RENDER CONTROL
Visual guide

Install the Blender add-on

Five minutes, once. After this, your renders show up on your phone every time. The screens below are real screenshots of the install.

Blender 4.2+Windows · macOS · LinuxNo account needed
  1. 01

    Get the add-on zip

    Download renderpulse-extension.zip from your purchase page. Don't unzip it. Blender wants the zip exactly as it is.

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    A browser's Downloads panel showing renderpulse-extension.zip with an Open file link
  2. 02

    Drag the zip onto Blender

    Open Blender, then drag the zip anywhere onto the Blender window. A small dialog appears. Click OK and Blender installs and enables Render Control in one go.

    That's genuinely it. Steps 03–04 are only for when drag-and-drop isn't handy.

  3. 03

    No drag? Use Preferences

    Go to Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Get Extensions, click the⌄ arrow in the top-right corner, chooseInstall from Disk… and pick the zip.

    Blender's extensions menu with Install from Disk at the bottomThe Install from Disk dialog with Enable Add-on ticked and an OK button
  4. 04

    Make sure it's enabled

    In Preferences ▸ Add-ons, search "Render Control". The checkbox should already be ticked; if not, tick it.

    First time only: Blender may ask to Allow Online Access. Say yes, that's how the add-on reaches your phone.

    Blender Preferences on the Add-ons tab, with Render Control listed and its checkbox ticked
  5. 05

    Find your pairing code

    Open Properties ▸ Render tab (the little camera icon on the right). A Render Control panel is now there, showing a QR code and a 6-digit code.

    Codes rotate for security. Regenerate gets a fresh one anytime.

    Blender's Properties Render tab showing the Render Control panel with a pairing QR code, a 6-digit code, and Copy Code and Regenerate buttons
  6. 06

    Pair your device

    Android app: tap Scan and point the camera at the QR. This pairs with full end-to-end encryption.

    Web app / iPhone: open the web app and type the 6-digit code instead.

    Done. Start a render and watch it from the couch.

    Adding another device later? PressPair Another Device in the Blender panel. Pairing reopens for 10 minutes with a fresh QR and code, so the next device connects exactly like your first. On a computer with no camera, use Copy Pairing Link and paste it into the app. Between times the code stays off, so it can't be guessed while you're not using it.

  7. 07

    Optional: get updates automatically

    Add Render Control as a Blender repository once, and every new version arrives the same way the rest of your extensions do.

    Go to Get Extensions ▸ ⌄ ▸ Add Remote Repository, paste the address on the right, and click Add Repository. That is the whole setup.

    Every update is included with every plan.

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