1.7.0 Render Turntables Update
Make quick turntables without the need of a proper camera setup! Supports exporting as mp4, gif, wav (though the gif quality & compression rate is horrible atm). 99% sure this new feature is the fastest way of making turntables in Blender to this date - at least thats the primary goal of it.
How to use: You can find it under 3D viewport > N > Fast >Fast Turntable Renders. From there, once you've configured the settings, position the viewport (I like just focusing on an object that I want to pivot around and then use my mousewheel to get the right distance) and finally hit the "Fast Render Turntable" button. Now you will have to click in 2 places on the screen to set the record region and the recording will start, the files will then get saved in your designated output directory.
Video demo: https://youtu.be/nlrJ_2AIcQc
https://github.com/ItsCubeTime/FastPBR/raw/main/sword.mp4 (uncompressed video output)
https://i.imgur.com/wdTyAXy.mp4 (imgur demo, imgur changed the file format & applied some compression of its own here)
In the future I would like to add support for rendering wireframe/normal/ao/clay and then fading transitioning between those in the middle of the turntable, I should probably be hiding the UI before starting the recording as well :P Currently if theres UI or another window within the record region it will get captured too.