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I never understood how someone can skin without any Range-Of-Motion animation (ROM). I see so many skinning attempts, no animation even at the horizon. Makes skinning hard and time consuming. It could be so much fun! Here's an example only using #SmoothWeights #b3d #rigtip #3d

And very important: You don't have to rely on the standard Y-primary axis (bone length). Use any axis you like! It may look ridiculous (I give you that) but in the end the animator will thank you. Because it's so important to stay consistent. #b3d #rigging #riptip #Blender

I’ve been working on a small #Blender tool called BoneGuide. It’s for one of those very familiar rigging annoyances: creating a bone chain that is actually planar, properly oriented and easy to adjust. Standard tools often fail, so I made my own. And it was about time. #b3d #rigtip Teaser below 👇

I’ve been working on a small #Blender tool called BoneGuide. It’s for one of those very familiar rigging annoyances: creating a bone chain that is actually planar, properly oriented and easy to adjust. Standard tools often fail, so I made my own. And it was about time. #b3d #rigtip Teaser below 👇

📣 Smooth Weights 2 for #Maya - Faster than ever ⚡ A huge performance leap. Up to ~35× faster volume smoothing, and even ~40x with 4x oversampling on a 69k test mesh. Faster painting, more robust, more fun. For you! Don't miss it! braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig... #3d #rigtip #gamedev

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Smooth Weights

A powerful weight painting add-on for Blender with high-performance surface- and volume-based smoothing and advanced symmetry mapping for faster, easier and more accurate skinning.

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📣 Smooth Weights 3 for #Blender - Faster than ever ⚡ Another huge performance leap. Up to ~9× faster volume smoothing, and even ~27x with 4x oversampling on a 90k test mesh. Faster painting, faster Symmetry Map, faster everything. For you! braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig... #b3d

And just as a little reminder: The basic tool hasn't changed, it's just much faster. Here's the overview of what it can do, for anyone who wants to know more www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0I... #b3d #Blender #blender3d #rigging #rigtip #characteranimation

Smooth Weights - Add-on for Blender

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📣 Smooth Weights 3 for #Blender - Faster than ever ⚡ Another huge performance leap. Up to ~9× faster volume smoothing, and even ~27x with 4x oversampling on a 90k test mesh. Faster painting, faster Symmetry Map, faster everything. For you! braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig... #b3d

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣 Smooth Weights 3 for #Blender - Faster than ever ⚡ Another huge performance leap. Up to ~9× faster volume smoothing, and even ~27x with 4x oversampling on a 90k test mesh. Faster painting, faster Symmetry Map, faster everything. For you! braverabbit.gumroad.com/l/smoothWeig... #b3d

Fix a deformation right in the shot, without touching the base rig. Shot-fix shapes for the last-mile corrections, even with Alembic. One of many tools in SHAPES for Blender, and you can try this one yourself in the browser: braverabbit.com/shapes-blender/ #b3d #Blender

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our new brave rabbit website is live. Build from scratch with love! No WordPress, no plugins, no popups. Faster, cleaner, and fully ours, and exactly what the work deserved. Including #SHAPES for #Maya and #Blender, plug-ins, add-ons, all there. braverabbit.com

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

SHAPES for Blender is live to explore 🎬 An advanced shape key editor for character and facial rigging. Major features are now playable right in your browser, no install. Click and try it. Sign up for 20% off at launch in Q3: braverabbit.com/shapes-blender/ #b3d #Blender

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#SHAPES is now available for #Maya 2027. Includes important updates/changes and supports weightDriver 5.0 (check for compatibility). New licensing. Existing licenses can update for free. Download at: braverabbit.com/shapes #maya3d #rigtip #rigging #animation

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 6mo ago

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 19 Obviously something which can be very important: Creating shape keys for multiple related and even overlapping objects. Select once - edit always! In pose with all the standard tools SHAPES has to offer. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We're thrilled to present the new face of #SHAPES - meet Liv! She will demo all the powerful tools which come with the shape key editor for #Blender. Development is almost wrapped with a ton of features. Time for testing/tutorials. Stay tuned! #b3d #character #rigging #animation

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Looks like we eventually got a teen tiny bit of big screen fame with one of our #F1 stock clips appearing in #F1TheMovie. Whoever put it there - well done and thanks a lot! Even though an old one, but it fits nicely!

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 18 A highly valuable tool to help with creating smooth, consistent shape keys, avoiding bad deformation. Similar to Smooth Corrective modifier but with various advantages (next post)! #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 17 Splitting complex sculpted expressions into any number of shape keys is a crucial step in many production pipelines. The Influence Map feature makes this process easy and reliable! #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 16 Full shape-key based support for #RBF Nodes. The wish for a high-level editor has been expressed early on, including mirroring of RBF setups. Create, edit, refine. All in one tool! (Result in next post) #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

@braverabbit.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Our #addons for #blender3d are ready for Blender 5. Everything has been updated and polished. And the release of #SHAPES is getting closer! tinyurl.com/59mp4arx #b3d #rigtip #3d

Very happy with #RBF and #SHAPES performance. - 4 Solvers - 96 shapes (about 500 verts each) - Mesh > 17k verts Runs with over 40fps (mind screen recording). If hiding all editors/panels it matches target of 60 fps. Test system: Mac Studio M4 Max. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 15 Edit Propagation for Combos saves time by automatically applying edits from driver shapes to all related combo targets, even split shapes, minimizing the need for manual follow-up fixes. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

#SHAPES for #Blender: Quick Tip 14 Combination shapes are a solid and fast solution to fix deformation issues when two or more active shapes interact. SHAPES provides a solid workflow for creating and managing combos. #b3d #Blender3D #rigging #rigtip #character #3danimation

Had a great chat with the Purple Puppet team purplepuppet.com about the upcoming #SHAPES shape-key editor for #blender3d today. Thanks for the great feedback. SHAPES is currently in beta and looking incredible! #b3d #rigging #character #3danimation

Purple Puppet

Purple Puppet is a creative services studio focus on character solutions.

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