AmbientShade posted at 12:11PM Fri, 21 July 2017 - #4310351

I like to leave jcms as a last resort, when the weight maps and the mesh have been pushed to their limits. In more professional studio rigs there's often hundreds of bones in a single figure. In poser rigging - aside from the face, there really aren't that many.

But that's what experimenting with different setups is for, to see which works best and is easiest to add clothing to. Personally I hate having to deal with jcms when working with conforming clothing, since the clothing itself needs its own jcms. But that's why I asked the question here, to see what others think.

It would be nice if the weightmaps could do all the work, sadly there are usually a few stubborn rotations and bends that just don't work.

Quite a few members of the forums hate JCMs and are very vocal about weightmaps doing all the work, so it's wise to ask ;)