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From: [e-mail] (Dan Ablan)
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Subject: Re: Bone joints - they look awful
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> I've just set up a skeletal structure for a character I'm working
>on, and everything deforms well with the bones except for the joints.  They
>look awful.  It looks they're being folded, instead of retaining their
>natural shape.  Does anybody know how to work around this?  I've tried
>shifting the pivot points of the bones relative to the joint, but it hasn't
>done much good.  Should I be modifying the model in some way so that the
>joints will deform better with bones?

        I think you made need to use more bones, but smaller ones.
        It sounds like you are also moving the bones too much.
        Less is more.

        Dan Ablan
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