Mirror Blendshapes?

[MasonDoran]

normally Not because this changes the point order. But try the SmartVertex script for mirror modelling on blendshapes. Also...there is a plugin for Rebuild Mesh which should match the point order of the geometry.

get all that at highend3d.com

[platypus]

thanks 2byts. i'll head on over to HighEnd and try out those scripts.

what I tried so far was this:
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duplicate and "mirror" (scale to -1 in X) the original brow shape
do the same individually for each of the altered brow shapes
one-by-one select a newly duplicated target shape, then shift+select the new "base" shape, Deform>Create Blend Shape
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this seems to have worked for me. have tested the new brow's blends in the Blendshape window - and it works just like a mirrored copy of the left brow and its blendshapes.

hoping that this will do the trick. can anyone think of any reason that this might not work, on down the road? :curious:

[MasonDoran]

if your method works for blendshapes, then i'll be gaboozled....

Have you actually used this method as a blendshape? Are you sure its working?

[platypus]

so far, so good.

here's a few screen captures showing the two brows in action. created exactly as i described above.

[platypus]

image:

[mental]

the possible explanation is that you had 'check topology' switched off when you created the blends. and since you're working with simple shapes you're less likely to run into problem where the geometry would start to tear apart. just be aware that this method won't work on complex meshes.

[platypus]

actually had "check topo" switched on when creating them.

but you're right - most likely this works just because it is such a simple shape.

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