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# Blender Addon

## What you need

* Blender 4.2 or newer
* A colormass account (sign up here: <https://www.colormass.com/sign-up>)
* For working with the 3D editor: the 3D editor open in your browser on the same computer (for downloading materials this is not necessary)

## Overview

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The colormass Blender addon connects Blender with the colormass platform. With it you can:

* **Download materials** from the platform into Blender, and **upload materials** you create in Blender.
* **Work with HDRIs**: use a platform HDRI as the world of your scene, or upload your own world as a new HDRI.
* **Exchange scenes with the template editor**: send meshes, materials, lights and cameras from a template to Blender, and upload meshes, lights, cameras or whole scenes from Blender back to the template editor.
* **Render like the platform**: set up Blender so that it renders your scene with the same settings as the platform.