by Blender Wave·Motion Graphics
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ProximityFlow stands out in the Superhive library for consolidating masking, displacement, growth, coating, wave, and shatter into a single proximity-driven workflow, with every buyer of this version getting access to future updates.
ProximityFlow, developed by Blender Wave, lets you assign any object in your scene — an Empty, a mesh, a hand, or anything else — as a proximity target. As the target moves near your primary mesh, effects activate exactly where it approaches, and everything updates in real time in the viewport without keyframes, drivers, or node trees.
The addon bundles a range of effects: Proximity Masking to dissolve or reveal geometry (with an Invert option for reveal animations), an aesthetic wireframe mode with real-time thickness control, Dynamic Displacement using Clouds, Marble, Wood, or Musgrave procedural textures, Proximity Growth to grow hair strands or instance objects like flowers and crystals, Variable Thickness material coating that grows a shell over a surface, a Proximity Wave that propagates across a mesh, and a Shatter effect that breaks a mesh into flying fragments.
Each effect can run as an independent proximity layer on the same object, each driven by a different target. Falloff types include Linear, Smooth, Sharp, Sphere, and Root, and a Motion Path system lets you attach a target to a curve so the effect animates itself across the mesh automatically.
Proximityflow is best for blender artists creating proximity-driven mesh effects such as dissolves, displacement, growth, waves, and shatter animations without keyframes.
Proximityflow is completely free to download and use.
ProximityFlow is compatible with Blender 3.6 through 5.1, which the developer lists as tested. If you work across a range of Blender releases within that span, the addon is designed to function throughout. For the most current compatibility details and any versions added in later updates, check the developer's page on Superhive, since buyers of this version can download the latest release anytime from their Superhive order history.
ProximityFlow follows a short setup: select your Primary mesh first, then Shift-select your Target object and make it active. Press Generate New Layer in the ProximityFlow panel, then add any effect from the panel. Once configured, move your target and the effects react in real time in the viewport. You can add multiple independent proximity layers to the same object, each driven by a different target object.
ProximityFlow drives mesh effects without keyframes, drivers, or node trees. Effects activate based on how close the assigned target object moves to your primary mesh, updating live in the viewport. If you do want animation on disk, you can keyframe the influence distance in one click, which inserts keyframes on both the Lowest and Highest values at once, or attach the target to a curve using the Motion Path system so the effect animates across the mesh automatically.
ProximityFlow is listed as free in this catalog. The developer notes that every buyer of this version has access to all future updates and can download the latest release anytime from their Superhive order history. For current licensing terms and any details specific to your use, refer to the developer's page on Superhive, where ProximityFlow by Blender Wave is available.
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