Introduction

Hair Shape Key is a Blender add-on with the support of adding shape keys to hair and creating transition animation between them. Users can switch between the different shapes freely, keyframe animation, which gives more possibilities and controllability to handle hair in Blender. 

📢Update log:

HairShapeKey 6.8
Updated on July 22, 2026
1. Support Blender 5.2

HairShapeKey 6.6
Updated on November 30, 2025
1. Support Blender 5.0

HairShapeKey 6.5
Updated on August 8, 2025
1. Support Blender 4.5

HairShapeKey 6.4
Updated on April 3, 2025
Support Blender 4.4

V5.8
Updated on Nov 18, 2023
1. Support Blender 4.0.

What it can do?

How it works?

Requirements

Windows: Blender 2.81a and above

Linux: Blender 2.81a and above. GCC above 7.4 is required.

Blender 2.80 is not supported.

Features

1. Create hair shapes and create transition animation between them.

2. It can work with Noise modifier

Installation:

Edit - Preferences - Add-ons - Install, and select the zip file to install.

Note:

Compatibility with previous versions has been fixed. Please refer to the tutorial for more details.