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Blaze Animate earns its place in the Blender library for keeping animation inside the viewport, with click, drag, and shortcut-driven controller selection rather than navigating bone hierarchies. Its bone collection system and configurable support for Rigify, Auto-Rig Pro, and custom rigs make it flexible across setups.
Blaze Animate - Click & Drag Animation changes how you work with rigged characters in Blender. Rather than searching through bone hierarchies, you click and manipulate controllers directly in the viewport, and drag to animate. Smart selection handles dense areas, and visual feedback declutters the viewport so you focus on the parts you're working on.
The add-on brings a range of selection shortcuts: Shift+Click to add to a selection, double-click to select a hierarchy, Shift+Q to lock or unlock, F to freeze or unfreeze bones, H to hide or unhide, Y to cycle recently transformed controllers, and hold A to switch armatures. A bone collection system with isolation mode, name filtering, and number-key shortcuts (1-9) helps organize complex rigs.
Transform tools include standard G/R/S plus a pie menu for switching transform methods, and smart constraint detection automatically detects bone constraints. It works with bones and rig controllers, and supports any character rig, including Rigify, Auto-Rig Pro, and custom setups. A video tutorial and documentation are available from the developer.
Blaze Animate - Click & Drag Animation is best for animators working with complex rigs, studios looking to speed up their animation pipeline, and anyone who wants a more intuitive animation workflow in Blender.
Blaze Animate - Click & Drag Animation is completely free to download and use.
Blaze Animate requires Blender 4.0 or newer, so it runs on that release and any later version. It also expects rigs with bone collections, though those are easily configurable for any rig. Beyond the Blender version, the add-on works with bones and rig controllers directly in the viewport, letting you click and drag to animate rather than digging through bone hierarchies. If you're on an earlier Blender build, you'd need to update before installing. For full setup details, check the developer's documentation page.
Blaze Animate works with any character rig, including Rigify, Auto-Rig Pro, and custom rigs. It does expect rigs with bone collections, but the developer notes these are easily configurable for any rig. Once set up, you can click and manipulate controllers in the viewport, use smart selection in dense areas, and organize parts of the rig through the bone collection system with number-key shortcuts. Whether you built the rig yourself or use an established framework, the controller-based workflow applies the same way. See the developer's documentation for rig configuration specifics.
Blaze Animate is listed as free here in our catalog. For current licensing terms and any conditions, check the developer's page, since pricing and distribution can change over time. The add-on covers click-and-drag animation, smart selection tools, bone collection management, transform tools with a pie menu, and smart constraint detection. A video tutorial and documentation page are also available from the developer to help you get started once you've installed it.
Blaze Animate maps several actions to keyboard shortcuts for quicker work. You can freeze and unfreeze bones with F, hide and unhide bones with H, and cycle through recently transformed controllers with Y. Shift+Q locks and unlocks selections, holding A switches the active armature, and Shift+Click adds to a selection while a double-click selects a hierarchy. Number keys 1 through 9 give quick access to bone collections, and standard G, R, and S handle transforms alongside a pie menu for switching transform methods.
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