The Paint
Jiggle Weights Tool lets you paint weights for the jiggle
deformer. You can also mirror weights using the Mirror
Deformer Weights Options. See
Mirror deformer weights.
To paint jiggle weights
- Select the surface with the jiggle deformer
you want to paint weights on.
- Switch to smooth shading mode by selecting Shading
> Smooth Shade All or by pressing the default hotkey
5.
- Select
Edit Deformers > Paint Jiggle Weights Tool > .
The Paint
Jiggle Weights Tool Settings appear.
NoteThe Paint
Jiggle Weights Tool automatically detects jiggle deformers on
the surface.
- Check that Color Feedback is
turned on in the Display section. Color
feedback helps you identify the weights on the surface
by representing them as grayscale values (smaller values are darker,
larger values are lighter).
TipYou can use the default
hotkey
+c (Linux
and Windows) or
+c (Mac
OS X) to turn
Color Feedback on and off outside
the
Tools Settings Editor.
- Select the jiggle deformer you want to
paint.
- In the Paint Attributes section
of the Tool Settings window, click
the jigglen.weights button and select the appropriate jiggle weights
name from the pop-up menu.
You can only paint weights
on one jiggle deformer at a time. If you select more than one jiggle
deformer, you can only paint weights on the active one (the one
that provides color feedback).
If the surface has only
one jiggle deformer, you can select the surface alone.
TipIf you are painting
on a single surface, you can skip step 6 and select the jiggle deformer
and weight attribute without opening the
Tool Settings window
by
-clicking
the surface and selecting the appropriate jiggle weights name from
the Paint command submenu.
- Select a brush, paint operation, and
value and define other settings as required.
- Drag the brush across the deformer where
you want to change the weights.
TipUsing hotkeys, you can quickly
pick weight values from one jiggle deformer and paint them on another
jiggle deformer or the same one. Do the following:
- Select the jiggle deformer with the weight
values you want to pick.
- Hold down the Pick Color Mode hotkey
(default hotkey: /), click on the area of the jiggle deformer with
the weight you want to pick, then release the hotkey.
- If you are painting the picked weight
on the same deformer, drag the brush across the deformer.
- If you are painting the picked weight
on another jiggle deformer, select that deformer, then drag the
brush across it.