Muscle/Skin in Pose

[svetlik]

How do you set up keyframes for muscle/skin in a Pose as opposed to Smartskin? Been trying but can't get it to work. I thought Pose was able to do this but don't remember how to set it up. Is this something that has to be done in an Action?

Been looking in the manual but can't find instructions for a dumb-ass, you know "Do this and then do that." details.

thanks in advance.

[robcat2075]

7 hours ago, svetlik said:

How do you set up keyframes for muscle/skin in a Pose as opposed to Smartskin? Been trying but can't get it to work. I thought Pose was able to do this but don't remember how to set it up. Is this something that has to be done in an Action?

 

Suppose you wanted  a slider that makes a cheek puff out.

Do New>Pose>Percentage

Do ALT-4 to open the Pose Window if it isn't open already. The slider highlighted in red is the one you are editing.

Change to Muscle Mode

 

Sculpt the CPs on the cheek you want to "puff"

Move the slider to see the change from 0% to 100%. You could make shapes at any other percentage if you wished.

When you are done with the Pose, force a save or save as on the model (or the PRJ if the model is embedded).

 

[svetlik]

Yes I know how pose sliders work (& they're cool) but I meant creating a pose with keyframes of skin at different angles of a bone rotation (like Smartskin) so that you can move the arms around freely and have the skin moving as wanted (like wrinkle in cloth) and NOT using a pose slider.

I know smartsking can do this but I'm just exploring other avenues. Is this making any sense? Sorry if it isn't but not sure how else to explain it.

[robcat2075]

7 minutes ago, svetlik said:

 I meant creating a pose with keyframes of skin at different angles of a bone rotation (like Smartskin) so that you can move the arms around freely and have the skin moving as wanted (like wrinkle in cloth) and NOT using a pose slider.

That is what Smartskin is for. it reacts to whatever angle you move the bone to.

What about smartskin doesn't fulfill your need?

[svetlik]

Smartskin is good just exploring relationships, as the manual makes the point several times that they can do all the things that smartskin can do.

thanks for the help.

[robcat2075]

A Smartskin is a Relationship, driven by a Bone angle instead of a Pose slider value.