YA Tool (Keyframe Offset)

🎮 Supercharge Your Blender Animations with Offset Selected Keys YA! 🚀

Struggling to align animation keys or evenly distribute objects in Blender? Offset Selected Keys YA is your ultimate time-saver! Designed for animators and 3D artists, this powerful add-on streamlines your workflow with intuitive tools to offset animation keys, distribute objects, and manage parenting—all in a few clicks. Perfect for creating dynamic animations, procedural effects, or polished scenes! 😎

✨ Key Features

• Offset Animation Keys: Shift keyframes based on object positions relative to a 3D cursor or reference object. Choose Even or Axis-specific modes for ultimate control! 🕹️
• Even Object Distribution: Align multiple objects perfectly along X, Y, or Z axes with one click. Ideal for creating grids, arrays, or patterned layouts! 📏
• Smart Parenting: Add an Empty parent at your active object’s origin while keeping transforms intact. Say goodbye to manual adjustments! 🔗
• Similar Name Selection: Instantly select objects with similar names (e.g., Cube.001, Cube.002) for batch editing. Efficiency boost activated! ⚡
• Customizable Settings: Fine-tune frame steps, axis choices, and reference points to match your project’s needs. 🎯

🎨 Why You’ll Love It

• Save Hours: Automate repetitive tasks and focus on creativity.
• User-Friendly: Sleek UI in Blender’s Sidebar (View3D > YA Panel).
• Versatile: Perfect for game devs, motion designers, and 3D artists.
• Blender 4.3+ Ready: Built for the latest workflows (v3.6 add-on).

🔥 Use Cases

• Create staggered animations for crowd scenes or particle effects.
• Distribute assets evenly for architectural viz or game environments.
• Organize complex rigs with precise parenting control.

📦 Get It Now!

Ready to level up your Blender game? Download Offset Selected Keys YA and transform your animation pipeline! Compatible with Blender 4.3+. Install, activate, and start creating—your next masterpiece is waiting! 💥

UPD v3.20250520.11

Here are the main changes and new capabilities that will help you work even more efficiently:

1. Enhanced Animation Offset Capabilities (Offset Keys):

• More Offset Methods: Now you can not only offset keys relative to the 3D cursor, but also use new modes:
  • By "Chain": Animation will be offset sequentially from the active object to its closest neighbors, creating a "wave" effect. You can control how many "neighbors" are considered.
  • By Name Suffix: Objects with numerical suffixes (e.g., "object.001", "object.002") will be offset according to the order of these numbers.
  • By Reference Object: You can now select any object as a reference point for animation offset, providing more flexibility than just the 3D cursor.
• Random Offset: Added the ability to introduce a small random offset to each object, which is perfect for creating more natural or chaotic animation (e.g., for swaying leaves in the wind).
• Snap to Frame: You can automatically round offset values to whole frames to avoid fractional values.
• Reverse Order: You can now invert the offset order, allowing you to quickly switch between two animation directions.
• "In Range" Mode Improved: Previously, it was simply "In Range"; now, in this mode, you can use random offset and snap to frame, making key distribution within a specified range even more convenient.

2. New Object Arrangement Tools:

• Distribute Grid: A new function that allows you to easily arrange selected objects into a uniform grid on one of three planes (X-Y, X-Z, Y-Z). You can set the number of columns and the spacing between objects. This is ideal for quickly laying out collections of objects.
• Align Objects: This powerful tool allows you to align selected objects relative to the active object or the bounding box center of the selection. You can align by:
  • Center, minimum, or maximum bounds of the object along the X, Y, Z axes.
  • Origin of the object along the X, Y, Z axes. This gives you full control over the precise positioning of your models.
• Distribute Linear: This function now allows you to evenly distribute three or more objects along a selected axis between the first and last objects in your selection.

3. Improved Utilities:

• Parent Each to Own Empty: In addition to adding a single parent Empty to the active object (which is now called "Parent to New Empty"), you can now create a separate Empty for each selected object and parent it, while preserving transformations. This is very convenient for individual control over each object.
• Skip Already Parented: When parenting to an Empty, there is now an option to skip objects that already have a parent, avoiding unwanted changes.
• Select Zero Scaled: A new function that allows you to find and select objects that have a nearly zero scale along the X, Y, Z axis, or a combination thereof. This is extremely useful for fixing model issues that may arise from import or modeling errors.
• Smarter Select Similar Names: This function has been improved to more accurately select objects that share the same base name and only differ by a numerical suffix (e.g., Cube, Cube.001, Cube.002).

4. Video Plane Animation:

• New Dedicated Tool: This tool automatically sets up initial frames for animating video planes (meshes with video textures) based on their location. It processes objects by priority based on their proximity to the active object. This is ideal for creating sequential animation of displays or screens.

5. Preset System:

• Save and Load Settings: You can now save all your animation offset and object arrangement settings as presets. This allows you to quickly apply your favorite configurations without having to set everything up from scratch every time.

Overall Improvements:

• Tabbed Interface: The addon's interface has been redesigned and now features separate tabs ("Animation", "Arrangement", "Utilities", "Presets") for easier access to functions, making it more organized and user-friendly.
• Newer Blender Version Support: The addon has been updated to work with Blender 4.4.0 and above, ensuring compatibility and stability.

These updates make "YA Tools" a much more powerful and versatile tool for working with animation and objects in Blender. We hope it will significantly speed up your workflow and unlock new creative possibilities!