BattleAxe Rubberhose 3.1.0

Download BattleAxe Rubberhose 3.1.0, the definitive character rigging plugin for Adobe After Effects that revolutionizes how animators create and control limb-based animations . This powerful tool uses intuitive Inverse Kinematics (IK) to let you move characters by simply positioning endpoints—like hands or feet—while the plugin automatically calculates the motion of connecting joints like elbows and knees .

Key Features of BattleAxe Rubberhose 3.1.0:

• RubberPin System: Version 3.1.0 reintroduces the popular RubberPins feature, allowing you to parent Puppet Pin deformations to hoses via Voids for unprecedented creative control
• Nonlinear Character Creation: Build and animate freely without ever trashing keyframes due to new rigging ideas—everything remains adjustable throughout your creative process
• Design Flexibility: Create simple rigs with one click or by drawing custom paths; style limbs using powerful presets and save your own for future use
• Multi-Bend Points: Add additional bend points anywhere along a hose to create S-curves, fingers, tails, dog legs, strings, or even octopus tentacles
• Hose Parenting System: Connect art layers with intuitive hose-parenting and stretchy-bones technology to combine anything from small details to complex shapes
• Walk Cycle & Recycle: Reuse single precomped rigs multiple times while leveraging After Effects Essential Properties—set new keyframes, add styling variations, and reuse animation inside precomps to dramatically speed production
• Bend Presets: Customize exactly how a hose bends with presets controlling number of bends, roundness, parametric animation, and additional expression controls without affecting visual appearance
• Style Presets: Change the appearance of hose layers from simple bendy lines to custom designs using combinations of shape layer elements, layer styles, and effects
• Personal Stylist: Since v2, style presets offer limitless potential—bend presets make customizing hose behavior even more flexible

What It Is:

• Rigged animation, simplified but far from simplistic
• A powerful toolset connecting characters, shapes, or anything you imagine
• An animation system that works like you imagined animating would before learning about keyframes

What It’s Not:

• Mathematically perfect IK—because that usually looks robotic (though you can dial in realism to taste)
• A complex system requiring late-night manual reading; simplicity is the core philosophy
• A solution for every conceivable setup—it excels at specific tasks and plays well with Duik and Limber

Version 3.1.0 Specific Updates (Released Aug 10, 2023) :

• Added RubberPin build system
• Added Korean language support
• Fixed Essential Properties inside groups breaking EGP to Rig
• Fixed SHIFT key unresponsiveness in RubberRig
• Added support for non-separated dimensions preference

Perfect For:

• Character animators wanting to rig and animate faster than traditional methods
• Motion designers creating walk cycles, bouncing limbs, and expressive character performances
• Anyone who wants to focus on animation creativity rather than technical rigging complexities
• Beginners looking for an accessible entry point into character animation

System Requirements:

• Adobe After Effects CC2021 and newer
• Windows 10/11 (64-bit) or macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)
• One-time purchase with free updates for version 3 point releases
• License limited to 2 devices (similar to Adobe Creative Cloud)
• 4GB RAM minimum (8GB+ recommended)
• 100MB available disk space

Note: Rubberhose uses native After Effects functionality—rendering comps or editing keyframes doesn’t require a license, but creating new rigs and managing hoses does . For installation help, copy the Rubberhose3 folder to the Adobe CEP extensions directory .

The shortest distance between inspiration and reality is a bendy line

Characters bring life to a project, but character rigging can be an uphill technical struggle.

Find your beginners mind while building and animating characters the way you always dreamed.

Everything old is new

Whether you want to add something new to your motion work, or you’re a seasoned character animator, Rubberhose 3 builds on a legacy of simplicity with a whole new set of super powers.

Nonlinear character creation

Unlock new ideas while animating your characters. Everything is adjustable and you will never have to trash keyframes because of a new rigging idea.

Stay flexible

Design

Build a simple rig with a click or by drawing a path. Style limbs with the collection of powerful presets and create your own.

Add additional bend points anywhere along a hose to create S-curves, fingers, tails, dog legs, strings, octopi, or just about anything else your mind can conjure.

Rig

Connect art layers with a new and intuitive hose-parenting and stretchy-bones system to combine anything from small details to complex shapes. Add a whole new level of design freedom to characters. 

Or non-characters. Everything is connected and now layers can be too.

Cycle

Reuse a single precomped rig multiple times and leverage the power of After Effects Essential Properties.

Set new keyframes, add styling variation, and reuse animation inside the precomp to speed up production.

What’s new?

First released in 2015, Rubberhose v1 forever changed how animators work and think about characters. 

A new set of concepts have been introduced in v3, but like always, built on the foundation of:

simplicity

Animation is hard work, so enjoy the process.

Personal stylist

Style presets have been a part of Rubberhose since v2, but never as capable of such limitless potential. Bend presets make customizing the way a hose works even more flexible.

Getting started

Flexible collaborators

A sequence can really come alive with help from friends

Overlord

Create characters and props in Illustrator then transfer them instantly for rigging in After Effects. It really feels like having a full vector drawing app interface for your character design.

Compatible host app

Adobe After Effects
CC 2022 and newer (including the latest)

Install type

ZXP extension (how to install)

OS support

• Windows 10 (64-bit) version 22H2 or later
• macOS Monterey (version 12) or later

Licensing

Each license allows for 2 machines used by a single user

Languages

English, Español, Português, 日本語, Italiano, Français, Deutsch, Русский, 简体中文, 한국어
Languages are detected by the Adobe app language

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