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Table of Contents

Installation & Settings

Workspace & Navigation

Blender 5.0 Story Tools

Workflows

Getting Started

Grease Pencil Tools

Camera Tools

Custom Operators

Playblast & Export Tools

Template Page

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🔗 External Links

Whippet Features

Whippet Versions

Purchase Whippet

License & Terms of Service

Download Blender

Blender Manual

Learn Grease Pencil

Superhive Market

CG Cookie

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Install

Install Whippet through the Install from Disk method.

  1. Go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons
  2. Select Install from Disk > Locate the zip file (ie whippet_addon_v1.96_5.0.zip)

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⚙️ Preferences

After installing, expand the add-on to access the Preference settings.

Whippet Preferences provide options to set default values for a variety of settings and tweak viewport overlay sizing.

If you change a value in the Preference settings, the next time you reopen the file, those values will be saved.

If you want Whippet to turn off the 3D Viewport Overlays and Gizmos then toggle off the Turn off Overlays on Startup.

Adjust the height, location and length of the Text, Dopesheet and Sequencer Overlays.

Add multiple Lens Kits for different projects you might be working on at any given time.

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🎥 Lens Kits

Add Lens Kits using the + button. Rename the Lens Kit by double clicking on the newly created lens kit. Set a Focal Length mm using the slider on the right then press the + icon to add that focal length to the kit.

To access the Lens Kits, go to New Camera Tools section in the N-Panel Viewport Whippet Menu. Select the appropriate lens kit from the drop down menu. The next dropdown will give you access to the different lens you added in the preference settings. If you need a focal length that is not in the lens kit, then you can select Custom from the focal length drop down then use the slider box below to set the desired focal length.

Creating Lens Kits

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Selecting Lenses

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💨 Installing Keymaps

Whippet comes with a Python file (MauritsValk_Blender_Keymap_1.#) that contains all of my keyboard shortcuts.

To import the file:

  1. go to Edit > Preferences
  2. Navigate to Keymap
  3. Click on Import
  4. Select the MauritsValk_Blender_Keymap_1.# file

Alternatively, you can refer to my list of keyboard shortcuts below and add them to your own Blender keymap (it’s the default keymap). Remember to Save Preferences via the bottom left menu button.

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💨 Keyboard Shortcuts

To help speed up your workflow using Whippet GP, you can bind the custom Whippet operators to keyboard shortcuts. Go to Edit > Preferences > Keymap to access the keyboard shortcut menus. You can search by the name of the key bind or the key bind combination itself. The shortcuts are categorized by Blender Areas which are contextual, in other words they work based on where your mouse is hovering over.

Below are recommended keyboard shortcuts that help manage GP keyframes, cameras and switching between Workspaces.

Note, operators can be mapped in multiple area contexts. Jumping between keyframes can be mapped while you’re cursor is hovering over the 3D Viewport as well as the Dopesheet.

3D View > 3D View (Global)

Dopesheet > Dopesheet (Global)

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