# texture-state-animation

Plans and checks texture-state transitions in Blender so you avoid whole-image crossfades, popping and morphs that drift out of register.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 719 installs · ★ 125
- Author: RobLe3
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/texture-state-animation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/texture-state-animation

## What it does

Reach for this skill when a mascot, logo, lightmap or UI skin swaps textures mid-animation. Instead of blending two full images, it splits the scene into layers: avatar surface, facial decals, glow accents, background and HUD elements. Each layer gets its own transition — hold, a subtle value pulse, a masked dissolve, a traveling highlight.

States get registered first: crop, scale, alignment and colour normalised onto one canvas and one semantic mask. Then the skill checks that the avatar silhouette stays put and that aura or background pixels never end up baked into the character material. For a final GLB it points you at channels the target runtime can replay on its own: keyframed material values, opacity, UV transforms, shape keys. Python frame handlers fail here, because the runtime will not recreate them.

A script, `scripts/texture_transition_plan.py`, builds a transition plan from your source states and flags risky whole-frame crossfades. Before anyone calls the animation done, the skill asks for a contact sheet and a flicker report. It runs through an MCP server for Blender, so read `../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md` before the first call and stick with the backend you picked.

## Requirements
- Works with: Blender

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill texture-state-animation -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/texture-state-animation/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/texture-state-animation/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill texture-state-animation -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/texture-state-animation/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill texture-state-animation -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/texture-state-animation/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install RobLe3/cc-blender-skill texture-state-animation
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/texture-state-animation/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill texture-state-animation -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --path plugin/skills/texture-state-animation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/texture-state-animation/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add RobLe3/cc-blender-skill --skill texture-state-animation -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/RobLe3/cc-blender-skill/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/texture-state-animation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- plan a transition between several source textures without a whole-frame crossfade
- split a scene into layers and pick a transition type per layer
- verify the silhouette and camera crop hold during decorative motion
- pick animation channels the target engine can reproduce on GLB export
- catch risky spots in a transition plan before rendering

## Example prompts
- plan the transition between two mascot texture states, no whole-image crossfade
- build a transition plan from these source states and flag the risky ones
- render a contact sheet and a flicker report for this texture animation

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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## MCP backend

Use when: Texture state animation, texture morphs, material state transitions, image sequence planning, masked wipes, glow reveals, texture registration, avoiding bad crossfades, GLB-compatible texture animation planning.

Before the first Blender call, read [../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md](../text-to-blender/references/mcp-backends.md). Prefer official MCP for shared capabilities; preserve the selected backend for the whole task. Tool names in recipes are client/legacy examples: map them through that reference and its agent-host guide.
# Texture State Animation

This skill exists because “crossfade several full images” usually looks bad. Texture animation must be designed like motion graphics: registered states, constrained transition channels, and preview gates.

## Failure modes to avoid

- Whole-frame crossfades between unrelated crops/compositions.
- Python frame handlers as the only playback mechanism when export/runtime support is needed.
- Texture swaps that change silhouette, camera crop, or scale at the same time as decorative motion.
- Mixing aura/background/HUD pixels into the avatar surface texture unless that is the intent.
- Morph pulses that break accepted geometry constraints such as constant depth.

## Workflow
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