Rapid Edit PRO Documentation

Overview

RapidEdit is an Editor-only Unreal Engine plugin.
It adds a dockable utility window to speed up scene editing, lighting, camera work and performance tweaking.

Works only inside the editor (no runtime / in-game use)
Focused on faster workflows and better work-life balance
Organized in three tabs: Edit, Camera, Commands, (more to come)

Main Features

One dockable Editor Utility window
Fast scene setup (stand-ins, lights, sky, post process)
Smart selection & visibility tools
Camera creation, focus & marker system
Storyboard screenshots
Console command presets & performance debugging tools

Installation

1. Add the Plugin through the FAB Marketplace to your project

2. If it doesnt automatically show up here do Step 3.

3. Go to your Plugins and check if its enabled

Tab Overview

EDIT TAB

CAMERA TAB

COMMANDS TAB

TAB DETAILS:

Edit Tab

QUICK MENU

Spawn Stand-in
Spawns a stand-in actor at the viewport position and snaps it to the ground (if near collision).

Spawn Reference Spheres
Creates a standard set of lighting reference spheres in the scene.

Organize Outliner
Automatically sorts existing actors into folders to clean up the Outliner.

VISIBILITY

Hide in Game
Sets the selected actor(s) to Hidden in Game.

Hide in Viewport
Hides the selected actor(s) only in the viewport.

Show All
Unhides all actors in the scene:

Sets all actors to visible in the viewport
Disables Hidden in Game for all actors

SELECT SIMILAR

By Actor
Selects all actors that are similar to the currently selected actor type.

By Mesh
Finds all Static Mesh Actors using the same Static Mesh as the selected one and selects them.

By Material
Finds all actors using the same material(s) as the selected one and selects them.

POSTPROCESS VOLUME

Spawns a configured Post Process Volume with:

Priority set to 2
Unbound enabled
Lens Flares disabled
Auto Exposure set to Manual

On / Off Switch

Toggle to enable or disable the Post Process Volume
Red = Off, Green = On
High Quality Lumen (Checkbox)
Enables high quality Lumen settings in the viewport when checked.

LIGHTING

Spawns the chosen light type at the current viewport location & rotation.

Sky System
Creates a basic sky and lighting setup:

Directional Light
Exponential Height Fog
Sky Atmosphere
Sky Light
Volumetric Clouds

HDRI (Checkbox)
If enabled:

Deletes the Volumetric Clouds
Spawns an custom made HDRI Backdrop Sphere with its own Sky Light

BAKE STATIC MESH

Takes multiple selected actors and bakes them into an Instanced Static Mesh Blueprint

Choose between Instanced Static Mesh or Hierarchical Instanced Static Mesh (HISM).

CAMERA TAB

ADD CINE CAMERA

Add Cine Camera

Spawns a Cine Camera Actor at the viewport location & rotation
Lets you set a custom name and suffix
Camera name can be saved for reuse

Pilot Camera
Pilots the selected camera directly from the tool.

Selected Camera Indicator
Displays which camera is currently selected.

Record Sequence
Creates a Level Sequence using the selected Cine Camera and prepares it for recording.

CAMERA FOCUS / SCREENSHOT

Screenshot Button
Takes a screenshot from the camera and sends it to the Storyboard system.

Select Camera
Lets you manually choose a camera from a list if none is selected.

Look At

Select an object in the scene
Press Look At
The selected camera rotates to look at that object

Focus
Sets the camera’s focus distance to the selected object.

Track Object (Checkbox)
The camera continuously tracks the currently selected object.

Autofocus (Checkbox)
Automatically updates the camera focus to the selected actor.

Debug Plane (Checkbox)

Shows a plane at the current focus distance

Offset (Slider)

Offset slider lets you shift the debug plane & focus distance

CAMERA SETTINGS

Control key camera parameters:

Aperture (f-stop)
Focal length
Anamorphic squeeze
Crop settings
Blade count

Camera Model Presets
Choose from built-in models like:

Arri Alexa LF
Sony Venice
RED V-Raptor
more to come

Each model sets the filmback / sensor size.

Select All Cameras (Checkbox)
When enabled, changes are applied to all selected cameras at once.

SPAWN MARKER

Add Marker
Spawns a position marker in the scene.

Select Marker (Dropdown)
Choose a marker from the list to jump to its location in the viewport.

Teleport Camera to Marker (Checkbox)
If enabled, the selected camera also moves to that marker position.

Custom Names & Suffixes

Custom marker name
Custom suffix

Marker Comments
A text field to add custom notes per marker (shot info, ideas, etc.).

Save Camera Settings to Marker
Stores the current camera:

F-stop
Focal length

These are linked to the selected marker.

Export Markers
Writes a text file in the plugin folder containing:

Marker names
Marker comments
Stored camera information

STORYBOARD / SCREENSHOT OVERVIEW

Displays screenshots created in the Camera Focus group

Lets you reload and open the folder where the images are stored
Useful for quick shot planning and visual notes
more to come

COMMAND TAB

CONSOLE COMMANDS

Console Command Lines
Enter custom console commands that you use often.
Save Commands
Saves all current commands to a text file in the plugin folder.
Load Data
Loads commands from the saved text file and restores them into the UI.
Open File
Opens the text file so you can edit the commands manually.
Execute Buttons
Run the stored console commands directly from the plugin UI.

SET MAX FPS / SCREEN PERCENTAGE

Set Max FPS

Default: Unlimited
Use the slider to cap editor FPS (e.g. 60 FPS) to save resources.

Screen Percentage Slider
Adjusts the screen percentage for the viewport to improve performance or quality.

Anti-Aliasing Dropdown
Switch between different anti-aliasing methods to test what works best for your scene.

Note: Everything you set here is automatically saved and will be set when you open the Tab in the future again.

ALIASING TYPE

Anti-Aliasing Dropdown
Switch between different anti-aliasing methods to test what works best for your scene.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Everything you set here is automatically saved and will be set when you open the Widget in the future again!

PERFORMANCE DEBUG

Enable / disable different performance stats:

Show FPS
Show GPU stats
Stat Unit / graphs
HLODs / streaming / scene rendering stats

Clear Stats
Turns off active stat displays to declutter the viewport.

Profile GPU
Opens ProfileGPU to analyze GPU performance and find bottlenecks.

Intended Use

For artists, TDs and filmmakers working in Unreal Engine editor only
Helps with:
- Fast lighting & sky setup
- Camera controls, markers & storyboards
- Performance tweaking & debugging
- Cleaner Outliner and smarter selections

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