Now in Free Beta!
FrameFlow is a powerful Blender add-on that redefines node organization — add annotated frames, multiline comments, and emoji support to your node setups.
The stable version will be released soon on Blender Market and Gumroad.
- Smart Node Frames — neatly group and label nodes
- Multiline Comments — describe your setups clearly
- Emoji & Unicode Support — make notes expressive
- Customizable Styles — adjust font, size, color, and padding
- Quick Workflow — add frames instantly with shortcuts
- Perfect for complex node setups, tutorials, and procedural systems
- Get it inside Blender --> Go to Edit >> Prefrences >> Get Extensions >> Type “Frame Flow”, it will show “Frame Flow Beta”, now install !!
- or simply drag and drop from:
Blender Official Extension's website - Download the latest
.zipfile from,
Gumroad
🧠 Tip: You can remove any previous FrameFlow version before installing a new one.
Gumroad Installtion In Blender:
- Open Edit → Preferences → Add-ons
- Click Install from disk
- Select the downloaded
.zip - Enable FrameFlow from the list
Watch this demo video, its less than 5 minutes long, and covers all functionality of FrameFlow, that's how simple it is to use.
Or Follow these steps:
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Open a Shader Node Editor (Support for Geometry and Compositor will be updated soon!!)
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Press N -->
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Go to the FrameFlow tab
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To create a frame or comment:
- Use the Create Frame ➕ button
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To create a frame for a node or nodes:
- Select your node or nodes
- Use the Insert Frame ☐ button
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A frame will be created at the mouse cursor location.
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Click on the Open Text Editor button to open the text editor.
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The editor will have a Editor Ⓕ tab.
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Use the search bar to search for emojis or unicode characters.
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Or manually select from the categories below.
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Click on any emoji or unicode character to copy it to the clipboard.
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You can change the text format to bold or italic using the buttons
🅱️ Bold Live and 𝑰 Italic Live. -
You can use the editor just like any text editor to add multiline text.
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Use emojis like:
- 🌲 for generators
- ⚙️ for controls
- And many more to make your notes and frames expressive and fun!
- To edit the following frame properties, You do these just as you would with any regular frame node in Blender:
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Name, label and color select the frame and go to the Node tab in the sidebar (N key) and adjust the properties under Node ---> The label will be shown at the top of the frame in the node editor.--> The name is the internal name of the frame and will be shown in the outliner.--> The color will change the frame color.
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Font Size select the frame and go to the Node tab in the sidebar (N key) and adjust the properties under Properties
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Size select the frame and click on the boundary of the frame and drag to resize.
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Each frame creation results in a data block named active_frame_name_USER_Data_Block. This stores your text and formatting. any frame created via FrameFlow will have data block ending with _USER_Data_Block. You can change it if you want.
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All data blocks are saved automatically, you do not need to save them manually.
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To delete a frame and its data block, simply delete the frame node. The data block will be deleted automatically.
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Still got queries? Open an issue on GitHub.
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Discord Server coming Soon!!
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For more help see these options in the text editor:
