Forum: Blender


Subject: im having some trouble with bones, could someone help?

zkenshin opened this issue on Jul 07, 2007 · 7 posts


zkenshin posted Sat, 07 July 2007 at 4:41 PM

yeah i followed this tutorial for making/using bones http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Bones, but some bones dont   get all the poly's i need, and some get too much, does anyone know if you can make them kind of grasp farther/shorter distances or something? an answer would very appreciated, thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                   zkenshin ^^


Reddog9 posted Sat, 07 July 2007 at 6:01 PM

Quote - yeah i followed this tutorial for making/using bones http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Bones, but some bones dont   get all the poly's i need, and some get too much, does anyone know if you can make them kind of grasp farther/shorter distances or something? an answer would very appreciated, thanks,                                                                                                                                                                                   zkenshin ^^

 

You're in luck.. I'm just finishing up a tutorial on using weight painting to rig your meshes to your armatures..

I should be done in about 30 minutes or so..

Reddog9
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Reddog9 posted Sat, 07 July 2007 at 6:59 PM

Here we go..  Hot off the press.  Hope this helps you. 

Rig Weight Painting PDF

Scott

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zkenshin posted Sat, 07 July 2007 at 9:27 PM

ah thanks so much for this! im checking it out now, this i a big help! :D thanks loads                                                                                                                                                                           zkenshin


zkenshin posted Sat, 07 July 2007 at 10:10 PM

yeah ill have to finish checking it it tomorrow, but so far it been reallt helpful ^^, thanks again


Reddog9 posted Sun, 08 July 2007 at 12:02 AM

Great.  Glad I could help.  :b_grin:

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l3la posted Sun, 08 July 2007 at 7:36 PM

Reddog's tutorial method is the better way to go about it but you can also use envelopes:

http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-240/armature-envelopes/