by za studio·Workflow
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Easy Motion Trail earns its place in the superhive library for keeping bone trails matched to the evaluated viewport motion, including parent offsets, constraints, and IK chains.
Easy Motion Trail edits and visualizes motion paths for objects and armature bones inside the Blender viewport. When an object is selected, the trail represents its animated world-space position. In Pose Mode, selecting a bone displays the true evaluated motion path, including parent offsets, constraints, and IK chains, matching what is visible in the viewport.
Trails are built from existing animation without creating new actions or slots. Points can be selected with left click or box selection, moved with G, rotated with R (twice for trackball mode), and scaled with S, and the trail updates live while dragging. Keyframes can be inserted between points or deleted, snapped to the nearest integer frame. A circular marker shows the current frame, and the trail fades before and after the playhead.
Optimized for dense rigs such as face rigs and complex characters, it performs minimal cache updates during transforms and runs a deferred rebuild afterward. It supports Blender 3.6 through 5.1. The add-on stays inactive while NLA clips are present, so those must be baked first.
Easy Motion Trail is best for animators adjusting character and rig animation who want to edit motion paths for objects and IK- or constraint-driven bones directly in the Blender viewport.
Easy Motion Trail is completely free to download and use.
Easy Motion Trail supports Blender 3.6 through 5.1 and works reliably in both Blender 4.x and 5.0. Installation differs slightly by version: on Blender 5.0 the add-on is added through the Extensions section rather than Add-ons. Files saved in older Blender versions may not return correct results, so staying on a supported version is worthwhile. Check the developer's page for the latest confirmed version details before installing.
Easy Motion Trail installs from a ZIP package through Blender's preferences. Open Edit > Preferences > Add-ons, or Extensions on Blender 5.0, click Install from Disk, select the Easy Motion Trail ZIP, and enable it. Once active, select an object or a bone in Pose Mode and press Alt + M to enable the motion trail. The Disable button in the N panel turns the visualization off again when you are done.
Easy Motion Trail will not activate while NLA clips are present. The add-on searches for keyframes in the action clip file and operates from those, so NLA strips block it. Bake the NLA clips first, then enable the trail. Note as well that if you delete an object in the viewport and undo it back, you must disable and re-enable the motion trail before it works again.
Easy Motion Trail is listed as free in this catalog. For current licensing terms and any usage conditions, check za studio's developer page, since terms can change over time. Once installed, the add-on edits existing animation data only and does not create new actions or slots, so it works on top of the animation you already have without altering your action setup.
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