BlendRendEst

Blender Render Estimator with pre-render estimation, calibration settings, auto-calibration and more.

Usage:

1. Download the .zip file
2. Open blender
3. Press cmd + , to open the preferences
4. Select "Get Extensions" from the left sidebar
5. Press the top right dropdown arrow
6. Select "Install from Disk"
7. Select the downloaded .zip file
8. Select "Add-Ons" from the left sidebar
9. Ensure "BlendRendEst" is enabled
10. Optional: change the settings
11. Enjoy

Blender version: 5.0.0 tested

Features: 1. pre-render estimation (n-panel), auto-calibration, calibration settings, Estimation Breakdown, Persistent Progress, Debug mode, single-frame estimation, multi-frame animation estimation, live progress bar

Note: due to blender API quirks, doing single frame renders could cause the top right in the image editor to just say „AWAITING RENDER“. This isn’t much of an issue as it will usually work on the second render and from that point on always work. If it doesn’t work for you try to go into the n-panel and render from there.