Exploring skin binding weights

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OK. Let's quickly look at the other options.

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Normalized weights will basically try and keep

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the weight values between zero and one.

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You can set this.

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So it happens as you work on the weights, which is the interactive option.

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The problem is this can cause other areas you've worked

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on to change as mayor tries to keep everything even

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and in some cases, it can make bad decisions.

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So you end up with vertices affected by the wrong joints.

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You can get around this though.

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None simply turns this off.

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But then you run the risk of weight values being higher than one.

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In this instance, you would need to normalize the weights manually later.

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But this can change how the influences are distributed.

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So you may need to go back in and fix some stray weights

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finally post will normalize the weights for you.

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Once the model deforms again,

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this may involve you going back and fixing some new waiting problem areas.

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I would recommend where possible keeping this set interactive.

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So basically what you see is what you get

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and there are no surprises later on.

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Now,

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you can control how the normalization is distributed with this option.

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If you leave it set to distance,

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you will likely get issues with vertices being assigned the wrong way.

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You may have seen this when your smoothing weights

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and areas of the model seem to pop out

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to combat this simply change this to neighbor.

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So the weights when normalized are kept local,

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it will save you so many headaches and

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make painting weights a more stress free experience.