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

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Options (7)

-b, --backgroundboolean

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

Example: blender {{[-b|--background]}} {{path/to/file.blend}} {{[-a|--render-anim]}}

-a, --render-animboolean

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

Example: blender {{[-b|--background]}} {{path/to/file.blend}} {{[-a|--render-anim]}}

-o, --render-outputboolean

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

Example:

blender {{[-b|--background]}} {{path/to/file.blend}} {{[-o|--render-output]}} //{{render/frame_###.png}} {{[-a|--render-anim]}}

-f, --render-frameboolean

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

Example:

blender {{[-b|--background]}} {{path/to/file.blend}} {{[-o|--render-output]}} /{{path/to/output_directory}} {{[-f|--render-frame]}} {{10}}

-S, --sceneboolean

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

Example:

blender {{[-b|--background]}} {{path/to/file.blend}} {{[-S|--scene]}} {{scene_name}} {{[-s|--frame-start]}} {{10}} {{[-e|--frame-end]}} {{500}} {{[-a|--render-anim]}}

-s, --frame-startboolean

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

Example:

blender {{[-b|--background]}} {{path/to/file.blend}} {{[-S|--scene]}} {{scene_name}} {{[-s|--frame-start]}} {{10}} {{[-e|--frame-end]}} {{500}} {{[-a|--render-anim]}}

-e, --frame-endboolean

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

Example:

blender {{[-b|--background]}} {{path/to/file.blend}} {{[-S|--scene]}} {{scene_name}} {{[-s|--frame-start]}} {{10}} {{[-e|--frame-end]}} {{500}} {{[-a|--render-anim]}}

Examples (7)

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

blender [-b|--background] path/to/file.blend [-a|--render-anim]

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

blender [-b|--background] path/to/file.blend [-o|--render-output] //render/frame_###.png [-a|--render-anim]

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

blender [-b|--background] path/to/file.blend [-o|--render-output] /path/to/output_directory [-f|--render-frame] 10

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

blender [-b|--background] path/to/file.blend [-o|--render-output] //output_directory [-f|--render-frame] JPEG [-f|--render-frame] -2

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

blender [-b|--background] path/to/file.blend [-S|--scene] scene_name [-s|--frame-start] 10 [-e|--frame-end] 500 [-a|--render-anim]

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

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

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

blender [-b|--background] --python-console

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