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
Deform > (Paint Weights) Jiggle >
.
The
Paint Jiggle Weights Tool Settings appear.
Note:
The
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).
Tip:
You can use the default hotkey Alt+c (Linux and
Windows) or Option+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.
Tip:
If 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 right-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.
Tip:
Using 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.