TOP 20 FREE Add-Ons That Come With Blender!

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In this video, I talk about the top 20 add-on that are built into Blender 3.0! Did your favorite make the list?
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NOTE - THESE ARE NOT THE ADD-ONS IN THE VIDEO. ALL ADD-ONS IN VIDEO ARE BUILT INTO BLENDER AND REQUIRE NO LINKS.
Scatter - www.thecgessentials.com/scatter
Flip Fluids - www.thecgessentials.com/flipfl...
Car and Transportation Rigged Vehicle Library - thecgessentials.com/Transport...
City Pack Cars Rigged Car Library - thecgessentials.com/CityPackCars
Curve Array Pro - thecgessentials.com/CurveArra...
Botaniqu Tree and Grass Library - thecgessentials.com/Botaniq
Open Street Map - thecgessentials.com/OSM
Curve Basher - thecgessentials.com/CurveBasher
Node Preview - thecgessentials.com/NodePreview
Tree Vegetation Library Add On - thecgessentials.com/vegetation
Decal Machine - thecgessentials.com/DecalMachine
Human Generator - thecgessentials.com/HumanGene...
Fluent Stressless Modeling Tool - thecgessentials.com/Fluent
Fluent Materializer Material Creation Tool - thecgessentials.com/FluentMat...
Materialiq - Materials Library - thecgessentials.com/Materialiq
Traffiq Vehicle Library - thecgessentials.com/Traffiq
Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Product Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:23 - Bolt Factory
1:07 - Edit Mesh Tools
1:47 - F2
2:37 - Loop Tools
3:58 - Geodesic Dome
4:41 - Real Snow
5:18 - Discombobulator
6:17 - IvyGen
7:12 - Stored Views
7:47 - VR Scene Inspection
8:16 - MeasureIt
8:53 - Scatter Objects
9:52 - Carver
11:05 - Align Tools
11::50 - Extra Objects
12:38 - Import Images as Planes
13:23 - ANT Landscapes
14:18 - Sapling Tree Generator
15:47 - Tri-Lighting
16:51 - Node Wrangler
18:21 - Other Blender Add-On Tutorials

КОМЕНТАРІ: 147

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Hi everyone! Let me know what you think about the list in the comments below! :)

@djedishadowslayer2076 2 роки тому

Great explanations, and I appreciate that you have quick-reference chapters sectioned out so that I can quickly go back and find relevant parts to review when I want to experiment with the features you're demonstrating. Thank you very much for taking the time to share this information with us.

@godwords7811 Рік тому

Is ivv genrator is free

@ThisIsDownstate Рік тому

As someone who has just got to the stage where i can start making things myself without following tutorials, these are going to be so useful to implement into my workflow. thanks a lot for the video !

@NitehawkGaming 2 роки тому

This is very helpful as a beginner! Going into 3d is a daunting task so seeing what I can instantly do with these plugins makes the task alot less harder than it seems.

@chatterjeejoyjit 8 місяців тому

Love it, it's incredible! ❤

@maryvitetta5661 2 роки тому

This is awesome! Quick and clear, thank you for making my modeling easier! 😍

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Glad I could help!

@georgboesner8936 2 роки тому

Thank you so much. Just a week ago I stumbled over the Stored Views Addon after I struggled a few days with an six-sided object where I often needed orthogonal views on each of the sides. With each of your videos I learn something new.

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Glad they're helping!

@Everyday_Foreman 2 роки тому

I just started using the tri-light addon and it is wonderful and quick for a scene setup. The node Wrangler has been around for a long time and it should be turned on by default because it does so many function that you only touched on

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Totally agree!

@HrafnNordhri 2 роки тому

Most of these have been around for a long time.

@laurenshamberg5703 2 роки тому

Great info. Learned something new today! Tip: You can quickly change values of the XYZ at once by click and drag the valueboxes instead of clicking each one like @ 17:50

@macronomicus 2 роки тому

yes indeed, you can also type math into most fields & hit enter to have the total be your value

@Ultralistic 2 роки тому

Really appreciate all your helpful videos! If it's not too much trouble then a VR demonstration would be awesome.

@Seeitmove Рік тому

Thank you! Wounderful stuff!

@EricTViking 2 роки тому

Great video Justin, I just enabled most of those after watching!

@pleochroic Рік тому

Node Wrangler and Tri Lighting I found out about really early in my Blender discovery (so, a few weeks ago ;) and have been using them by default. MeasureIt I went actively looking for because I am very much wedded to modeling to known sizes instead of winging it and then resizing (not really a good thing but I just feel more comfortable that way for now). Carver is gonna be my new favourite. After seeing you show it, I looked it up, and it can do non-destructive work, which is SO MUCH cooler even then just the quick cuts. I do a fair bit of boolean operations (I got my start in solid modeling and can still think more easily in that mode), and this looks like it might be able to make my life even better. Thanks!

@josephvanwyk2088 2 роки тому

Oh my soul. Thanks for this review. Can always count on your demonstrations !

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

😎

@TheKevphil 2 роки тому

Thanks, Justin! That Sapling Tree Generator looks like a lot of fun.

@kainv.9221 Рік тому

I absolutely did not expect this video to be soooo useful! Thanks.)

@Stenveel 2 роки тому

Will be great to see add-ons for architecture.

@MrWeetbixNZ 2 роки тому

As usual, great video, you show enough to get you to try them out. Top marks on presentation, never fail to educate. Keep up the good work. 👍

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Thanks 👍

@bassemb Рік тому

Awesome reference video, I will be linking this to many people!

@ianmcglasham 2 роки тому

Enjoyed that. I only really use f2 and looptools but these were all really interesting. Good video.

@boredguynextdoor9159 2 роки тому

Awesome video man. Thank you

@mrhollywood5285 2 роки тому

Nice one mate !!! Really look forward to your informative tuts. Cheers MR H

@ckgaming2428 2 роки тому

The snow one is super helpful (as well as sap gen, nw, tri-light). It's takes me so long to see up realistic snow coverings within my snowy scenes.

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Definitely - really like that one!

@TheGraphicsgriffin Рік тому

Love your videos!

@letsd0good 2 роки тому

wow!!!! thnak you for this. really saved me a lot of time .... keep up the great work!!

@hexagonredgames7054 2 роки тому

Huge help. Thank you very much!! SUBSCRIBED

@edwardplace503 2 роки тому

Thanks for the review. I've been importing trees into scenes not knowing I had a tree generator. Also a rock generator and especially the Tri-Lighting. Lighting has been my week point. Maybe this will help. I've been using some of the others you highlighted. The Node Wrangler I've only been using the CTRL-T to add the mapping and coordinate nodes but I will make it a point to read the manual to start taking advantage of some of it's other features. All in all I'm glad you did this video. I once spent a couple hours trying to make a screw not knowing there was an add-on for bolts.

@drumboarder1 2 роки тому

I'm so sad I started using gaffer, now I have no use for ctrl+shift+T :(

@Undeathspawn 2 роки тому

Wow some mind blowing addons! :-) thanks a lot

@mfrazeehvacc5012 2 роки тому

Great tutorial!

@y0g_s0th0th Рік тому

Thank you for this

@jeremiaharmstrong5899 Рік тому

Love your channel. You answer so many of my questions. Carver will be a game changer. Blender is a pretty awesome resource. But a person could spend a lifetime trying to figure it out. Makes you appreciate the work that went Into creating it. Also the effort you put into making these videos . Thanks man.

@jeremiaharmstrong5899 Рік тому

Is there a simple way to realign one path of vertices in a single object after you get the exterior shape you want? Or better yet not move them to begin with?

@tzwhh204 2 роки тому

Thank you very much. Very useful presentation.

@mahxm7631 2 роки тому

"Don't Forget to Like this video" - this is one of the videos I would never forget to give it a like! Great stuff! Really, really helpful. Thanks a lot!

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

LOL - glad you liked it!

@markferrick10 2 роки тому

Super video. Was really fun looking at some of the fantastic add ons that Blender has. It (Blender ) really is a super tool. Thanks for pointing these out. Several will be useful.

@Deezsirrer 2 роки тому

Without it being open source You might just have to learn code/math to create all these addons by yourself instead the community modder unless the devs update the software. So let just hope Mark Zuckerberg doesn't suddenly bought blender and make it a close source O_o

@metalgearbas4 2 роки тому

Some excellent add-ons here! Super useful for a noob like myself, thank you! :D

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Glad to hear it!

@kenmorris2858 2 роки тому

Many thanks for this. You rock!

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

You're welcome!

@EIendir Місяць тому

This dude is so underrated honestly i solved some issue afterward watching this tutorial so many thanks !!!

@TheCGEssentials Місяць тому

Trying my best! :)

@octopusfly 2 роки тому

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

No worries!

@Kuziminski Рік тому

It's funny how I've been using blender since 2.78, and I only came across this vid to send to a friend because they asked for some helpful vids on Blender. I needed a video to show them how to enable some of my must activate freebies. Only to be looking at so many more that make wanna try them out. Thanks for this!

@AllThingsFilm1 Рік тому

Thanks. This is great. I'm just starting to learn Blender.

@sudipto30 2 роки тому

Very very useful !!

@coso09 2 роки тому

Thank you. It was very useful.

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Glad it was helpful!

@Gabykk 2 роки тому

Hey thanks for the breakdown

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

No problem!

@MorrisseysMonkey 2 роки тому

The tree generator is a god send! Saves me a load of time.

@voguelapsha 10 місяців тому

Thank you !!

@TheCGEssentials 10 місяців тому

Welcome!

@philipmcdonnell7168 2 роки тому

I use some already: node wrangler, measureit, etc. I don't us Carver though and that could be very useful as could the Sapling Tree Gen. Whether my mid-2012 MBP will want to play remains to be seen...

@user-jt8qn6bn9i 2 роки тому

Along w/ discombobulator, have you tried the By-gen addon?

@quarryspanish 2 роки тому

that discombobulater definitely wins the name of the year award in blender 👏

@argusbargus4301 Рік тому

I finally know what half of these do, lol. Thank you!

@TheCGEssentials Рік тому

@larykenobi 2 роки тому

You are the best thank you!

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Glad it helped!

@gauravjain5688 Рік тому

Nice one 👍🙂

@MikeGeorgia 2 роки тому

Great video!

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Glad you enjoyed it!

@OldTimeShoppe 2 роки тому

excellent channel

@Dustin-nd6tm 2 роки тому

Thankyou this video is very helpfull

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Glad it was helpful!

@drumboarder1 2 роки тому

Wait they added real snow as an official addon? Grats to the maker, I've had that downloaded for ages but hadn't found a use for it

@killzann7757 2 роки тому

insane!

@jakavozlic718 2 роки тому

Cool video! I will get all the add-ons but you forgot about a good add-on for lazy peuple Blender kit.

@Faygris 2 роки тому

Great video, as always! There are some I didn't know before and will definitely use in the future 🤩 Does anybody know why Node Wrangler isn't activated by default in Blender? 😄

@Voreoptera Рік тому

I was going to say, because it was a community addon, but then I remember that WEB3D is enabled by default in Blender 3.4.1, apparently.

@johnhaynes9910 2 роки тому

Excellent and thanks :)

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

No worries!

@EROSNERdesign 2 роки тому

Great stuff

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Thanks!

@elbolerobabuino720 Рік тому

awsomeeeeee!!!

@bobabooey8367 2 роки тому

Thanks Justin..

@loofa4775 2 роки тому

Tri lighting. Lighting is my current weak area. Enabling this add-on now.

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

For sure - that one is SO good!

@cioccolata12 2 роки тому

Weird question. I like the tree creator and all the options inside it, but would it be possible to keyframe the creation and adding and subtracting of leaves and branches for visual effects, or would you have to do that in nodes? I know, weird question but just learning Blender.

@sladusthegreat 2 роки тому

I am new to Blender. I was wondering if the free assets like the brick wall for example, are royalty free to be used in projects commercially?

@JosefRalt Рік тому

dear Justin...thanks so much for all of your useful tutorials..it is a great help for me as newbie to Blender...for some reason i couldnt activate the node wrangler addon eventhough i have enabled it in preferences..is it something to do with the latest blender 3.5 version?

@robwahl 2 роки тому

Thanks! Which keystroke input overlay were you using in previous tutorials? ...why no longer? Edit: Nevermind, found it, "Screencast keys"

@skywatcher71 2 роки тому

where do you see its free what you recommend?

@acecea9174 2 роки тому

Am grateful for seeing this because I was about create a monstrosity😂

@ramirorodriguez3976 Рік тому

Tremendo!!!!!

@SuperGari2 2 роки тому

hi! cool video, but i dont see rock generation or add on extra. how did you get these?

@Meryem-jx8yq 2 роки тому

Hi, ...All you have said is great, but I have an important question for you. Why isn't the editing window on the bottom left appearing again when we create an object for the first time? Is there any way to achieve this?

@richardconway6425 2 роки тому

Using Node Wrangler is very hit and miss, sometimes it doesn't work properly, other times it refuses to work at all. I find it very frustrating to use, and so sometimes I won't even bother, cos I can't deal with the frustration. It seems to have an aversion to metalness maps, always ignoring them, and bringing in the colour map twice - ? The missing add on was Bool-Tool. I love that. If you don't have some slick cutting add on like Boxcutter or Grid Modeler, the Bool Tool is a fantastic fall back. The completely vanilla boolean setup in blender is awful.... clunky and unintuitive. Otherwise, great video, thanks for that. Learnt some new things there.... Some of your list have already been supplanted by really good add-ons, for me at least, like eg Random Flow, which makes Discombobulator irrelevant, and if you have things like Kit-Ops or Decal Machine then you're less likely to use Bolt Factory, but I was still impressed by that, because it seemed to offer good functionality whilst being easy to use. The Tri-Light thing, that's cool, I like that, I'm definitely going to have a play with that. Import Image as a [mesh] Plane is VERY cool. It allows you to take a photograph or 'background' type of image, and bring it into your scene, and actually use it as a background element, and even make it emissive if you want, to add night time illumination effects to the objects already in your scene. I was wondering, perhaps you might like to do a little tutorial on that Justin?

@intothevoid2046 2 роки тому

Still no modelling history/parametric primitives/operators? :( (not talking about nodes). I'm talking about changing the extrude/edgeslide etc. parameters after finishing the model.

@w5picklevevo688 2 роки тому

Loop cuts, carver, real snow, ant landscapes, scatter objects, sapling tree generator, tri lighting

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Good list :)

@w5picklevevo688 2 роки тому

@@TheCGEssentials thanks bro just writing down things for me to addon wasn’t expecting anyone to see it lmao

@ThemetalicGhost 2 роки тому

How do he get the menu when editing the tri lights part. I dont have that (tri-lighting creator)tab when i add tri lights.

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

It's in there when you first add the lights

@ThemetalicGhost 2 роки тому

@@TheCGEssentials Thanks! I noticed it goes away once you click something else.

@hanpuku0 2 роки тому

Good hunting , Stalker!

@paulbirkpowlly 2 роки тому

Tri-Lighting didn't know bout that built in add on ether.

@MaDmonkey3311 2 роки тому

Hello, When I tried Discombobulator, I have to press OK in order to see whats happening but I cannot edit anything so I have to UNDO and try again. Basically Control panel for addon dissapears so I cannot edit anything real time

@rebellion1193 2 роки тому

perfect

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

@hosseinse4079 2 роки тому

like it

@Voreoptera Рік тому

Could you please give me me a video that shows the overview of every single addon in Blender. This is the closest I found.

@TheCGEssentials Рік тому

Ummm...probably not? That's hundreds of add-ons....

@user-ue3to3ry2k 2 роки тому

More info about Virtual reality, is a future

@cdromance2705 2 роки тому

HUwats up guys

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

@jefj 2 роки тому

Humm, I guess we don't have the same definition of free!

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

They’re literally built in to Blender 3.0, which is 100% free, and so are they, so I have zero clue what you’re talking about here

@jefj 2 роки тому

@@TheCGEssentials sorry I mean the one in your description. My bad!

@Fast7 Рік тому

Loop tools 17 Real Snow 15 14 discombobulator Measure it 10 Carver 8 Align tools 7 Ant landscape 4 2 Tri-Lighting

@hameddesign70 2 роки тому

the whatsup guys intro causing people heart attack , so they'll leave your channel

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Seems like they're staying to me

@daadood100 2 роки тому

you need to be more specific when you discribe and add on, A.N. T. Landscapes Not ANT Landscapes

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Sounds like you found it just fine

@1.25nuclear3 2 роки тому

Ooooooowatsup guys ......

@Rabbitron 2 роки тому

measure it carpet

@toapyandfriends 2 роки тому

😆'first comment!!!!

@toapyandfriends 2 роки тому

@@brightanimations4253 😆'dammit!

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

Lol - good work :)

@lifeisokay7148 2 роки тому

this doesn’t work on Mac for anyone that wants to use this. it hasnt been updated in months so not very reliable

@TheCGEssentials 2 роки тому

I don't understand - what doesn't work on Mac? Blender? The Add-Ons?

@JacobKinsley 2 роки тому

Am I the only one that hates f2... Like it's only useful when you have a grid that the tricksy hamburglar took parts from

@dripmusic_rolx Рік тому

flip fluids not free

@TheCGEssentials Рік тому

Curious - where in the video did I say that Flip Fluids is free?

@dripmusic_rolx Рік тому

@@TheCGEssentials your title says literally TOP 20 FREE Add-Ons. i see you dont need my subscription

@TheCGEssentials Рік тому

@@dripmusic_rolx Once again - where in the video did you see this? Honestly, if you're not actually going to watch the videos, it's probably better if you don't subscribe here anyway