Grease Pencil Tools
Adds extra tools to enhance Grease Pencil in Blender.
Maintained by SamuelBernou
Last updated: April 8, 2026
Low setup overhead
Code analysis found no major compatibility blockers. Follow the packing steps below before submitting.
What It Does
Overview and common use cases for this add-on.
- Originally part of Blender 4.1 bundled add-ons.
- Includes features like lattice subdiv and spline deformations.
- Offers a Box deform tool and canvas rotation.
Common Use Cases
- Rotate the canvas to draw from different angles.
- Scrub through the timeline to quickly navigate animations.
- Import textured brush packs to expand creative options.
Getting Started
How to install and start using this add-on in Blender.
How To Install
- 1. Open Blender and go to the Extensions section.
- 3. Alternatively, download the ZIP from the Blender Extensions page.
- 4. Use Blender's 'Install from Disk' option to add the downloaded ZIP.
First Steps After Installing
- Use Ctrl + T to activate the Box deform tool.
- Rotate the canvas using the provided shortcuts for better drawing angles.
- Explore timeline scrubbing to refine your animations.
Using On A Render Farm
What render farm submitters need to know before sending jobs.
We could not inspect this add-on's code. Install it on your farm workers and run a single-frame test job before committing to a production render.
Scene Prep Checklist
Complete these steps before uploading your scene to a render farm.
- 1
Install the same add-on version on every render worker
Required - 2
Upload all external textures, presets, and asset files
Required - 3
Run a 1-frame test render on the farm before full submission
Recommended - 4
1. Install the same add-on version on every render worker.
Recommended - 5
2. Upload all external textures, presets, and asset files.
Recommended - 6
3. Run a 1-frame test render on the farm before full submission.
Recommended
Things To Watch Out For
- Local path or asset-library signals were detected. Paths that work on the artist machine can still fail on remote workers.
Common Mistakes
- Failing to upload local assets or helper files, causing incorrect renders.
- Assuming interactive Blender UI features will work in headless farm rendering.
Recommended Workflow
- Open the scene in Blender and complete any interactive setup steps.
- Save the file and validate with a small background render locally.
- Run a short test render on the farm before scaling up to full production.
Worker Node Setup
For render farm administrators: what each render node needs to run this add-on.
Install the same version of the add-on on all workers. Ensure all external files and assets are uploaded to avoid missing resources during rendering.
More Context
Add option in Tab Grease Pencil
For details, check this Box deform YouTube demo
How to use: (same tutorial in addon preferences) Use the shortcut Ctrl + T in available modes The lattice box is generated facing your view, so be sure to face canvas to avoid unintentional anamorphic offset Then use the following shortcuts (also displayed in top bar):
Modes and deformation target:
Shortcuts (also displayed in top bar):
Notes :
If you return in box deform after applying with a ctrl+Z, you need to hit ctrl+T again to revive the modal.
A cancel warning will be displayed the first time you hit Tab (to avoid mis-canceling)
Multiframe edit selection works, but you will only see the current frame during the modal
Customize shortcut in addons preferences, Default ctrl + alt + right-Click. Shortcut changed are refreshed upon modifications.
Use Hud: Show angle value and lines.
Reset view (free navigation only): Click and release immediately without rotation to reset (up view point to world Z).
Incremental rotate Use Shift to increment rotation by a user-defined degree (in addon pref)
Save/restore camera rotation use button in sidebar
Use Alt + Mid-Clic to call viewport timeline (customizable in addon preferences)
Use Ctrl to snap on keys
Always snap option snap on the keys
Rolling mode Discard timing information to jump quickly between keys
You have a lot more option to customize the Graphical aspect of the timeline.
Straighten the stroke between the first and last point, keeping the points proportionally distant from each other. You can affect influence in the redo panel (press F9 to pop up the redo panel). Influence amount is remembered for next use (You can shift+click on the button to reset and force the use of 100% influence)
Call a timeline popup at mouse position to scrub without leaving the 3D viewport.
The default shortcut to call the timeline is Alt + MMB. The shortcut enable the scrubbing when hovering timeline editors as well (dopesheet, sequencer, etc).
Scene start/end and keyframes are represented with symbols on the timeline. While scrubbing, pressing Ctrl key Snap time cursor on keyframes.
There are several settings to customize visual aspect and behavior in addon preferences:
Continuous press on Y key override default layer popup with a custom drawn panel.
note: This feature is only for Blender 4.2, Version 4.3 and above have a new grease pencil system + new asset library, so the feature is not needed anymore.
Install included Grease pencil textured brush pack made by pepeland (Daniel Martinez Lara) This is available in sidebar > Tool > Brushes panel, in the brush dropdown menu (where you can reset brush).
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Quick Facts
- Version
- 2.2.4
- Compatibility
- Blender 4.3.0 and newer
- Downloads
- 125844
- Published
- Tuesday 14th, May 2024 - 15:09
- Licenses
- SPDX:GPL-3.0-or-later