Future of Frame Ranger
Frame Ranger vs Action Commander
Action Commander will be the successor of Frame Ranger in future. Their core feature are more or less the same for now, however, there is a few things to note between them
Right Now, Frame Ranger has more feature because it is a “Bundle of Multiple Addons”, being a quite bloated addon and unfocused and becoming more and more difficult to maintain.
Action Commander however, is focused solely on Action Management, you can think of it like “Frame Ranger with only Object Action Manager”.
Why Action Commander?
By Focusing only on Action Management, which is the core feature of Frame Ranger, it will make Maintaining the addon much more manageable, it will also make the addon less bloated.
Note
If You Have Already Purchased Frame Ranger, you will be able to claim Action Commander For Free
Feature Comparison
As the name suggest, the addon will be focus on Action Management, and remove the other non related Frame Ranger Feature.The Action Management related feature will be further extended / enchanced.
Included Feature
Object Action Manager
Action Bin
Removed Feature
Frame Range Manager
Action Baker
Timeline Markers Manager
Animation Player & Frame Range
Auto Frame Range
Framerate Remapper
Timeline Utility Pie
Extended Feature
Support for Library Overrides and some other quality of life feature
Tag System to help with Action organization / Filtering
What About the Other Frame Ranger Features?
Frame Ranger is currently still Usable, and if you want the more minor Feature, you can use Frame Ranger Lite.
However, In future, I intend to make those into smaller addons (Which Existing Frame Ranger Customer on Blendermarket can get for free)
Below are the Planned feature that is Planned to made into seperate Addon in future:
Frame Range Manager
Timeline Markers Manager
Animation Player & Frame Range
Auto Frame Range
Frame Ranger Deprecation
With Action Commander as Frame Ranger’s successor, Frame Ranger will be deprecreated, and slowly phase out over time.
It will no longer receive any new feature, or be updated for the latest version of blender
Bug Fix will still be done when reported on Compatible Blender Version
The Addon is Open Source, feel free to do anything to it at your own risk
Existing Frame Ranger Customer (Important)
If You Have Already Purchased Frame Ranger on Blendermarket, you will be able to claim Action Commander For Free