Yesterday Linden Lab announced an experimental and controversial project, the Fitted Mesh Viewer. They also closed the jira for the Mesh Deformer that was started by Qarl Fizz. They are attempting to adapt the approach that requires creators to rig to the collision bones. This approach was labeled as “Liquid Mesh” by Redgrave, however I know a lot of people do not like to use that term as they feel it may be misleading. So from now on, I will refer to this method as “Cbones” which is the term some creators have adapted.

Since this announcement, there has been a lot of talk on various blogs and social networks. I thought I would summarize what I have read and understood from different sources, so here goes:

Am I happy about this new approach? I admit, I absolutely am. The clothing I am wearing in this post is all a standard size small in mesh. In order to get into this size, I had to change my shape quite a bit when mesh was first introduced to the grid. So does this make me a sheep and a desperate Linden Lab fangirl? Possibly, I do always try to look on the positive side of things. But in all honesty, I was not one of the people that contributed to the funding of the mesh deformer, so I’m not too upset that it was not implemented.

I have already tried and blogged items that were rigged to Cbones: Bax Liquid Mesh Boots and the Hucci Akita Boots and I really liked the fact that they were so easy to work with and didn’t distort at all for me. I even made a video in both of those posts showing in detail how I was able to fit them to my shape. I like this method because I’m familiar with it and saw it working well with my own eyes.

So yes, definitely happy about this new project and looking forward to seeing how it goes and what the talented Second Life community does with it.

Credits:

*Skin: al vulo– Ewa* natural dark brow bronze by Hlin Bluebird (flickr)

*Hair: Exile::Erase and Rewind (L) by Kavar Cleanslate

*Coat: coldLogic coat – golding.mesa (S) by coldLogic

*Boots: ::HH:: Hucci Tottori Boots – Midnight (S) by Eboni Khan (@ Collabor88)

*Bag: ANE Barrington Bag BLACK/red (mesh) by Anemysk Karu

*Scarf: DRIFT Chunky Scarf [MESH] Female by Kallisto Destiny

*Mesh Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands – Relaxed by Siddean Munro

*Poses: Diesel Works by Rogan Diesel

Location: Dawn of Radiance (It’s my Friday Find!)

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