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@vertex_arcade @bclark_cgchar basically the idea is to animate the shoulder into all possible freedom directions, without forgetting to also add the twist into both directions, and while painting, keep an eye on all poses.

@vertex_arcade @bclark_cgchar must try much more poses, shoulders are weird because you can be happy with one pose and completely look bad in others. arms up, forward, backward; forward with elbow bent upwards, forward with forearm horizontal. bicep flex wih firearm going up.

WOW! So many incredibly talented people gave me tips and recommendations so here's my updated rig! No extra bones/drivers. This is mainly just better posing (twisting shoulder/arm) and weight painting! Thanks for all the help, but still open to any suggestions! #blender #b3d

I have some big news! The technology and IP behind ngSkinTools have been acquired by Autodesk and their team is planning for native Maya integration for the future. While it’s a bit early for further details, I’m excited to share this update: ngskintools.com/about/

Another small viewport improvement: paint target focus tool will now zoom in as well. ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

Maya bug causing artifacts in display - adding a workaround. ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

previous release introduced a nasty bug. let's see if this fixes it. ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

MMB now controls brush size/intensity ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

Few improvements. ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

long long time ago, what now feels like in the galaxy far away, on this very day…

Regardless, until I figure out what's causing this warning, MSI installer is removed - use ZIP package instead.

Windows Defender flagged 2.1.5 Windows .msi installer as a mallware. I did my best to scan it with multiple services, and nothing was found. Hopefully this was a false positive and nobody was affected.

Maya 2025 builds are out. ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

@FourtyNights90 virustotal scans for download URLs also show no issues.

@FourtyNights90 that is pretty weird. not seeing this from my end, rechecked with latest defender. do you see the same with older installers as well?

Released a few small quality-of-life improvements. ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

one more fix, added a regression in the last one. screen display things are hard to test automatically:) ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.…

Chasing some hard-to-reproduce bugs. Try the latest update, especially if you're experiencing any of the bugs at the top of priority list on the roadmap. Join the discussion on Discord as well! ngskintools.com/releases/v2/2.… ngskintools.com/v2/roadmap/