Animation

Animation is a compact animation toolset for Blender that creates keyframed motion based on the selected effect. It helps speed up common motion design tasks by reducing repetitive manual keyframing. Suitable for motion graphics, UI elements, product animation, logos, props, and camera movement.

Add-on name in Blender: Animation
Panel location: 3D Viewport → N-panel → MotionCraft
Version: 1.4.5
Author: Domenas

Features

Quick Animation Effects

Apply effects to supported object types (Mesh, Curve, Font, Empty, GPencil, Light, Camera):

• Bounce
• Spin (Z-axis)
• Scale Pulse
• Shake
• Slide (with return)
• Fade (animates material alpha when applicable)
• Pop In (overshoot scale)
• Wiggle Rotation
• Follow Controller (creates AnimFX_CTRL empty objects)
• Noise Location
• Camera Shake
• Follow Path (uses a selected Curve object)

Animation Control

• Apply to selected objects or an entire collection
• Duration, Strength, Randomness
• Loop count
• Object offset (delay between objects)
• Loop offset (delay between repeats)
• Easing modes: Default, Linear, Ease In/Out, Constant
• Optional automatic extension of the scene end frame

Motion Chain

A secondary effect can be applied after the main one:
• Choose any available effect as the second layer
• Adjustable strength multiplier

Noise Tools

• Noise Step (interval between noise keyframes)
• Noise Amplitude (overall intensity)

Camera Tools

Tools for fast camera setup using Blender’s native Track To constraint:

• Auto Follow Control
• Camera Follow Active
• Cam Front / Cam Side / Cam Top
• Cam Distance (relative to object size)

Presets

Presets for MotionCraft settings:
• Logo Bounce
• UI Pop
• Camera Wiggle

Cleanup & Baking

• Finalize & Detach — removes animation curves and (optionally) controllers
• Bake & Detach CTRL — bakes controller animation into the object and can remove the controller

Installation

1. Download the ZIP package

2. In Blender: Edit → Preferences → Add-ons → Install

3. Select the ZIP and enable Animation

4. Open: 3D Viewport → N-panel → MotionCraft

Compatibility

• Blender 3.0 or newer
• Follow Path requires a Curve object

License (GPL-3.0)

This add-on is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.

You may:
• Use it in personal or commercial projects
• Modify the source code
• Redistribute original or modified versions under the same license

You may not:
• Change the license to a non-GPL license
• Remove the copyright notice “© 2025 Domenas”
• Distribute the add-on without including the license text

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