Can 2 shapes share the same points?

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bendeho
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Can 2 shapes share the same points?

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Hi, I'm new to the MOHO demo and while I'm finding it great, there is one thing that is kinda bothering me.

To make my explanation easier, here is an image that I can refer to:

http://us.ent4.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/tv ... 527976.jpg

I'm attempting to draw a similar mouth in MOHO but am a little stuck. What I've been doing is creating the outline of the dark mouth area, making that a shape, then making another shape for the teeth area, and trying to join the two. What would be ideal, is if I could create a shape with multiple segments, and colour each individually, but it seems that can't be done.

What would be the general technique for drawing such a mouth, keeping in mind I'd want to do fairly basic lip synching - in the order of 5 different frames or so.

I imagine that the tongue at the back would be best off with using masking, but the teeth baffles me a little. Any advice people can give would be awesome!
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Re: Can 2 shapes share the same points?

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bendeho wrote:What would be ideal, is if I could create a shape with multiple segments, and colour each individually, but it seems that can't be done.
Lost Marble has apparently been tinkering with their time machine again, and your ideal is now possible, with the version of Moho you have now.

I've made up a little visual walkthrough to show you how.

Regards, Myles.
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Post by bendeho »

Myles that is seriously awesome, thankyou so much for making that little walkthrough. I suspected that there would be a way feature like this but I couldn't manage to work it out through trial and error.

I'm all excited now, this is going to improve my workflow ten fold. Thanks again Myles, what a great forum!
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You're welcome.

Now, go buy the software. :)

Regards, Myles.
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Oh I'm going to Myles, this stuff is great!
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Hahaha another happy customer :wink:
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Nice mini-tutorial Miles! Thanks!
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