turntable creation, allowing for optimal model visualization from every angle.

ColorChecker and Reflective Balls

For professionals, the addon allows you to add a ColorChecker and reflective spheres to your scene. These elements ensure industry-standard lighting and color calibration for your reels, showcasing the lighting setup and reflections in a highly realistic manner.

Render Passes

Easily select and manage different render passes for your breakdowns. Choose specific passes like shadows, lighting, or depth, giving you more control over how you present your scene.

Render Manager

Queue up all the scenes in your project using the Render Manager and forget about manually selecting them one by one. Let the add-on take care of the process, so you can focus on what truly matters!

Feedback and Improvement

Breakdown Maker was developed with the goal of making it easier to create professional making-of or breakdown content for your scenes. We’ve worked hard to make this add-on as comprehensive as possible, but we know there’s always room to improve. We’d love to hear your feedback to keep enhancing the product, ensuring that it’s accessible and helpful for everyone.

Please feel free to share your thoughts, suggestions, or issues through our Discord channel. Your input is invaluable to us as we strive to make Breakdown Maker even better!