[Official Thread]
Commercial Grade Quality Addon for FREE!
Animation Toolz - Animated Onion Skinz ( better than Ghost / Frame Duplication ! )
NEW “Animated Onion Skins in the 3D Viewport!”
What does this addon do?
It aids in animation process, allowing you to visualize animations via the use of onion skinz ( similar to “ghost” frames, yet more powerful and flexible)
It also may be used for keyframing poses, positioning of animated objects, etc
It has the ability to animate the “skinz” as well
Provides many options to assist with animations.
NOT JUST ONION SKINS, and FORGET ABOUT Blender’s native Object “FRAMES DUPLICATION”
- Animate Onion Skins in 3D-VIEW, in OBJECT/POSE/EDIT modes
- Animated SKINZ do NOT change or alter the Scene’s Frames
January 19, 2019 - Beta v1.02 Released ( Armature fix + minor bug fixes )
October 1, 2017 - Stable v1.01 Released ( minor bug fixes )
September 26, 2017 - The 1st STABLE RELEASE ( v1.00 ) has been released to the public for download!
September 17, 2017 - UPDATED Preview of soon to be released 1st Stable Version 1.00 !
( Watch the new video below)
*** NEW UI - also now located in the TOOLS sidebar
*** HIDE/SHOW SKINz options
*** Animations can be played backwards, paused, and even seek next/previous frame
*** Skinz down to the “Great-grandchild” of parented objects
*** Other Misc. Improvements/fixes
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August 21, 2017 — UPDATED Release (BETA 5) ---- USE AT OWN RISK!
BETA 5 - NEW ANIMATED ONION SKINZ in 3D VIEWPORT!!! MUST SEE!!!
( Watch FULLSCREEN and in 720 HD for BEST QUALITY)
Perform Onion Skinning of animated OBJECTS in the 3D VIEWPORT window:
Although you COULD use Blender’s Native “FRAMES DUPLICATION” in Object Properties Tab,
it certainly has its limitations…
This addon does NOT use blender’s FRAME DUPLICATION, but rather its own routines to
create SKINZ with TRANSPARENCIES.
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
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NOW Can Skin ANY OBJECTS that have ANIMATION DATA ( including CAMERAS, LAMPS, TEXT, etc )
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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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Skinz/Markerz now work in Object’s EDIT & POSE modes now
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Now has “Ballz”- Replace objects with “Ballz” to use for tracking paths
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Now has “Labelz” - Show the FRAME# on Skinz/Markerz/Ballz for referencing Frames
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Skinz can now be ANIMATED without altering scene’s current frame!
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Animated Skinz has SPEED control
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100% Original Code Wrtten from scratch
Screenshot of the Addon’s Panels (V1.00 Release )
<img src="/uploads/default/original/4X/f/0/a/f0aa4ba00fed63c124e4f901803230c26b1bfa80.png" width="690" height="419"><br/>
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KEEP OPENSOURCE FREE !!!
LATEST RELEASE v1.02 beta January 19, 2019
Download it here ----> 3D_Onion_toolz_v102.py (209.7 KB)
*** Download the 1st Stable Release, V1.01 —>3D_Onion_toolz_v101.zip (23.4 KB)
Released October 1, 2017
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Be sure to BOOKMARK and check back for updates
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Previous Version Info:
Stable Version 1.00, on September 26, 2017
5th Release, BETA 5, on August 21, 2017
4th Release, BETA 4, on August 17, 2017
WIP release, BETA 3A, on August 15, 2017
3rd Release, BETA 3, on August 14, 2017
2nd Release, BETA 2, on August 11, 2017
Initial Release, BETA 1 on August 9, 2017
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*** Still Developing this addon - BOOKMARK this page & Check back for updates ***
Next Release, BETA 5 is being developed … Improvements + New Stuff in the works!
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