by Jefferson Rausseo·Workflow
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Ghostool earns its place in the superhive library by keeping onion-skinning maintained across Blender's last two LTS releases and the current version. It carries a five-star rating from 15 reviews, and its developer contributes to the Blender Development Fund.
Ghostool is a Blender addon aimed at animators. It creates ghosts — onion skins, static meshes at specific frames of an animation — directly inside the 3D viewport.
The addon is intended to support the animation workflow, helping with in-betweens, timing and spacing. Because ghosts freeze animated frames, you can compare poses across the animation as you work.
Ghostool runs on Blender 3.3 through 5.1, including the 4.5, 4.2, 3.6 and 3.3 LTS releases, and the developer commits to keeping it current for the last two LTS versions and the current release. It ships with documentation and is distributed under the GPL license. Jefferson Rausseo, the developer, is listed as a Blender Development Fund contributor. On superhive it holds a five-star rating from 15 reviews.
Ghostool is best for blender animators working on in-betweens, timing and spacing who want onion skins and frozen poses in the 3D viewport.
Ghostool is completely free to download and use.
Ghostool runs on Blender 3.3 through 5.1, covering Blender 5.1 along with the 4.5, 4.2, 3.6 and 3.3 LTS releases. The developer states the addon will be kept up to date for the last two LTS releases and the current version, so support tracks Blender's ongoing release cycle. If you work across several Blender installations, check the developer's page to confirm the exact build that matches your setup before installing.
Ghostool is released under the GPL license. The addon also ships with documentation, which is listed among its features on the source page. For the full text of the license, how it applies to your projects, and current licensing details, refer to Jefferson Rausseo's developer page. If licensing terms matter for a studio or commercial pipeline, confirm them directly at the source before adopting the addon in production.
Ghostool is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing and availability can change over time, so check the developer's page for the current terms before you download. The addon is distributed under the GPL license, and Jefferson Rausseo is noted as a Blender Development Fund contributor. For the most accurate, up-to-date information on how to obtain Ghostool, visit the developer's page directly.
Ghostool has a demo video available for anyone who wants to look at the addon before installing. Alongside it, the addon includes documentation. To watch the demo and read through the docs, head to the developer's page or the linked video. That's a useful starting point if you want to see how the ghosts and onion skins fit into an animation workflow.
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