You can create and edit Component Tag membership with the Component Tags table found in the Attribute Editor shape node tab.īecause Component Tag expressions allow you to define deformer memberships, when you add a deformer to geometry, an Input Attribute widget is added to the Attribute Editor so you can assign different falloff types to the Component Tag expressions to create Falloff effects on specific areas of the geometry. Whenever you create a deformer, Component Tag nodes are created automatically with a subset of components selected. Using Component Tags replaces the groupID node previously needed to transform vertices, and cleans up the Node Editor by eliminating Tweak nodes. Assign sets of faces, vertices, or edges to custom groups. Don’t combine the Ghosting Editor with Time Editor and Animation Layer Ghosts because (as Autodesk says), this “produces unpredictable results.”Ĭomponent Tags allow you to create node-independent named groups to deform geometry so you can modify tag membership on the fly. Unlike a Motion Trail (which represents keys around your animated model) Animation Ghost shows the object instead of a trail, enabling you to make better decisions.

The new Ghosting Editor provides an interface where you can easily modify Ghost attributes one by one or as a group.

Now you can create images that echo the animation, letting you visualize movement and position of animated objects over time. If you had multiple meshes selected and wanted to change the way ghosts appeared in the scene, you had to edit the individual attributes of each mesh in the Attribute Editor. With Maya, there used to be no way you could apply sweeping changes to all ghosts in a scene. Right out of the gate, many of you will be pleased to know that on Windows and Linux, Maya now starts in Python 3 mode by default. If you liked the new plug-ins, you’ll be equally enamored with these. In a previous companion blog, New Plug-Ins Key to Maya 2022, we discussed just that, so now let’s take a look at all the other new features that will help you up your game as an artist or technical lead.

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