We have released version 4.0.4 of "PSOFT Pencil+ 4 Material for Blender", our Blender add-on providing cel shading and illustration tone styles, and version 4.1.5 of "PSOFT Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender", our Blender add-on for creating hand-drawn-like lines on 3D objects with high quality and speed.
This update adds support for Blender 4.5 and fixes some bugs.
Changes Since The Previous Version
Pencil+ 4 Material for Blender
[Modifications]
- Fixed an issue where the shader editor's gradation preview was not showing if the graphics backend was set to Vulkan.
Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender
[New features]
- Added support for Blender 4.5.
[Modifications]
- Fixed reduction computation so that overridden position information is correctly reflected when a library override is applied to an object referenced by Reduction Settings.
- Improved panel display and usability when a library override is applied to a Line node tree.
- Minor fixes.
Operating Environment
Pencil+ 4 Material for Blender
- OS: Same as Blender operating environment
- Host application: Blender 3.0 / 3.1 / 3.2 / 3.3 / 3.4 / 3.5 / 3.6 / 4.0 / 4.1 / 4.2 / 4.3 / 4.4 / 4.5
(*Alpha and Beta versions are not supported) - Hardware: Same as Blender operating environment
- Operates with the EEVEE render engine
- [Render Elements Output] is supported from Blender 3.4 and up
Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender
- Windows version: Windows 10 / 11 (CPU: x64-based processor)
Mac version: macOS 13.0 or later (CPU: Apple Silicon or Intel) - Host application: Blender 3.0 / 3.1 / 3.2 / 3.3 / 3.4 / 3.5 / 3.6 / 4.0 / 4.1 / 4.2 / 4.3 / 4.4 / 4.5
(*Alpha and Beta versions are not supported) - Required software: Pencil+ 4 Render App (4.1.1 and up)
Update Procedure
The installation procedures are described in the manuals below.
Pencil+ 4 Material for Blender
Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender
* In some cases, the installation does not work properly if the add-on is already installed. If a previous version of the add-on is already installed, please uninstall it first before installing the new version. If you get an error when uninstalling the old add-on, please uninstall it by following the instructions at the bottom of its entry in the Preferences / Add-ons screen.
Free Trial Version
To draw lines using the "Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender" add-on, you will need the "Pencil+ 4 Render App". First, install the trial version of the "Pencil+ 4 Render App" and give the "Pencil+ 4 Line for Blender" add-on a try. You can obtain the trial version of the "Pencil+ 4 Render App" from the following download page.
* There is no trial version for "Pencil+ 4 Material for Blender".
