I am an artist from a 3rd world country, and I really don’t have the money to buy retopoflow, this is why I downloaded the repository from github, however I do not know how to install it.
Download it as a .Zip. Open blender > user preferences > add-ons > install from file (choose the zip you downloaded), after that you just have to enable it.
Simple way to install RetopoFlow directly from Blender. File > User Preferences > Add-ons > Install from File. It will open a File Browser in Blender, and allows you to navigate and select .zip file which you have downloaded. Press Install from file. If the browser auto-extracted the downloaded .zip file, you may need to re-compress the RetopoFlow folder before installing. Once RetopoFlow had Installed, the blender automatically filters addons list to show only RetopoFlow. You can then enable the add-on by clicking the checkbox on the upper right of the add-on panel.
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I have done all that, have donwloaded 8 or 9 zip file add-ons and never had an issue with installing them. When I click on retopoflow and then install add-on from file, it pauses for a moment as if it is installing it and then takes me back to the main add-on page and no retopoflow can be found. In Windows explorer I see it in the tree, but cannot find it anywhere in the program itself. I did search all and nothing found.
I have a stable version of blender, but when installing retopoflow 2.0.2 it just does not appear in blender as the other users do not appear neither the folder nor the addon in the list of addons in user preferences
It is not even in the documentation an installation guide for cases where you have problems to install.
in addition to this the adon brand that is for 2.8, not for 2.7xxx.
then what is the version for the 2.7xxx branch?
you have to rename the folder to just “retopoflow”. No “retopoflow 2.0” or “retopoflow_3.0”, just “retopoflow”. You cant have any additional text on the folder name cuz apparently blender doesnt like that lol. thats what i saw in a youtube video at least.