Cineversity

I have a spine with several joints on a pig model. The part it influences in pretty short and dense.  Is it possible in Cinema to create an independent, generic weight map over the whole stomach area and apply that weight to multiple joints?
For instance I use to have several bones smoothly deform a large section like say, stomach. So it was one weight map painted over the whole stomach section that those bones would smoothly deform the section as one unit. Some items I’d get smother deformations than individual maps which would sometimes not be a smooth a deformation.

Again, this my just not be a Cinema option…just wanted to ask.

Hi psussi,

As usual, I write in a forum, and I do not assume what someone knows or not, if not indicated.
Which typically leads often to more posts than to fewer. Hence, I write what I think is a good reply, and again, there is no evaluation on my side.

Please have a look here:
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/s24/en-us/Default.htm#html/OWEIGHTMGR.html?TocPath=Character Menu|Weight Manager|_____0

Of course, one of the best recourses for Character Animation is Brett. So please have a look at the short little three-part series.
https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaylist/weight_painting/

A newer quick fix could be the Mush Deformer. Not a replacement for rough weighting results, we should always get there as good as possible, of course,
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/s24/en-us/Default.htm#html/ODELTAMUSHDEFORMER.html

All the best