

blendx file would launch the app on machines on which Blender itself is already installed. blendx file format for simple Blender Appsįor simpler apps, the Foundation proposes a new file format. Other potential uses include pipeline tools: the example given is building an image viewer by packaging Blender’s video sequencer, image editor and annotation tools, and stripping out its other functionality. Those use cases include education: the blog post includes a prototype of a ‘Blender 101’ app – a name the Foundation has used for a proposed simplified version of Blender for teaching the software in schools.įor professional work, the proposal suggests that artists could use the Blender App format to present visualisation projects interactively to clients without those clients needing to know how to use Blender. In practice, that seems to mean cut-down versions of Blender tailored to specific use cases, supplemented by custom keymaps, add-ons, and asset libraries. The Blender Foundation describes Blender Apps simply as “experiences powered by Blender”. Suggested use cases for Blender Apps, which will be able to run without Blender installed, include presenting projects interactively to clients, and building new pipeline tools for VFX and game development.Ĭustom versions of Blender for project presentations or pipeline tool development The Blender Foundation has published a project proposal for Blender Apps: customised versions of the open-source 3D software tailored to specific tasks.
