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New Plug-ins for Blender and Daz Studio: Smoother Workflows, Faster Results

New Plug-ins for Blender and Daz Studio: Smoother Workflows, Faster Results

Two powerful new plug-ins are now available to bridge the gap between Blender and Daz Studio – whether you’re bringing original assets into Daz Studio or exporting your favorite Daz characters into Blender for animation and editing.

Both tools are built to support real production workflows, with fast setup, deep functionality, and support for major content types like characters, props, cameras, and lights.

What You Can Do with These Plug-ins

Both plug-ins are designed to simplify and speed up 3D workflows between Blender and Daz Studio. Here are just a few of the major capabilities now available:

  • Import or export complete scenes with full material and lighting setups
  • Bake and convert materials between Blender’s Principled BSDF and Daz’s Iray shader
  • Transfer animated characters, armatures, shape keys, and morphs
  • Sync cameras, lights, and HDRIs between tools
  • Use automated import/export systems to reduce manual setup time
  • Access advanced tools for animation, facial rigging, lip sync, and more
  • Maintain high visual fidelity across both environments

Blender to Daz Studio Plugin 2.3.23

If you create props, environments, or entire scenes in Blender, this plug-in gives you a direct path to bring them into Daz Studio. Export everything in one go – with materials, lighting, and animation intact – using a streamlined interface built right into Blender.

Key Features:

  • Export multiple objects at once using FBX
  • Converts Blender’s Principled BSDF materials to Daz Studio’s Iray shader
  • Supports BaseColor, Metallic, Roughness, Normal, Alpha, and more
  • Preserves armatures, shape keys (as morphs), animations, and weight maps
  • Exports Blender lights, cameras, HDRIs, and render settings
  • Bakes materials to simplified texture maps for clean imports
  • No animation baking required — exports keyframes directly
  • Includes supporting documentation and a video walkthrough

System Requirements:

  • Blender 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, or 4.3
  • Daz Studio 4.23 or newer
  • Windows 10/11 or macOS

FAST Animation Studio Tools – A Daz to Blender Pipeline

Designed for animators, editors, and technical artists, FAST Animation Studio Tools is a robust add-on that brings your Daz Studio content into Blender – and gives you a huge library of tools to work with once it’s there.

The one-click import system supports Genesis 3, 8, 8.1, and 9, along with pose data, facial rigs, lip sync tracks, and even full animation presets. Once imported, hundreds of tools help you animate, edit, retarget, light, script, and render – all within Blender.

Highlights Include:

  • One-click import of Daz characters, props, and scenes
  • Full support for character pose, lip sync, facial rigging, and Mixamo animation
  • Auto backups, reimporting, and quick access to imported files
  • Azure-powered lip sync system (40+ phonemes) with audio transcription
  • Customizable FAST Menu with 150+ tools and 600+ UI buttons
  • Animation and video editing features, including green screen keying
  • AI-powered script generation with auto-debugging
  • One-click lighting setups and camera tools
  • Morphable speech bubble system and stylized 3D text creation

System Requirements:

  • Blender 4.4+
  • Daz Studio 4.20+
  • Windows 10/11 (Mac support coming mid-2025)

These tools were designed to save time and unlock new workflows, whether you’re building assets from scratch in Blender, using Daz Studio’s powerful character system, or doing both. With support for modern render engines, real-time editing, and animation production features, they offer more flexibility and faster results for 3D artists working across both platforms.