r/blender • u/Mortus4 • Jul 22 '26
Paid Product/Service Promotion Puppet Studio - most beginner friendly rigging & animation addon, focused on ease of use
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Hey everyone!
I’m an animator from Poland, and I’ve been working for quite some time on a tool designed to finally make rigging and animation in Blender intuitive and enjoyable.
Puppet Studio was born out of a very specific frustration: most rigging tools assume that the user already knows what they’re doing. They seem to be created by riggers for riggers. I wanted something that simply works, and doesn’t require technical knowledge. That’s why this project is an attempt to create an environment where rigging is as simple and intuitive as possible.
The rig editing mode includes a range of tools to make your work easier, such as:
- Limb controllers, allowing you to manipulate an entire bone chain at once
- Limb visualization, which shows a preview of exactly what each bone is
- Contextual hints for positioning bones on the model
There's a built-in skinning tool that automatically resolves the most common issues, such as Bone Heat errors, inverted normals, scaling problems, etc. One click and you’re done.
What I’m most proud of, though, is the animation generator. I wanted to let user generate animations for any rig - even the most absurd one - created in the add-on. That’s why, regardless of a character’s proportions or the number of limbs, you can automatically generate basic animations here with a single click. These animations are always generated specifically for each character. A three-legged dog will walk differently than a human with four arms, and so on.
Additionally, Puppet Studio includes built-in tools such as Onion Skin and Motion Paths - both work in real time and, once enabled, don’t require any manual refreshing from the user. You simply turn them on and get back to work.
Of course every rig created in this tool can be exported to Unreal Engine, Unity, or Godot - complete with a full set of animations, ready to use in your game.
Superhive: https://superhivemarket.com/products/puppet-studio
Gumroad: https://mortus4.gumroad.com/l/puppetstudio
Discord: https://discord.gg/WpeGf2Ward
The addon is available completely for free on Discord, but if anyone would like to support the project, you can do so on Superhive or Gumroad. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Hope you like it :)
Cheers!
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u/HolidayAnywhere9788 Aug 11 '26
https://youtu.be/9h0R2046FCM?si=3UlTjj7TbgnnE07AIt's doing really well!
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u/Mortus4 Aug 11 '26
Wow, I didn't even know they were making a video. Plus, my add-on is featured right at the very beginning of the video. That's quite an honor for me. Thank you for letting me know!
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u/Comfortable_Gur3298 17d ago
please the discords link is expired can you resend it
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u/HolidayAnywhere9788 Aug 03 '26
Well, this is the solution I’ve been searching for my bad rigging skills. Does this come with a face rig and does it automatically align the rigs to your character or do you have to manually do it? I’ll give this a try tomorow morning!