I think you have to: -apply the mirror modifier -select all the left vertices and create a vertex group -same with the right -duplicate shapekey -use vertex group as mask (above the bassis selection)
2013/2/26 Tobias Oelgarte <tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> > Could you give an example? If i do that, then the shapekeys are applied > before even the vertex groups are mirrored and i can't control the left > or right side separately. > > Am 26.02.2013 11:30, schrieb Michael Fox: > > to do this you use vertex groups, and the mirror modifier already > > mirrors vertex groups .L->.R > > > > On 26/02/13 21:10, Tobias Oelgarte wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm currently working on a face rig and i wanted to use shape keys for > >> the details. But i encountered the problem that i would need to apply > >> the mirror modifier. If i don't, then i have no way to create left or > >> right sided shape keys, because every shape key will always affect the > >> left and right side of the resulting mesh. (in the stack the shapekeys > >> are applied first to the mesh, the mirroring happens afterwards) > >> > >> But if i apply the mirror modifier then i have other problems. At first > >> i have to define left and right sided shapekeys. This is a lot of extra > >> work. The second point is if i have to make some corrections to the > >> geometry later on. Grabbing a vertice is no problem (x-mirror), but > >> deleting and creating new faces in a mirrored fashion is a problem that > >> x-mirror does no solve. > >> > >> So i was thinking on how this could be avoided. I came up with the idea > >> that shape keys should recognize that a mirror-modifier is the first > >> modifier. If it is set to x-mirroring, then the mirror modifier should > >> be applied first and the shape keys later on, while automatically > >> influencing the left and right side with two influence sliders. This has > >> multiple advantages: > >> > >> 1. no need to give up the mirror-modifier > >> 2. shape keys only need to be created on one side > >> > >> A simple mockup would look like this (left current, right proposed): > >> http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=46086 > >> > >> Greetings from > >> Tobias Oelgarte > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bf-committers mailing list > >> Bf-committers@blender.org > >> http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Bf-committers mailing list > > Bf-committers@blender.org > > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers