Lazy Shapekeys [Shape Keys Folder & Utility]

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By Karl

17/11/2025

Are you tired of scrolling through an endless, disorganized list of shape keys for your complex characters? First and foremost, a clean and efficient workflow is essential for professional artists, but Blender’s default shape key management can quickly become a nightmare. The Shape Keys Folder & Utility addon is the definitive solution, providing a complete suite of powerful tools designed to bring order, speed, and flexibility to your process.

This is not just an addon; it’s an essential toolkit that solves the biggest frustrations animators and character artists face, allowing you to focus on creativity, not tedious workarounds.

Transform Your Shape Key Workflow

Finally, Organize Your Chaos with Folders
Say goodbye to endless scrolling. The core feature of this addon is the ability to create a clean, collapsible folder structure right in the shape key menu. Therefore, you can easily group expressions, correctives, and visemes, finding exactly what you need in an instant.
Apply Modifiers Non-Destructively (Game-Changer)
This feature alone is a massive workflow upgrade. Natively, applying a modifier to an object with shape keys will destroy them. This addon allows you to apply modifiers while keeping all your shape keys intact. Add a subdivision surface or mirror modifier after your expressions are already done, saving you from hours of rework.
Effortlessly Transfer and Sync Shapes
Working with multiple versions of a character? The “Forced Transfer” function lets you move shape keys between meshes, even if the topology isn’t identical. In addition, you can automatically synchronize shape keys between objects that share the same name, ensuring consistency across your scene with a single click.
Streamline Your Game Development Pipeline
Prepare your models for any game engine with incredible speed. The “Create an object for every shape key” function does exactly that—it bakes out each individual shape key as its own separate object, a process that would otherwise take hours to do manually.
Create Nuanced Control with L/R Separation
Instantly add another layer of detail to your animations. This utility allows you to take a single, symmetrical shape key (like a smile or an eye blink) and automatically separate it into independent Left and Right versions, giving you finer, more realistic control over your character’s expressions.

Conclusion: The Essential Toolkit for Character Artists

In conclusion, the Shape Keys Folder & Utility addon is an indispensable tool for anyone serious about character creation, facial rigging, or animation in Blender. By providing powerful solutions for organization, non-destructive editing, and pipeline efficiency, it removes technical headaches and empowers you to work faster and more creatively than ever before.

Stop fighting with your shape keys. Take control of your workflow and elevate your art by adding this essential toolkit to your collection today.