Blender SPA Documentation

What is Blender SPA

Blender SPA is the Blender fork and toolset used internally at the SPA Studios.

It consists of:

• A fork of Blender containing some core changes
• A Sequencer addon, improving the workflow for editing multiple shots at once.
• A 2D Animation addon, primarily intended to improve the Grease Pencil experience for traditional animators.

What will I find in this documentation

This documentation is a guide for Blender SPA users.

• The layout guide focuses on the improved sequencer workflow.
• The animation guide focuses on drawing and animation workflows.

Note that storyboarders and 2d layout artists might find useful information in both sections.

Install

Windows (64 bits)

We provide a portable build of Blender SPA with core changes and addons for Windows (64 bits).

Simply download it from the link below and unzip it, and run Blender from there.

Download Blender SPA v2.4.1 for Windows 64bits

Then, go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons and enable: - SPA: 2D Animation - SPA: Sequencer

Linux, MacOS and other platforms

While Blender and its addons are cross platform products, we do not provide builds other than Windows (64 bits).

To test Blender SPA on a different platform you would have to get and compile the Blender fork from its sources and then manually install the 2D Animation and Sequencer addons.