“3D ONION TOOLZ SKINS” BETA 2
COMPLETELY FREE ADDON
for Blender 2.78c/2.79
August 11, 2017 — Second Release (BETA2) ---- USE AT OWN RISK!
Perform Onion Skinning of animated MESHES in the 3D VIEWPORT window:
This is an Animation technique used by animators to be able to “see” the before and after frames of
poses/positions of animated characters/objects…
*** Features:
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Silhouette Skinz ( 2 custom colors with Alphas ) for BEFORE/AFTER “current frame” skinning
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Option to KEEP Original Materials/Textures instead of Silhouette Skinz
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Onion “SKINz” can be simplified (decimated), to put less burden on memory.
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addon can skin ALL meshes parented to an Armature in 1 click!
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Tested with MHX2 ( makehuman MHX2 model import )
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Also tested with a keyframed “Cube” object
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Addon Panel appears in RENDER PROPERTIES ( and ONLY if a MESH or ARMATURE is SELECTED )
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Can Skin any MESH ( or Armatures with meshes ) that have animation data
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Can Skin multiple animated objects, not just 1
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Now has “Markerz” to Skin scene’s current frame! Add a Skin to ANY frame!
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100% Original Code Wrtten from scratch
Watch a Demonstration Video of the Second :BETA2" release
showing this addon really works! Download it & Try it, see for yourself!
( Watch this Video in 720 HD for best quality )
Actual Screenshot of Entire Blender 2.78c Window
using this addon ( BETA2 Release )
Screenshot of the Addon’s Panel ( BETA2 Release )
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Download the SECOND RELEASE, BETA2 —> 3D_Onion_toolz(Skinz)_beta2.zip (6.14 KB)
*** BETA3 ( possible the FINAL release ) will be coming very soon…
A Brand New Feature to be revealed …
Be sure to BOOKMARK and check back for updates
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Version Info:
2nd Release, BETA2, on August 11, 2017
Initial Release, BETA1 on August 9, 2017
*** Even More to come in the upcoming 3rd release! ***
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Also, checkout my FREE 3D-STEREO Rendering addon: https://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?432942
NOTE:
This “3D Onion Toolz Skinz” addon was very challenging to create.
It is NOT a “rewrite” nor “CLONE” of the other non-free addon,
may even contain “bugs”, and/or lack features of the other addon…
Blender really should have included a basic onion skins addon, such as this one,
in its trunk / releases: So I made this one for the community, who may find this useful.
To those of you who doubted my claims of developing and releasing this addon:
The Last Laugh = Mine! ha ha!
I do not ask for, nor do I accept any donations.
If you feel like donating, please do so to the Blender Foundation to support Blender Developers.
ENJOY THIS ADDON for FREE!!!