Export & rendering

Goal: get figures and movies out of BrainDeer — from quick screenshots to the Blender high-res pipeline.

High-res via Blender (recommended for figures)

For publication-quality stills and turntables, use the BrainDeer × Blender bridge:

→ 3D editing & high-res Blender — install once, then Start bridge (opens Blender and pulls the scene). BrainDeer AI can orbit and zoom from a prompt.

Screenshots (in-app)

(TODO: screenshot function of the 2D tiles and the 3D scene; resolution/transparency.)

Camera flights & movies

Camera positions saved via the scene rig can be played back as a sequence and exported as a video. (TODO: describe the exact flow.)

Technical notes (OpenVDB & env)

The Blender bridge can export volumes as OpenVDB (requires OpenVDB Python — see the notes in pyproject.toml). Fine-tuning via environment variables:

• BRAIN_DEER_VDB_DENSITY_SCALE
• BRAIN_DEER_VDB_POST_SCALE
• BRAIN_DEER_VDB_POST_EULER_DEG
• BRAIN_DEER_VDB_NO_CLIP
• BRAIN_DEER_VDB_CLIP_INVERT

See also

• 3D editing & high-res Blender
• The 3D scene
• Settings & environment variables