The Director Tools is a powerful plugin, that helps you to create stunning 3D animations, game cutscenes, short stories or even full movies inside Unreal Engine 4. From simple object movement and skeletal mesh animation to complex material parameters and advanced camera manipulation - this plugin provides everything that you need to feel like a movie director.
Currently, it’s not possible. You can’t trigger DirectorTools timeline from level or any Blueprint now. We disabled DirectorTools Blueprints nodes, as the plugin doesn’t support project packaging. It would work in Editor only. However, It will be possible in the upcoming releases.
We are aware that a lot of users would like to use our plugin in their games, or any other standalone applications. That’s why “Cooked Project Support”, or Custom Blueprints Nodes have high priority for us.
Everyone who purchased the plugin will get a free upgrade once a new version is released. We will also support compatibility with new Unreal Engine versions as soon as possible.
Hi WhiteNorthStar,
Glad you asked. Director Tools allows you to export additional “Custom Depth Mask” render pass (please check out this video for more details: ), which is exactly what you need. Transparency mask is also supported. This render pass uses Unreal Engine’s Buffer Visualization, so you need to prepare your scene/materials first. Enable “Render CustomDepth Pass” checkbox for all objects you want to mask out. Translucent materials must use “Separate Translucency” to be visible in the export. The output is a gray scale mask, where 100% white is a value of 1.0 in the Opacity input. Any opaque objects will always output a 100% white mask.
Here’s a scene setup:
And a quick export test:
Both a statue and a glass in the background have “Separate Translucency” checked.
Note that only image sequence output format allows you to export additional Render Passes. To learn more about exporting in the Director Tools, watch this video:
Not yet. However, it’s already on our roadmap. You can follow the progress here: Trello
Currently, we are testing Sequence Editor tool, which is going to be added in version 1.1.
No, it captures only the image. In upcoming 1.1 DT version, you will be able to add an Audio Track, load any sound, and export it as a separate WAV file.
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Hello everyone!
We got a lot of requests and questions about Director Tools demo version… so here it is! You can download and test our plugin for free!
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