animation tool
Arc Buster
Arc Buster by Animates is an editable 3D motion path and arc polish tool for Blender by David HALLOWS, part of the Animates Suite. It turns the motion path from a graphic overlay into something you sculpt in the viewport, with a brush, a lattice, polish sliders and onion skinning for context. It works on single or multiple bones, objects, empties and cameras, for posing, timing, arc cleanup and mocap polish.
£15.00one-time, perpetual licence
v1.0 - v1.0.67
- Version
- 13 Sep 2026
- Last updated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Released
- Works with
- Blender
- Licence
- Perpetual
- File size
- 1.1 MB
- Part of
- Animates Suite
Blender
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What it does
Three things Arc Buster takes out of arc polish in Blender
The problem
A motion path you can only look at
Blender's default motion path is a graphic overlay you have to interpret. Arc Buster rebuilds it as a transformable 3D path: insert, delete, move and smooth keys and handles on it, with instant feedback.
The problem
Fixing arcs one control at a time
Select a whole limb's worth of bones, or a camera and its subject, and adjust their arcs together across multiple keys with the sculpt brush, the lattice or the polish sliders.
The problem
Polishing blind
Onion skinning shows the surrounding frames while you work, so you can smooth mocap or refine spacing without losing sight of the timing.
Inside the tool
Everything for an arc pass, in the viewport
Because the motion path is a transformable 3D object rather than a passive overlay, the changes you make on it are the changes that ship. The same tools work on a single bone or a whole selection of bones, objects, empties and cameras.
PATH
Editable 3D motion path
Sculpted directly in the viewport, not a graphic overlay.
KEYS
Insert, delete, move and smooth
Edit keys and handles on the path with instant feedback.
MULTI-EDIT
Multi-object editing
Work across multiple keys from multiple objects or bones at once.
CONTEXT
Onion skinning
A broad onion skinning architecture for context while polishing.
LATTICE
Lattice deformation
Reshape entire sequences without re-keying every control.
SCULPT
Integrated sculpt brush
Shape the path directly with a brush.
SLIDERS
Polish sliders
Clean arcs and refine spacing.
TARGETS
Bones, objects, empties, cameras
Single or multiple: rigs through bones, props through empties, and camera moves.
Will it run for you
Compatibility
- Software
- Blender
- Works on
- Bones, objects, empties, cameras
- Suite
- Animates Suite by David HALLOWS
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