Animation Layers

by Tal Hershko in Addons


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  • Aaron Cox
    over 3 years ago

    A must-have for anyone working with animation in Blender. Dev is friendly and eager to help with problems. Had some trouble getting it to work to begin with but messing around with my Blender version fixed it and it works great!

    • Tal Hershko

      over 3 years ago

      Hi, it sounds like you are using an older Blender version in your desktop or an older version of the addon. The current version v1.9.5.6 works properly only from Blender 2.92, because of library overrides integration.
      For older versions of Blender you can revert to animation layer v1.9.2.0 via the updater tool in the preferences, However I recommend using a newer stable Blender version with the latest version of the addon.
      If you still run into an issue then please contact me via Blendermarket.

  • DrBlender
    over 3 years ago

    Idk the newest version but I used these addon a lot.
    Totaly wothit for animation

  • James Moore
    over 3 years ago

    A bit of a buggy mess when used in conjunction with Auto Rig Pro. Body parts stop moving all of a sudden. Even restarting Blender doesn't help restore the animation to original state. Exporting to UE4 results in occasional bad bone rotation. Once Animation Layers is enabled, disabling it causes further problems with animations going weird. There must be certain rules one has to follow to avoid encountering unexpected results, perhaps things like don't use IK with Auto Rig Pro when also using Animation Layers. Or maybe just dont use ARP and AL together. Both authors should collaborate to improve user experience. Without Auto Rig Pro, its probably a good experience but I wouldn't know as I need to use Auto Rig Pro to get animations into UE4 in a desirable form.

    • Tal Hershko

      over 3 years ago

      Hi James, thanks for the review. I'm testing the addon with ARP as well. I haven't run into any issues, and didn't get any bug reports recently. The only thing I know is that you need to merge all the layer before exporting, because ARP doesn't export from the NLA. If you running into specific issues then you are more then welcome to do a bug report. If you have a file to test then it would be even better

  • Stephen Greenberg
    over 3 years ago

    A real problem solver. Simple examples:
    1. A character walking up a hill with variable terrain can have all the hill climbing animation added on top of the walk cycle.

    2. After loading mocap on a character, additional channel layers can be added for hand animation on top of the motion capture.

    This makes animation re-use so much easier.

    • Tal Hershko

      over 3 years ago

      That's great to hear. Thanks for the review

  • Djimbodo
    over 3 years ago

    Great Addon, a time saver, a problem solver, go for it!

    • Tal Hershko

      over 3 years ago

      Great! thanks for the the review

  • magnative
    over 3 years ago

    Is an amazing addons, totally worth it.

    I hope developer separate section of the UI so you can hide some of the UI (i.e.. active action, keyframes from multi layers) until you really need it.

    • Tal Hershko

      over 3 years ago

      Thanks for the review. You were right, it started to get too crowded so I've added sub panels in the latest version

  • Intellectric
    over 3 years ago

    Great tools, outstanding customer support. I can't say enough how pleased I am with this purchase.

    • Tal Hershko

      over 3 years ago

      That's great to hear. Thanks for the review.

  • Virtual Earth Resident
    almost 4 years ago

    I actually deliberately stopped doing my project to spare a few moments to rate this tool as FANTASTIC! I've been using it steadily for the last month, gaining skill and confidence. I can't and won't work without it - enhanced all my animation outcomes, eased my anxiety with messed up animations. Dons my Superwoman cape and gets back to work (aka play), lol. Thank you bunches - very highly recommended!!

    • Tal Hershko

      over 3 years ago

      That's a really nice and motivating review :) thanks!

  • Monro
    almost 4 years ago

    I can't imagine doing anything without this now.

  • Sean Dunn
    almost 4 years ago

    In general this is a great plugin. Two things that I didn't like though:
    * Smart baking does not preserve original animation. There are errors in its analysis that can be seen in the final bake.
    * It only works on bones, and not general object animation. Not a big deal, though.

    • Tal Hershko

      almost 4 years ago

      Thanks for the feedback and review.
      *Smart bake preserve keyframe values and handle types, however it still doesn't preserve handle values. If you finalize an animation and need precision, then it's better to use normal bake
      *Smart bake should also work with objects.
      If you run into any issues, then please feel free to report me about it.

    • Tal Hershko

      almost 4 years ago

      Thanks for the feedback and review.
      *Smart bake preserve keyframe values and handle types, however it still doesn't preserve handle values. If you finalize an animation and need precision, then it's better to use normal bake
      *Smart bake should also work with objects.
      If you run into any issues, then please feel free to report me about it.

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Sales 7300+
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Published over 4 years ago
Software Version 4.3, 4.2, 4.1, 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3, 3.2
License GPL