.TH "BLENDER" "1" "July 27, 2015" "Blender management: using fallback mode for management
Blender 2\&.74 (sub 0)"

.SH NAME
blender \- a 3D modelling and rendering package
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B blender [args ...] [file] [args ...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B blender
is a 3D modelling and rendering package. Originating as the in-house software of a high quality animation studio, Blender has proven to be an extremely fast and versatile design instrument. The software has a personal touch, offering a unique approach to the world of Three Dimensions.

Use Blender to create TV commercials, to make technical visualizations, business graphics, to create content for games, or design user interfaces. You can easy build and manage complex environments. The renderer is versatile and extremely fast. All basic animation principles (curves & keys) are well implemented.

http://www.blender.org
.SH OPTIONS

Color management: using fallback mode for management
Blender 2.74 (sub 0)
Usage: blender [args ...] [file] [args ...]
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.SS "Render Options:"

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.B \-b or \-\-background
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Run in background (often used for UI\-less rendering)
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.B \-a or \-\-render\-anim
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Render frames from start to end (inclusive)
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.B \-S or \-\-scene <name>
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Set the active scene <name> for rendering
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.B \-f or \-\-render\-frame <frame>
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Render frame <frame> and save it.
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+<frame> start frame relative, \-<frame> end frame relative.
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.B \-s or \-\-frame\-start <frame>
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Set start to frame <frame> (use before the \-a argument)
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.B \-e or \-\-frame\-end <frame>
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Set end to frame <frame> (use before the \-a argument)
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.B \-j or \-\-frame\-jump <frames>
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Set number of frames to step forward after each rendered frame
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.B \-o or \-\-render\-output <path>
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Set the render path and file name.
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Use // at the start of the path to
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  render relative to the blend file.
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The # characters are replaced by the frame number, and used to define zero padding.
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  ani_##_test.png becomes ani_01_test.png
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  test\-######.png becomes test\-000001.png
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  When the filename does not contain #, The suffix #### is added to the filename
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The frame number will be added at the end of the filename.
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  eg: blender \-b foobar.blend \-o //render_ \-F PNG \-x 1 \-a
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  //render_ becomes //render_####, writing frames as //render_0001.png//
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.B \-E or \-\-engine <engine>
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Specify the render engine
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use \-E help to list available engines
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.B \-t or \-\-threads <threads>
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Use amount of <threads> for rendering and other operations
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[1\-64], 0 for systems processor count.
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.SS "Format Options:"

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.B \-F or \-\-render\-format <format>
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Set the render format, Valid options are...
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  TGA IRIS JPEG MOVIE IRIZ RAWTGA
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  AVIRAW AVIJPEG PNG BMP FRAMESERVER
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(formats that can be compiled into blender, not available on all systems)
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  HDR TIFF EXR MULTILAYER MPEG AVICODEC QUICKTIME CINEON DPX DDS
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.B \-x or \-\-use\-extension <bool>
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Set option to add the file extension to the end of the file
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.SS "Animation Playback Options:"

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.B \-a or \-\-render\-anim
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Render frames from start to end (inclusive)
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.SS "Window Options:"

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.B \-w or \-\-window\-border
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Force opening with borders (default)
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.B \-W or \-\-window\-borderless
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Force opening without borders
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.B \-p or \-\-window\-geometry <sx> <sy> <w> <h>
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Open with lower left corner at <sx>, <sy> and width and height as <w>, <h>
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.B \-con or \-\-start\-console
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Start with the console window open (ignored if \-b is set), (Windows only)
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.B \-\-no\-native\-pixels
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Do not use native pixel size, for high resolution displays (MacBook 'Retina')
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.SS "Game Engine Specific Options:"

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.B \-g Game Engine specific options
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\-g fixedtime    Run on 50 hertz without dropping frames
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\-g vertexarrays    Use Vertex Arrays for rendering (usually faster)
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\-g nomipmap    No Texture Mipmapping
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\-g linearmipmap    Linear Texture Mipmapping instead of Nearest (default)
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.SS "Python Options:"

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.B \-y or \-\-enable\-autoexec
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Enable automatic python script execution
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.B \-Y or \-\-disable\-autoexec
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Disable automatic python script execution (pydrivers & startup scripts), (compiled as non\-standard default)
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.B \-P or \-\-python <filename>
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Run the given Python script file
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.B \-\-python\-text <name>
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Run the given Python script text block
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.B \-\-python\-console
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Run blender with an interactive console
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.B \-\-addons
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Comma separated list of addons (no spaces)
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.SS "Debug Options:"

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.B \-d or \-\-debug
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Turn debugging on
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* Prints every operator call and their arguments
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* Disables mouse grab (to interact with a debugger in some cases)
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* Keeps python sys.stdin rather than setting it to None
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.B \-\-debug\-value <value>
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Set debug value of <value> on startup
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.B \-\-debug\-events
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Enable debug messages for the event system
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.B \-\-debug\-ffmpeg
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Enable debug messages from FFmpeg library
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.B \-\-debug\-handlers
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Enable debug messages for event handling
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.B \-\-debug\-libmv
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Enable debug messages from libmv library
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.B \-\-debug\-cycles
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Enable debug messages from Cycles
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.B \-\-debug\-memory
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Enable fully guarded memory allocation and debugging
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.B \-\-debug\-jobs
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Enable time profiling for background jobs.
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.B \-\-debug\-python
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Enable debug messages for python
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.B \-\-debug\-depsgraph
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Enable debug messages from dependency graph
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.B \-\-debug\-wm
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Enable debug messages for the window manager
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.B \-\-debug\-all
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Enable all debug messages (excludes libmv)
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.B \-\-debug\-fpe
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Enable floating point exceptions
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.B \-\-disable\-crash\-handler
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Disable the crash handler
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.SS "Misc Options:"

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.B \-\-factory\-startup
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Skip reading the "startup.blend" in the users home directory
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.B \-\-env\-system\-datafiles
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Set the BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES environment variable
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.B \-\-env\-system\-scripts
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Set the BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS environment variable
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.B \-\-env\-system\-python
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Set the BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON environment variable
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.B \-nojoystick
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Disable joystick support
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.B \-noglsl
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Disable GLSL shading
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.B \-noaudio
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Force sound system to None
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.B \-setaudio
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Force sound system to a specific device
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NULL SDL OPENAL JACK
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.B \-h or \-\-help
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Print this help text and exit
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.B \-v or \-\-version
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Print Blender version and exit
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.B \-\-
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Ends option processing, following arguments passed unchanged. Access via python's sys.argv
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.SS "Other Options:"

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.B /?
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Print this help text and exit (windows only)
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.B \-\-disable\-abort\-handler
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Disable the abort handler
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.B \-a <options> <file(s)>
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Playback <file(s)>, only operates this way when not running in background.
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  \-p <sx> <sy>  Open with lower left corner at <sx>, <sy>
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  \-m    Read from disk (Don't buffer)
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  \-f <fps> <fps\-base>    Specify FPS to start with
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  \-j <frame>  Set frame step to <frame>
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  \-s <frame>  Play from <frame>
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  \-e <frame>  Play until <frame>
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.B \-\-debug\-freestyle
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Enable debug/profiling messages from Freestyle rendering
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.B \-\-verbose <verbose>
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Set logging verbosity level.
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.B \-R
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Register .blend extension, then exit (Windows only)
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.B \-r
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Silently register .blend extension, then exit (Windows only)
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.SS "Argument Parsing:"

  arguments must be separated by white space. eg
    "blender \-ba test.blend"
  ...will ignore the 'a'
    "blender \-b test.blend \-f8"
  ...will ignore 8 because there is no space between the \-f and the frame value
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.SS "Argument Order:"

  arguments are executed in the order they are given. eg
    "blender \-\-background test.blend \-\-render\-frame 1 \-\-render\-output /tmp"
  ...will not render to /tmp because '\-\-render\-frame 1' renders before the output path is set
    "blender \-\-background \-\-render\-output /tmp test.blend \-\-render\-frame 1"
  ...will not render to /tmp because loading the blend file overwrites the render output that was set
    "blender \-\-background test.blend \-\-render\-output /tmp \-\-render\-frame 1" works as expected.
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
  $BLENDER_USER_CONFIG      Directory for user configuration files.
  $BLENDER_USER_SCRIPTS     Directory for user scripts.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_SCRIPTS   Directory for system wide scripts.
  $BLENDER_USER_DATAFILES   Directory for user data files (icons, translations, ..).
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_DATAFILES Directory for system wide data files.
  $BLENDER_SYSTEM_PYTHON    Directory for system python libraries.
  $TMP or $TMPDIR           Store temporary files here.
  $PYTHONHOME               Path to the python directory, eg. /usr/lib/python.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.B luxrender(1)

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.SH AUTHORS
This manpage was written for a Debian GNU/Linux system by Daniel Mester
<mester@uni-bremen.de> and updated by Cyril Brulebois
<cyril.brulebois@enst-bretagne.fr> and Dan Eicher <dan@trollwerks.org>.