Blender Synthetic Data Capture Documentation

Blender Synthetic Data Capture is a Blender addon for generating synthetic training data for 3D Gaussian Splatting and NeRF workflows.

This site is the user-facing documentation for installation, capture workflows, export formats, and training backend setup.

What You Get

• Camera-synchronized image capture from selected objects
• Optional exports: COLMAP, transforms.json, depth, normals, masks
• Checkpoint/resume support for long capture runs
• Built-in training launchers for supported backends

Recommended Versions

• Blender 4.5.1 LTS for stable production runs
• Blender 5.0 supported with compatibility updates

Start Here

1. Install
2. Quick Start
3. Capture And Exports
4. Training Backends
5. Splat Cleanup