Skinning weights

• How to generate skinning weights ?

• • - Paint them manually
  • - Automatic computation

• ex. Using cartesian distances: \(\alpha_1=d_1^{-1}/(d_1^{-1}+d_2^{-1})\)

• Or using diffusion on the volume/surface

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• Rigging: Associating bones and skinning weights (or any animation handle) to mesh parts