Installation

This section details instructions to install Batch Render in your computer, the tutorial is focused on Windows devices, but the steps are pretty much the same for MacOs/Linux.

Having Blender installed is a pre-requesite.

  1. Download Python

    1. When installing Python, make sure to check the ‘Add Python X.x to PATH’

  2. After downloading Batch Render, you can place the folder anywhere you want

  3. On Windows, search for ‘Edit environment variables for your account’

  4. Click on ‘Environment Variables…’

  5. Double click on the variable ‘Path’ either on User variables or System variables

  6. Click ‘New’ and paste the address of Batch Render’s folder

  7. Click ‘New’ again and paste the address of Blender’s installation folder

  8. Confirm all changes

To add a variable to PATH in Linux and MacOs run the following command from the terminal

export PATH=$PATH:/direction/to/folder

You might need to restart your computer for the installation to take effect.

Why do we need to do this?

Adding Blender and Batch Call to PATH means that you can call them from the terminal without including the full path to the file, it’s much more convenient.

To check if the installation was successful open cmd/terminal:

  • Run Blender, if Blender launches, it’s correct

  • Run batchCall.py, if preset selection shows up, it’s correct