Comic Motion - Documentation

Install

Edit > Preferences > Add-ons > drop-down arrow > Install from Disk..., pick Comic Motion v1.0.0.zip (don't unzip it), tick "Comic Motion". Requires Blender 5.2 or newer. To update later, install the new zip over the old one.

Where

3D View > Sidebar (press N) > Comic Motion tab. Hold Frames and Line Boil are open; Color Split and Halftone are folded (their on/off switches stay in the header).

Quick Start

• Open an animated scene (keyframes on objects, camera, bones...).
• Pick a look: Subtle, Comic, Sketchy or Grungy.
• Click Apply, then render (F12 or Render Animation).

Buttons

• Apply: sets up the effects on the current scene.
• Refresh: re-reads your scene after you changed the animation.
• Remove: takes everything out (modifiers, Freestyle line set, compositor nodes, drivers). Your scene is exactly as before.

Hold Frames

• On 2s / 3s switch.
• Step: 1 to 4 frames per drawing.
• Offset: 0 to 3, shifts which frames start a new drawing.

Line Boil

• Thickness: 0.1 to 20 px (at 1920 px wide).
• Wobble: how far the lines wander. Frequency: length of the wobbles.
• Seed: another wobble pattern. Line Color: with quick color swatches.

Color Split

• Offset X and Y in pixels (at 1920 px wide).
• Channels: Red + Blue (slip in opposite directions), Red only, Blue only.

Halftone

• Dot Size, Angle (0 to 90 degrees), Strength, Dot Color with quick color swatches.

Tips

• Start with a look, then fine-tune. The defaults already give a visible result at the first click.
• Use a different Seed for a different line wobble and color slip.
• Use Offset if a key pose looks late.
• If you change your animation after Apply, press Refresh.
• Lines and print effects show in the final render. Hold Frames also shows when you play the timeline.

Limits

• Only keyframes are held: physics, particles, cloth and simulations stay smooth.
• EEVEE and Cycles only (Workbench shows a warning).
• Animation linked from another .blend is left smooth (the panel says so).
• The frame range must start at 0 or later.

Support

Send your Blender version, operating system and the error message. To see the message: Window > Toggle System Console (Windows), or start Blender from a terminal (macOS / Linux).