A free Blender add-on that grants Shape Keys+, a plus-size panel containing extra features for creating, sorting, viewing, and driving shape keys.
Automatically hides the default Shape Keys panel, which can be enabled again via the add-on's preferences. Shape Keys+ was made to help with managing hundreds of shape keys on a fully rigged character. It focuses on saving time and decreasing the number of clicks needed for common operations such as moving or copying shape keys.
Click-holding or click-dragging on one of the Add / Copy / Remove sidebar buttons will open its respective specials menu, containing extra operations related to the respective button.
Screenshot taken in Blender 2.83.
- Folders
Manage shape keys with folders.
- Shape Key Placement
Control where shape keys are automatically placed after specific operations.
- Copy Shape Key
Copy the shape key, its driver, and all or some of its properties. Capable of copying and mirroring at the same time.
- Multi-Selection
Perform basic operations on multiple shape keys and folders at once. Compatible with “New Shape From Mix” as it creates a new shape out of a mix of the selected shape keys. Features compatible with multi-selection become exposed when at least one shape key or folder is selected.
- Driver Sub-Panel
View and edit the driver for a shape key’s value directly within the Shape Keys+ panel.
- Manual Translation
All UI elements are set up for manual translation, with the two current languages being English and Japanese. The language can be configured at any time simply by changing the language property in the shape_keys_plus/config.ini file and restarting Blender.
For Vertex Groups, the Vertex Codex add-on can be purchased on Gumroad.
While similar in appearance, Vertex Codex is a separate add-on and is not connected to Shape Keys+.
