LarzTools Camera Tools

# 🎥 LarzTools: Camera Tools for Blender

Version: 1.0.0

Blender Compatibility: 4.0 and up

Author: LarzTools

Category: Camera Tools / View3D Sidebar Addon

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## 📦 Overview

Camera Tools is a Blender add-on designed to make camera work faster, easier, and more intuitive.

Whether you're creating cinematics, product renders, or gameplay previews, this toolset puts the most useful camera functions at your fingertips — all from the 3D Viewport Sidebar.

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## ✨ Features

- Add Camera — Quickly insert a new camera into the scene.

- Align to View — Instantly match the camera’s orientation to your current perspective.

- Camera Selector — Dropdown menu of all scene cameras with:

- Set Active

- View Through Camera

- Exit Camera View

- Focus Tools

- Focus on Selected Object

- Set custom focus distance (with modal input)

- Lens Controls

- Focal Length

- Camera Type (Perspective / Orthographic)

- Clip Start & End

- Depth of Field Settings

- Enable/Disable DoF

- Set Focus Object

- Adjust Focus Distance and F-Stop

- Lock Camera to View toggle for viewport control

The UI includes collapsible sections for Focus Tools, Lens Options, and Depth of Field to keep things clean and uncluttered.

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## 📂 Installation

1. Download the Camera Tools.py file.

2. In Blender, go to Edit > Preferences > Add-ons.

3. Click Install and select the .py file.

4. Enable the checkbox for LarzTools: Camera Tools.

5. Find the panel under View3D > Sidebar > LarzTools > Camera.

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## 💡 Tips

- Use the Focus on Selected button to easily rack focus for animations.

- Combine Align to View and Set Active Camera to quickly frame shots.

- Use collapsible panels to streamline your workspace.

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## 🔗 More Tools

Want more tools like this? Visit

👉 [https://larztools.gumroad.com](https://larztools.gumroad.com)

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## 📝 License

This addon is released under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) — free for personal and commercial use. Attribution appreciated but not required.