Add-ons
Table of contents
- Blender
- Unity
- Other resources
This is not an exhaustive list of add-ons, but a list of the add-ons I use and what I use them for.
Blender
| Add-on | Price | How I use it |
| Extra Objects | Comes with Blender | Roundcube mesh |
| LoopTools | Comes with Blender | Loop Relax, Loop Circle |
| Turnaround Camera | Comes with Blender | Auto turnaround animation |
| Faceit | $78-$99 | iPhone tracking shapekeys (to build upon), apply modifiers to shapekeys |
| iFacialMocap | Free (iPhone app is $5.99) | Real time iPhone tracking in Blender |
| Ucupaint | Free | Texture painting and layer management |
| Dynamic Brush Menus | Comes with Blender | Quick access to Brush Modes with Spacebar |
| ZenUV | $24 | Quadrifying UVs, transforming/aligning UVs |
| UVPackmaster | $44 | Auto-packing UVs, grouping based on mesh |
| Avatar Builder | Free | Model set-up for streamlined exporting to FBX |
| Better FBX Exporter | $28 | Exporting to FBX without blendshape bugs in Unity |
| gret 0.3.1+ | Free | Requirement for “Apply modifiers to shapekeys” (used in Avatar Builder) |
| UVSquares | Free | Alternative to ZenUV’s quadrify |
| Shape Keys+ | Free | Much needed shapekey management and UI |
Unity
| Add-on | Price | How I use it |
| UniVRM | Free | Required for VRM models |
| VSF SDK | Free | Required to setup VSF models |
| UniVRMExtensions | Free | Copy blendshapes from one avatar to another |
| PumkinsAvatarTools | Free | Copy dynamic bones, spring bones, colliders |
| Dynamic Bone | $20 | Better jiggle bone settings than VRM spring bones |
| MagicaCloth | $25 | Cloth simulation |
| Poiyomi | Free / Pro at $10 | Shaders: toon, complex, animated, texture swaps |
Other resources
| Resource | Price | How I use it |
| Braids Generator | $18, or $10 on Kofi as Member | Load it into Blender 3.3+ to make braids very quickly. Then convert to mesh and import into your normal project. |
| Allusion | Free | Reference image manager |