ANIMATION PATHS – OVERVIEW

Discover all of Maya’s path animation tools in a single, convenient location, with enhanced and modified features.

Say goodbye to tedious Motion Trail management – our marking menu and UI lets you quickly create, rebuild, and tweak display settings with ease!

Guarantee the precision and fluidity of your animations by efficiently converting them to CV curves and re-attaching them to paths using our Motion Path Rig .

Quickly access other path animation tools, such as Maya’s Ghost Editor (2022+), and Objects From Anim – a new tool that duplicates objects for each frame of a sequence.

THE PROBLEM

The display settings for Maya’s Motion Trails are quite intricate and tricky to navigate. They tend to get stuck and fail to update correctly.

Unfortunately, Maya lacks a CV Curve From Animation feature and a way to Duplicate Objects From Animation, which also limits its functionality.

Poor grouping and placement in the menus can make it difficult to locate other motion pathing tools.

THE SOLUTION

The Zoo Tools Motion Trail builder and its accompanying marking menu are an absolute delight to use.

Quickly create, rebuild, and tweak display settings with ease.

Our CV Curve From Animation and Duplicate Objects From Animation features provide Maya users with tools not available within the software.

And we’ve added an Open Ghost Editor button for your convenience.

USING THE TOOL – SETTINGS

CV Curve From Anim Button
Creates a CV NURBS Curve from the selected object/s motion paths.
Uses the current Playback Range in the Time Slider.
CVs are placed once every `x` frames.

Objects From Anim Button
Duplicates the selected object/s along their animation paths.
Uses the current Playback Range in the Time Slider.
Objects are duplicated once every `x` frames.

Create Motion Path Button
Creates a motion trail on the selected object.
Uses the current Playback Range in the Time Slider.
Zoo Hotkey: shift alt {

Open Ghost Editor Button
This button opens Maya’s Ghost Editor window, only in Maya 2022 and above.
Uses the current Playback Range in the Time Slider.
Zoo Hotkey: shift alt }