JiggleMaker is a Blender addon that streamlines the process of applying soft-body simulation to your characters. Ideal for breasts, buttocks, belly, legs, and any other areas that needs to jiggle.
After testing the addon, I found it to be easy to use and reliable and is currently my favorite addon of this type.
JiggleMaker Basic Workflow
You can pick one of several presets: chest, butt, belly and thigh. Then position it in the respective area of your rigged character.
Under “Jiggle Setup” select the Main Mesh (your character) and Jiggle Mesh (the jiggle preset you just positioned). Then select a Physics Preset and press the Apply Jiggle Physics button. That is the basic setup. If you play the animation now, you should see some sort of jiggle in the affected area.
For more detailed instructions, please watch the tutorials by CGDive and the addon developer linked below.
Next, you could add more jiggle meshes in other areas that need that type of secondary motion.
All jiggle meshes stay available in the scene as wire-frame, non-renderable objects. If you select them, you can tweak their properties under the Cloth Settings section. If you play the animation and adjust the various values such as Mass, Tension, Gravity, etc., you’ll see the jiggle simulation change in real time in the 3D viewport which makes adjustment quick and intuitive.
The addon provides several presets such as “Jiggly” and “Firm”. You can also save your own presets which I found useful. The default ones are a great start but you usually need to tweak the settings to achieve the exact “jiggle” you’re going for.
Jiggle Maker Paid VS Free version
The full version of the addon is available for purchase on Super Hive Market. However, a free version with limited functionality is also available for download on Gumroad.
While the free addon is a cut-down version of the paid one, it is a good “try-before-you-buy” option. You can evaluate the workflow and see how the jiggle setup performs on your machine.
See the table below for Download links and a feature comparison.
Jiggle Maker Full/Paid
Download link:
- 6 Jiggle mesh presets
- Vertex Mode: Generate jiggle meshes from vertex groups
- Custom Mesh mode: convert your own mesh to a jiggle mesh
- Quick Jiggle Setup for all modes
- Jiggle settings panel for quick adjustments of the jiggle effect
- Jiggle Baking Operators
Jiggle Maker Free
Download link:
- 2 Jiggle mesh presets
- Quick Jiggle Setup (Limited)
- Vertex mode, Custom Mesh mode, Jiggle settings and Baking are DISABLED
JiggleMaker Tutorial by CGDive
JiggleMaker Tutorial by the addon creator
Manual Jiggle Workflow
It’s important to note that JiggleMaker automates a process that can be done manually in Blender. I made a video about the manual jiggle workflow using Blender’s Soft Body physics (or rather Cloth physics as you’ll find out in the video).