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Smooth Geometry Motion
sop Smooth Geometry Motion

A CHOP-based setup for smoothing geometry motion. It can be used to reduce flickering on geometry surfaces and to smooth particle motion. The setup is intentionally simple, so adjust the parameters as needed for your specific use case.

Feb 06, 2026 · 21.0.440 · animation · by Tako
geometry motion noise smooth
Smooth Object Motion
sop Smooth Object Motion

Setup to smooth the motion of any arbitrary rigid body geometry, no rig required. Our use case was to quickly smooth motion data coming from a tracking software.

Jan 11, 2026 · 20.5.584 · animation · by snay
object tracking motion kinefx noise
Worm Rig
sop Worm Rig

Simple cartoon rig if you ever need a cute worm sliding across the screen.

Jan 02, 2026 · 21.0.440 · animation · by hugomorais
kinefx rig animation worm
Starter Crowd Setup
sop Starter Crowd Setup

This setup is a quick start to a crowd simulation. It supports custom characters as agents, layers for clothing, and motion path avoidance, and terrain adaptation. This snippet was stripped down from our crowd simulation work for the Cant Wait music video.

Nov 30, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by snay
crowd simulation character animation cantwait
Unfurling Flower Pod
sop Unfurling Flower Pod

Building up from the unfurling stem example, this snippet assembles the stems into a flower pod. The animation includes a rig attribute wrangle as the main control, and a kinefx secondary motion for extra livity.

Nov 08, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by snay
kinefx plant organic unfurling secondary motion kkfrag
Unfurling Stem
sop Unfurling Stem

Create a plant like unfurling animation by converting a line to a KineFX rig and applying a compounding rotation.

Nov 05, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by snay
nature organic plants kinefx rig stem kkfrag
Geometry Parent
sop Geometry Parent

Parent one object motion to another in SOPs. Useful for attaching things to animated geometry that comes from Alembic cache.

Nov 04, 2025 · 20.5.584 · animation · by kif
sop animation parent constrain alembic attach kkfrag