Quill Import/Export

Import Quill scenes into Blender and export Blender Mesh or Grease Pencil to Quill.

Quill is a VR illustration and animation tool. Learn more about Quill here: https://quill.art/

Usage

To import or export Quill scenes go to File > Import > Quill scene and File > Export > Quill scene.

For import, select a file inside the Quill scene folder, for example Quill.json. The import process may take a while for large scenes.

For export, it will use the file name to create the scene folder.

The import/export dialogs have options on the right hand side.

Features

The add-on reads and writes native Quill file format. (The authoring files .json and .qbin, not the compressed .imm files).

Import

• Import Quill layer hierarchy to Blender objects.
  • Quill groups become "Empties" with transform and children.
  • Quill paint layers become Mesh or Grease Pencil objects.
  • Quill cameras become Camera objects.
  • Quill image layers become Image objects.
• Import frame by frame animation as Mesh sequences or Grease Pencil frames.
• Import transform keyframes.

Detailed status of supported Quill features during import

Export

• Export the Blender scene to Quill layers
  • Grease Pencil objects to paint layers.
  • Mesh objects to painted wireframes.
  • Armature objects to painted stick figures.
  • Cameras to cameras.
  • Image references to image layers.
  • Empty objects to Quill groups.
• Export transform keyframes on groups and objects to Quill keyframes.
• Export Grease Pencil frame by frame animation to Quill drawings.

Detailed status of supported Blender features during export

Support

• Github issues
• Virtual Animation discord, go under Resources > Tools > Blender Quill scenes Import/Export add-on.