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Simply Trails
In 3D and VFX, motion trail effects are always one of the most used techniques to emphasize the speed, power or softness of movement.
From sword swings, dancing arm curves, to anime character motion trails or combat speed – all need a tool to create beautiful, clean and easy-to-control “motion trails”.
That’s why the Simply Trails addon was born – an extremely powerful smart trail creation tool for Blender, helping you create smooth, flexible and cinematic motion trails with just a few steps.
Simply Trails is an addon that supports creating motion trails for objects, characters or any animation in Blender.
No need for complex Geometry Nodes or manually building each curve, the addon automatically:
- Tracks motion trajectory
- Create smooth trail
- Customize color, length, opacity
- Render fast with built-in shader
Thanks to its simple, intuitive design, Simply Trails helps beginners create professional effects, while experienced artists significantly speed up their workflow. See more Lazy Select
Features Simply Trails
- Create automatic trails based on animation
Just select the object and turn on Simply Trails, the addon will analyze the position according to the timeline and create a trail that follows the trajectory.
Whether you animate with manual keyframes or use motion capture, Simply Trails keeps up precisely. - Smart, lightweight trail structure
All trails are created as curves or lightweight meshes, optimized for the viewport.
You can adjust: - Trail length
- Thickness
- Color
- Opacity
- Fade speed
- Sampling rate
- This helps you create sharp or blurry trails depending on your style.
- Prebuilt materials
The addon comes with many beautiful shaders: - Glow gradient
- Neon light
- Soft anime streak
- Metallic ribbon
- Ghost trail
- Motion smear matte
- These shaders help users render beautifully right away without complicated setup.
- Works fast and smooth on any project
Unlike the heavy geometry node trail building method, Simply Trails is optimized to: - Lightweight processing
- No viewport delay
- Renders well on both Cycles and Eevee
- You can use it on large scenes, complex characters or thick motion without worrying about heavy files.
- Compatible with character rigs
No matter what you use: - Rigify
- Auto-Rig Pro
- Mixamo
- Akeytsu
- iClone to Blender
- Simply Trails captures motion correctly, no need to reset bones or constraints.
- Addons help speed up significantly when combined with:
- Grease Pencil to create speed line animation effects.
- Motion blur in Eevee/Cycles to make trails more vivid.
- Shader emission to create neon or magical effects.
- Geometry Nodes for advanced effects like decay or voxel break.
- Simply Trails also supports converting trails to mesh for sculpting or deform, creating more unique effects.
System requirements Simply Trails
- 64-bit dual-core 2Ghz CPU with SSE2 support
- 4 GB RAM
- 1280 × 768 screen
- Mouse, touchpad or pen + tablet
- Graphics card with 1 GB RAM, OpenGL 3.3
- Blender version 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.5
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Simply Trails v1.1.0
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