Custom Real-Time Blend Shape Manager For Maya
Check out Johnson Lee's tool.
Johnson Lee has been experimenting with RBF and blend shapes, and as his rigs grew more complex, with hundreds of targets and complex interactions, managing them through standard lists became a significant bottleneck. To address this, he developed BS Monitor, a centralized dashboard to "bridge the gap between numeric data and visual feedback."
Key features include:
- Live Tracking: Real-time weight syncing during animation playback;
- Effective Heatmaps: One-click vertex visualization. Even the smallest unwanted offsets or "dirty" vertex movements are easy to spot;
- Solo/Global Visibility: Essential for checking specific targets efficiently;
- Weight Filter: Automatically hides inactive shapes to keep your UI clean.
You can find more of Johnson's projects on his LinkedIn page and follow him there for future updates:
If you use Maya for rigging, you should try Thomas Bittner's Kangaroo Builder:
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