EClark1894 opened this issue on Jun 29, 2015 · 761 posts
WandW posted Tue, 07 July 2015 at 1:58 PM
Out of curiosity, what's with the general dislike for JCM?
I'm no expert with how Poser figures work, but I really like the idea of JCM. Being able to have morphs adjust depending on the joint rotation is damn powerful stuff, and I can't imagine anything that couldn't be achieved by using it. Poser even allows us to sequence the actuation of the morphs using a timeline for each joint, and further still, even has an adjustable actuation curve! I mean wow, that's powerful stuff!
So personally, I don't get the fascination with weight mapping and the general shunning of JCM. If I were a designer of a program using this stuff and I had the choice, I'd go with JCM every time; the power we have for shaping and controlling stuff using that technology is limitless!
Corresponding JCMs have to be put into conforming clothing, whilst the weightmapping simply goes in with the rig. JCMs have their uses, as weightmapping (at least Poser's weightmapping) only moves vertices in a direction normal to the surface, a restriction JCMs do not have.....
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