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Command-line interface to the Blender 3D computer graphics application. tldr-pages

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Command-line interface to the Blender 3D computer graphics application. Arguments are executed in the order they are given.

Render all frames of an animation in the background, without loading the UI (output is saved to /tmp)

blender --background path/to/file.blend --render-animIdentify

Render an animation using a specific image naming pattern, in a path relative (//) to the .blend file

blender --background path/to/file.blend --render-output //render/frame_###.png --render-animIdentify

Render the 10th frame of an animation as a single image, saved to an existing directory (absolute path)

blender --background path/to/file.blend --render-output /path/to/output_directory --render-frame 10Identify

Render the second last frame in an animation as a JPEG image, saved to an existing directory (relative path)

blender --background path/to/file.blend --render-output //output_directory --render-frame JPEG --render-frame -2Identify

Render the animation of a specific scene, starting at frame 10 and ending at frame 500

blender --background path/to/file.blend --scene scene_name --frame-start 10 --frame-end 500 --render-animIdentify

Render an animation at a specific resolution, by passing a Python expression

blender --background path/to/file.blend --python-expr 'import bpy; bpy.data.scenes[0].render.resolution_percentage = 25' --render-animIdentify

Start an interactive Blender session in the terminal with a Python console (do import bpy after starting)

blender --background --python-consoleIdentify