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Weight Tool Dialog 797
The Weight Tool dialog opens.
5. Select a few vertices and then click the
.25 weight button.
The selected vertices are weighted at 0.250 for
theactivebone(highlightedintheParameters
rollout list), coloring them yellow.
Note: Theactiveboneisaddedtothelistof
bones influencing each of the selected vertices,
if necessary.
Note: You might need to toggle the vertex
weighting to Relative in the
Envelope Proper ties
group (page 1–781)
.
6. Click the + button directly under the .9
weight button repeatedly until the vertices are
red (that is, t he weight is 1. 0).
As you increase the vertices’ weight, they
gradually change color.
7. Select a few other vertices, and assig n
them a weight of 0.250.
The left vertices are weighted 1.0 a nd the right vertices
are weighted 0.25.
8. Select all weighted vertices and repeated ly click
Blend.
Every time you click Blend, each vertex’s
weight is adjusted to blend with other selected
neighborhood weights. This creates a smooth
weighting t ransition among al l selected vert ices.