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Add-on Auto Reload
Auto Reload

Automatic reload for external files.
Add-on by tonton_
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  • ADG
  • v3.1.2
  • 1 w

This way, real-time collaboration can be added, which is convenient.

  • Wade-Schneider
  • v3.1.1
  • 1 mo

wish this would auto reload the scripts as well but great add on though for any one that simply gets sick of having to update everything manually after every small change. how is this not default behaviour in blender. absolutely of my top choice in my list of add on's to use, is this one.

  • tonton_ replied
  • 1 mo

Thanks for your kind words, about the scripts, blender already detects changes and display it to user (red question mark button) so he/she only has to click. I felt that it was a good enough solution, knowing that if you have unsaved changes in the text editor, they will be lost with this behavior... However, you can make an issue on the github to discuss this feature if you want ! cheers !

  • shahlatavaddod
  • v3.1.1
  • 1 mo

That's useful.

  • tonton_ replied
  • 1 mo

glad you find it useful, thanks :) !

  • jametc
  • v3.1.1
  • 1 mo

very useful for texturing when you prefer to use external painting programs. I'll just have a pop-out blender viewport on one side of my screen and see it update as I go.

  • tonton_ replied
  • 1 mo

thanks for the review :)

  • FABRICE-LOYOLA
  • v3.1.1
  • 2 mo

Very nice

  • tonton_ replied
  • 2 mo

thanks you :)

  • artoonick
  • v3.1.1
  • 3 mo

thank you, keep it up. Cheers!

  • tonton_ replied
  • 3 mo

thanks for the kind words ! cheers

  • michaelknubben
  • v3.1.1
  • 3 mo

Unmissable.

  • tonton_ replied
  • 3 mo

thank you for this nice comment :)

  • Bulat
  • v3.1.1
  • 3 mo

Greatly simplifies the work with textures. Thanks

  • tonton_ replied
  • 3 mo

You are welcome, thanks for the review !

  • SergeyIvanov
  • v3.1.1
  • 3 mo

One of the best when your constantly update your external files

  • tonton_ replied
  • 3 mo

thank you for the kind words :)

  • hissatsuneko
  • v3.0.3
  • 5 mo

I love this add on. I use is together with Coatools for cutout style animation. With the "Images inspector" it makes it super easy to edit the parts. Question , was the Images inspector functionally removed from version 3.0.3, for blender 4.2 Lts? It was working before in 4.0 but now the preference section to set the external editor is gone.

  • tonton_ replied
  • 5 mo

Hi thanks for the kind words. Regarding image inspector panel, code was messy, and giving i don't have a lot of time for now to work on the addons, i prefered remove it completely to focus on the auto reload functionalities. For now, you can use image manager (https://github.com/samytichadou/image_manager) which have almost same functions. The goal, when i have some spare time, is to turn it into a proper extension and to clean the code ! Sorry for the inconvenience, hopes this answer your question ! Cheers !

  • KloWorks
  • v3.0.3
  • 6 mo

great addon I use it when I paint from clip studio paint, when I save it I can see the update in blender. love this addon

  • tonton_ replied
  • 5 mo

Thank you for the kind words :)

  • stoatsnhoney
  • v3.0.3
  • 6 mo

Essential for anyone doing lots of texture work. It's easy to use and does exactly what it says. This is already saving me so much time!

  • tonton_ replied
  • 6 mo

thanks, glad you found it useful :)

  • osman-safi
  • v3.0.3
  • 6 mo

that's the way i liked it, thanks a lot, its life saver

  • tonton_ replied
  • 6 mo

you're welcome, thanks for the kind words !

  • fismik
  • v3.0.3
  • 6 mo

Reloading images has always been a pain, especially when working with 2d animations and lots of texture back n forth. Thankyou, hopefully this comes to native Blender at some point :] Just a minor feedback - I dont know if I need to see the Auto Reload UI at all times in the top corner and it is making the UI busier. I think it could work just as well just in the Image Editor/Movie Editor/Shader Editor and showing the Icon in the Top corner could be an option.

  • tonton_ replied
  • 6 mo

hi thanks for the kind words ! About the presence of the icon, it also serves to reload libraries and cache sequence, so my thought here was "it could be useful from any area type", so instead of having it in multiple places, better to only have it as a small icon in the top bar :) But you're right if one only uses it for images, it could eat some useful topbar space, i'll think about other options for a next version when i have some spare time !

  • JoelArt
  • v3.0.3
  • 7 mo

This is such an invaluable addon.

  • tonton_ replied
  • 7 mo

thanks for the kind words :)

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