by thingsbydesign·Motion Graphics
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Earns its place in the Superhive library for handling curve animation without manual work in the graph editor.
Animate With Curves And Paths is a Blender add-on from thingsbydesign for animating objects along curves. The tool creates a curve and an empty object that is automatically animated, using a follow path constraint and offset factor to drive the motion. With a single button you can parent an object to the empty and have it follow the animation, choosing whether to follow the curve or keep the object in place.
Animations can be customized, removed, duplicated, or used on existing curves. You can modify animations without the graph editor, extrude, move, and reshape created curves, and move an object along the curve or in the curve shape. The animation direction can be changed from end to start or reversed. Curve shape templates include Line, Circle, Spiral, Wave, and Wave with drop-off, while animation templates cover options such as Balanced, Fast to slow, and Slow to fast.
All tool actions can be modified afterward, including animation keyframes, curve length, and curve points. The result is fast iteration on animations through a simple workflow, with documentation included.
Animate With Curves And Paths is best for blender users who want fast iteration on curve-based motion paths through a simple workflow.
Animate With Curves And Paths is completely free to download and use.
Animate With Curves And Paths supports Blender 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3. For Blender 4.1 or under, install it through Edit, Preferences, Add-ons, Install and choose the AnimatePathsAndCurves.zip file, then enable it. For Blender 4.2, 4.3 and up it has been updated to an extension, so install it via Edit, Preferences, Get Extensions, Install from disk, choose the versioned zip, then enable it under Add-ons. Documentation is included to guide setup.
Animate With Curves And Paths installs as an extension in Blender 4.2, 4.3 and up. Open Edit, then Preferences, go to Get Extensions and choose Install from disk. Select the AnimatePathsAndCurves-1.0.0.zip file and install from disk. Afterward, go to Add-ons, search for Animate with Paths and Curves, and enable it. The add-on is GPL licensed, and documentation is included to help you through the process.
Animate With Curves And Paths lets you modify all tool actions after creation. You can adjust animation keyframes, curve length, and curve points, and edit animations without opening the graph editor. Created curves can be extruded, moved, and reshaped, and objects can move along the curve or in the curve shape. Animations can also be removed, duplicated, or applied to existing curves, and the direction can be changed from end to start or reversed.
Animate With Curves And Paths is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change, so check the developer's page for current pricing and details before you download. The add-on is distributed under the GPL license and comes with documentation, and a demo video is available if you want to see more before installing. It supports Blender 4.0 through 4.3.
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