MAURITS VALK
WHIPPET
draw. shoot. edit. faster.
Whippet is designed to help artists work faster in Blender. The add-on leverages Blender 5.0's Story Tools update making Whippet a powerful tool to produce Storyboards and Previs. Whether you are professional Storyboard artist, Previs artist or an Independent Filmmaker; Whippet offers simplicity, flexibility, intuitive features and workflow enhancements.
FEATURES
There are three main disciplines that Whippet offers to help you work faster. All three are synchronized so you can spend less time managing them and more time creating. Cameras have specific in and out points that extend automatically when adding new Grease Pencil keyframes. Cameras can be converted into Scene Strips for non-linear editing. There are several export and VSE tools to help assemble animatics for any type of production.
Camera Management
Manage and edit cameras in one place. Refine camera movement with intuitive gizmos for more control.
Grease Pencil Tools
Custom shortcuts help speed up the drawing process. Grease Pencil keyframes are synchronized with Cameras and Strips, so there's less time managing and more time drawing.
Editing Tools
Choose how to work with either intuitive playblasts or scene strip workflows that let you quickly edit an animatic in a VSE workspace. Export stills and reference images for 2D programs too.
Intuitive UI with Custom Menus
Some add-ons hide features and buttons in sub menus. Whippet gives you direct access to what you need. Create your own shortcuts or add features to the Quick Access Menu.
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Whippet provides custom menu functionality such as the Grease Pencil Pop-up giving you access to every GP Tool you need while keeping you on top of the viewport. Utilize the Whippet Collections to help organize and synchronize features.
Custom Grease Pencil Pop-up Menu
All the Grease Pencil menus at your finger tips. Literally.
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Mapped to Right+Click, use your pen buttons to quickly access everything you need on the fly.
GO FULLSCREEN!
Go into full screen mode and toggle on the custom timeline and sequencer overlays. This helps to have a larger drawing canvas while being able to reference your keyframes and scene strips.​
Scrub the Dopesheet and Sequencer overlays by left-click dragging to preview shots or your entire sequence.
GREASE PENCIL TOOLS
Want to draw like Storyboard Pro? No problem. Use keyboard shortcuts to insert/delete GP keyframes, delete strokes, flip between keyframes, add new cameras and pin materials to layers.​
A / F - flip between drawings
Shift+F/D - insert/duplicate GP keyframes
Ctrl+Shift+F - add new camera
D - delete all strokes
S - cycle between GP Objects
2D STORYBOARD MODE
This mode alleviates the burden of managing Grease Pencil objects in 3D space providing a more 2D experience.
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Grease Pencil objects snap to each new camera created providing a clean setup for every new shot. New cameras are timed out automatically to not overlap each other on the Dopesheet too!
YOU DECIDE HOW TO WORK!
Whippet is non-invasive and is ready when you need it. Want to work purely in 2D? Go ahead! Do you want to edit playblasts in the VSE? That's also covered. Just doing some quick thumbnails for a shoot and need to export images quickly? Done. Using Blender for 3D environment backgrounds and need to export stills? That's covered too.
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You decide how to utilize the Whippet features, not the other way around! Whippet will not get in the way of any other part of Blender, so you're free to work how you want to.
3D
2.5D
2D
Storyboards
Storyvis
Layout & Previs
Scene to Scene
NLE Scene Strips
Playblast to VSE
Versions
Since the release of Blender 5.0, Whippet for Blender 4.5 no longer receives updates. Upon purchasing the add-on, you'll receive v1.40 for Blender 4.5 and the latest version for Blender 5.0+.
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Blender 5.0 brings more flexibility and more power to how you want to work. If you haven't made the leap, I really suggest you do! Bear in mind, if you're a Mac user then you need to be on Apple Silicon to use Blender 5.0. Older Macs do not support Blender 5.0 - sorry!
v1.40 is for Blender 4.5
v1.50+ is for Blender 5.0+
v2.1.1 is the latest build
Free
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$20 USD
=
$20 USD
vs
Storyboard Pro / year
=
$752 USD
Support & Service Terms
Whippet is developed and supported solely by Maurits Valk. Please review the terms in order to understand support expectations. Please report bugs and request features on the Discord and I'll do my best to address them in a timely fashion :)
• Software "As-Is": The Whippet add-on is provided "AS IS" under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v3. To the extent permitted by law, there is no warranty for the software, and the developer is not liable for any damages arising from its use.
• Version Compatibility: Whippet is guaranteed to be compatible with official Blender releases up through Blender 5.5. Support for future versions of Blender (e.g., Blender 6.0+) is not included in this purchase and may require a separate update.
• Bug Reports & Feature Requests: Technical support, bug reports, and feature requests are managed exclusively via the Official Discord Server (access link provided upon purchase).
• Development Lifecycle: Feature development is guaranteed through version 2.0. Post-v2.0, the developer reserves the right to focus on maintenance and critical bug fixes rather than adding new functionality.
• Custom Studio Support: This purchase covers standard individual support. Dedicated enterprise support, custom feature development, or integration services for your studio's specific pipeline are not included but can be negotiated separately with Maurits Valk
License Agreement
Since the release of Blender 5.0, Whippet for Blender 4.5 no longer receives updates. Upon purchasing the add-on, you'll receive v1.20 for Blender 4.5 and the latest version for Blender 5.0+.​
The Whippet add-on is copyrighted by Maurits Valk.
The license agreement for Whippet is under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Please see the license below which you can also find on Blender's website:
Blender is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL, or “free software”).
This license grants people a number of freedoms:
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You are free to use Blender, for any purpose
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You are free to distribute Blender
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You can study how Blender works and change it
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You can distribute changed versions of Blender
The GPL strictly aims at protecting these freedoms, requiring everyone to share their modifications when they also share the software in public. That aspect is commonly referred to as Copyleft.
The Blender Foundation and its projects on blender.org are committed to preserving Blender as free software.
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Sharing or selling Blender add-ons (Python scripts)
Blender’s Python API is an integral part of the software, used to define the user interface or develop tools for example. The GNU GPL license therefore requires that such scripts (if published) are being shared under a GPL compliant license. You are free to sell such scripts, but the sales then is restricted to the download service itself. Your customers will receive the script under the same license (GPL), with the same free conditions as everyone has for Blender.
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