Patent ID: 11954814
Assignee: WOMBAT STUDIO, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A computer graphics production control method comprising:
receiving a computer model of a deformable character and modeling (1) a bone structure having plural bones and (2) skin, surrounding the bone structure, having plural skin regions such that skin regions of the plural skin regions are moved in relation to movements of respective bones of the plural bones;
providing a user interface for receiving an input from a user for controlling the deformable character using a set of control points for controlling the plural bones;
displaying the deformable character in a computer graphics environment in response to the input received from the user using the user interface; and
receiving a first user input indicating that digit-by-digit control of digit-specific control points of a selected appendage should be displayed to the user,
wherein providing the user interface comprises providing an appendage posing control for displaying digit-by-digit control points and for selecting which digit of the selected appendage is to be posed,
wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a second user input selecting which digit of the selected appendage is to be posed;
hiding control points of the set of control points that do not correspond to the selected digit;
displaying control points of the set of control points that correspond to the selected digit;
receiving a third user input for controlling the control points of the set of control points that correspond to the selected digit.