Animates Arc Buster

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Shape your animation arcs directly in Blender.Arc Buster + Onion Skins - $15 on Superhive

Shape your animation arcs directly in Blender

Name: Animates Arc Buster
Brand: Animates
Price: 15.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Arc Buster turns motion paths into editable 3D animation controls. Move animation keys and Bezier handles, reshape arcs, preserve motion whilst retiming, and use Live Graph Link to see Graph Editor changes update the rig and arc in real-time.

FK, IK, objects & cameras. Real Blender Keyframes. Fast Visual feedback.

Polish hand arcs, feet, props, cameras and full object motion without losing sight of the movement you are creating.

1: Keyframe manipulation

Generate the path, select and manipulate the keys and handles for automatic feedback on the new path. As you can see, the feedback and responsiveness is immediate, no frustrating lag, full native Blender gizmo implementation.

2: Sculpt keys

Multiple paths can be generated and simultaneously adjusted - this is the sculpt tool being demonstrated to nudge and smooth the keys and paths. Again, the responsiveness is quick and intuitive.

3: Lattice adjustments

Using the lattice bounding box, selected keys or the whole section of the path can be completely reshaped and sculpted, representing a stretching of the 3d space across any axis.

4: Polish

Whole paths or selected sections can be easily polished with the Smoothing Sliders; keys, handles, spacing, easing and bias can all be quickly implemented with immediate responsiveness.

5: Multiple objects

Multiple objects can be simultaneously manipulated, both in key manipulation and with the lattice deformer.

Colour shape options

• Works on any object with keyframed location data, not just armatures.

• Multi-object support — edit multiple paths simultaneously.

• The lattice deformation and sculpt brush tools work the same way regardless of object type — no mode-switching or special setup needed.

Great to see the team at CG Vortex demonstrating some of the features -

Onion Skinning

Shows ghosted poses before and after the current frame so you can quickly judge spacing, arcs and timing — just the information you actually need while polishing animation.

The newer version also supports per-bone onion skins, which means you can focus on the motion of the controller you're working on rather than seeing the entire rig ghosted everywhere.

Toggle between mesh/bones/empties. Toggle visibility of past and future skins. The colour of bones can also be changed.

Show skins for up to 200 frames in either direction. Stepped option to stagger skins. Wireframe or solid mode on meshes. Progressive fade showing distance from playhead, editable Opacity in either direction too.