Weight Map Puzzle

[gar26lw]

VMapProcessor and/or VMapManager from TrueArt's Modeling Pack
http://modelingpack.trueart.eu
You can save weight map from one object, and load it in 2nd object.

oh, really? that's a great feature

[sami]

VMapProcessor and/or VMapManager from TrueArt's Modeling Pack
http://modelingpack.trueart.eu
You can save weight map from one object, and load it in 2nd object.

Hi Thanks! that's great. Do you have any screenshots or videos of this VMapManager's features? Do you sell it separately from your Modeling pack? It might be too much for my current needs

[Sensei]

Hi Thanks! that's great. Do you have any screenshots or videos of this VMapManager's features? Do you sell it separately from your Modeling pack? It might be too much for my current needs

VMapManager is described in this article:
http://www2.trueart.pl/?URIType=Dire...ns/VMapManager

Also,
VMapManager's SaveUVMapImage is a tool that you can use to transfer UV map to Photoshop/gfx app, instead of EPS and "screen-shot workaround".

[Ma3rk]

Not to rain on Sensei's parade as I'm using his stuff as well, but you should look into 3rd Powers Paint Weights too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4N5sgBbvUw&t=5s

For now, let's just say they took an interest in my fur projects & I'm beta testing a new feature.

[gar26lw]

Hi Thanks! that's great. Do you have any screenshots or videos of this VMapManager's features? Do you sell it separately from your Modeling pack? It might be too much for my current needs

yes, being able to purchase constituent parts of the pack makes sense.

how about it?

[OFF]

You can try to animate Fur through Metalink.

[Ma3rk]

You can try to animate Fur through Metalink.

That might be worth a test actually. I've always assumed the fur would need wt mapping no matter what.

I've been having really great results with the Fur Mode feature I've been testing with Paint Weights:

[Greenlaw]

That's looking really good Mark!

[Ma3rk]

Thanks. Got a long fur one in the in the works.

[Ma3rk]

I've been a bit spread out on several threads with similar topics relating to furry critters, and it seems it's all come together.

First off, an absolutely huge thanks to Masahiro Hasegawa at 3rd Powers. He really took an interest in my endeavors for some reason on another thread, & allowed me to test a couple special features that really made all of this come together. I want to explore Dynamics for the fur, and sure wish getting it to respond to morphs was possible.

But primarily, none of this would have come about if I hadn't discovered Alessandro's incredible model work, a fellow animal advocate, and has help me out on a couple occasions.

Alessandro Mastronardi: https://www.alessandromastronardi.com/blog/

https://www.artstation.com/alessandromastronardi


What was taking me the better part of two days has been reduced to 2 hours or less now. I'm still looking for tutorials on using IKBooster on quadrupeds, but apparently that's it's Achilles heel oddly enough.

Anyway, here are some pose interpolated movement tests to see how the fur is responding, so pay no never mind to the skating, etc.

Giant EatAnter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7zFavkNBVk

Chimp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t3Qqx70TuI

Bull Moose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu5psxXntdY

Zöe test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Rwg9SV2wI