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Quick Question about Outlines:

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#1

Take for example Photoshop: When you use the magic wand you highlight and Object. In the selection menu you can press expand or contract to change the border of the object’s highlight.

What I want to be able to do:

I have a piece of armor. I want to give it a nice “inner trim”, what I mean is: I want to be able to mask a thin border that’s not on the edge of the object (a little more brought in) and deflate it a little so it looks like there is a groove all the way around the armor. Can this be done? or do I have to manually draw a thin line all the way around the border with a mask?

I wish I had a picture of what I mean. I’m just looking for a quicker way to make a masked border, not on the edge, but more contracted in.

#2

You can mask areas and edge loop masked border. http://docs.pixologic.com/user-guide/3d-modeling/hard-surface/panel-loops/

#3

I was testing that out, but the Edge Loops are really for defining it after I have the mask. I’m just looking for a faster way to make the mask. That’s what I meant, sorry. Basically I’m looking for a quick way to make that thin outline with masking only, without having to free hand it, because I want the same width of the mask line.

#4

I think what I’m really trying to say is:

How do I get clean Mask Deformations? I’m making curved line masks and such, but when I use SIZE deform or INFLATE deform, they get all jagged and crappy.

#5

increase your mesh resolution if you’re having faceted deformations.

#6

Using Group Loops around the polygroup before deforming it outwards can give you a nice clean result