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Octo Skip Nodes

Smart Node-view navigation for Toon Boom Harmony.

Octo Skip Nodes replaces Harmony's Select Parent / Child Skipping Effects with a smarter version: it skips effects and the curves inside deform groups, hopping only the meaningful rig hierarchy — Drawing → deform group → peg. Plus a second navigation that jumps only between nodes you flag.

1-minute tutorial — coming soon

Two navigations

  • Skip — B / Shift+B — move one meaningful node up / down, skipping effects, composites, and the modules inside deform groups.
  • Jump — Ctrl+Alt+B / Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B — hop only between the nodes you flag with the jump symbol (+), in a single jump.

Two markers

  • - (skip / hide) — a node whose name carries this symbol is hidden from navigation. Use it to hide the rig's wiring (driver pegs, helpers, math nodes) so the animator only ever lands on what matters.
  • + (jump) — flags a node as a jump target.

Both symbols are configurable — see Usage & Settings.


Pairs with Octo Rig Composer

ORC builds the brain (widget-driven pegs); Skip Nodes hides the wiring. Make a peg driven entirely by the MC widget, mark it with -, and the animator never trips over it — they navigate a clean rig while the machine stays underneath.

Install it · Usage & Settings