Tasty Publisher setup

Tasty Publisher is the Blender add-on that handles save / version / render-path / publish for the CG pipeline. For day-to-day usage see Blender + Tasty Publisher.

Blender 4.5 LTS only

Install the add-on into Blender 4.5 LTS and keep that version through end of year (patch updates like 4.5.1 / 4.5.2 are fine). Mismatched Blender versions break shader nodes, geometry nodes, the Python API, and asset exchange.

Install

Download → Install → Enable.

1. Download the Tasty Publisher add-on zip from the shared drive (link in the onboarding materials). Save it somewhere memorable and do not unzip it - Blender installs add-ons from the zip directly.
2. Open Blender and go to Edit → Preferences → Add-ons.
3. Click Install (top right) and navigate to the downloaded zip.
4. Select the file and click Install Add-on, then enable it with the checkbox.

Tip

Keep a dedicated “Blender Addons” folder for downloads so the zip is easy to find.

Configure

Open Edit → Preferences → Add-ons → Tasty Publisher to set the post-install options:

• Auto-reveal files - opens the file browser after publishing.
• File size warnings - alerts for files over 100MB.
• Debug logging - for troubleshooting.

Confirm the add-on resolves paths against the CG folder structure (00_in / 01_working / 02_renders / 03_out) - see Folder structures. CG projects live on LucidLink at Volumes/video-working/team/amc/cgi/_projects/[year]/....

Verify

After enabling, check that a Publish menu appears in the Blender topbar. On a test scene, run Save Work → Set Render Path → Publish and confirm:

• the file saves into the correct task folder with a pipeline-correct name,
• Set Render Path creates the output folder and shows the confirmation popup,
• Publish creates a _publish/ folder with a _pub copy.