Z-Shot turns 3D objects into alpha brushes, trims, masks, decal textures or icons. 

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Lightweight and straightforward

There is no preparation like scene setup, camera placement or fiddling with shaders necessary – simply choose a mode, adjust your output settings, hit the render button, and it's done.
Canvas size and aspect ratio are handled automatically with a few comfortable settings. 

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Fast and effortless results

Rendering usually does not even take a second. Currently, the following modes are included:

• Alpha Brush
• Height
• Normal
• Curvature
• Ambient Occlusion
• Vertex Color
• Opacity
• BSDF Base Color, Metallic, Roughness, Normal, Emission, Alpha
• Custom (do your thing while Z-Shot holds the camera)

You receive either sRGB, linear grayscale or linear color images depending on the render mode – don't worry about color space shenanigans. Output file formats are either EXR (16/32 Bits), TIFF (8/16 Bits) or PNG (8/16 Bits).

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Channel Packing

Easily combine your existing or previously rendered maps in channel packed RGB(A) maps with the Channel Packing mode. 

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Batch Rendering

Render multiple images with one click with the batch rendering feature.

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Trim creation for Trimflow

Using the Trimflow add-on? Z-Shot also comes with a little helper for rendering Trims with Head and Tail sections (see gallery image). It eliminates the need for calculations and can automatically write a JSON file that Trimflow can read!

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Links & Support

Online documentation
FAQ
Join Discord server
Thread @ Blender Artists
Mail

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1.3.1 Release notes:

• BSDF Normal mode: unplugging the Normal Map node inside the material prior to rendering is no longer necessary
• Subdiv and Multires modifiers: Z-Shot now uses Render levels instead of Viewport levels
• Blender 4.2.x: Render modes Alpha Brush and Height will use Cycles instead of EEVEE to prevent flawed output (Issue #125614)

1.3.0 Release notes:

General:

• New: Batch Rendering
• New render mode: BSDF Normal
• Trimflow JSON options are now also accessible in Channel Packing mode
• Blender 4.2 compatibility

Fixes:

• BSDF render modes fail if Blender's language is not set to English
• Improper image size value rounding when using a custom canvas

1.2.0 Release notes:

General:

• New Trimflow Canvas function to assist the trim creation for the Trimflow add-on

Fixes:

• Fixed a bug that caused Z-Shot on Blender 4.1 to save rendered images at the wrong directory when the path was set to '//'.
  

1.1.0 Release notes:

General:

• New render mode: BSDF Alpha (transparency)
• Better handling of disabled objects
• New option: Use Dithering
• New option: Pixel Filter Width
• UI Tweaks

Fixes:

• Channel Packer: Cancel operation if source image cannot be found
• Issue when rendering Height set to 'Individual'