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724 Chapter 8: Modifiers
Blink
Brows up
A blend of the Pain, Blink, and Brow s targets
Pr ocedur es
Example: To add the morpher modifier to an object
and a ssign a mor ph tar get to a channel:
1.
OntheCreatepanel,click
Geometr y.
2. Onthedrop-downlist,choosePatchGrids.
3. OntheObjectTyperollout,clickQuadPatch.
4. In the Top viewport, click and drag to create
apatchgrid.
5. On the Modify panel, on the modifier
stack display, right-click Quad Patch and
chooseConvertTo:EditablePatchfromthe
right-click menu.
ThebaseobjectisnowanEditablePatch.
6. In the Top viewport, use SHIFT+Move
to create a copy of the patch object.
7. On the Modify panel, on the
Selection rollout, click Vertex.
8. IntheFrontviewport,movepatch
vertices to deform the patch surface.
9. In the stack display, choose Editable
Patchtogototheobject(top)level. (The
high light should change from yellow to gray,
and the Vertex sub-object icon is no longer
displayedattherightofthestack.)
10. Select the first patch object.
11. On the Modify panel, choose Morpher
from the Modifier List.
The Morpher mo difier is added to the modifier
stack.
12. On the Morpher modifier, on the Channel List
rollout, right-click the first channel (over the
word "empty").
A right-click menu displays.
13. Choose Pick from Scene on the right-click
menu, and click the deformed patch grid in the
view por ts.
QuadPatch02 is listed in the channel as a morph
target.
14. Drag the Channel spinner, to the right of
QuadPatch02, up and down.
The flat patch grid "morphs" to the shape of
the target.