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title: "MSkin"
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description: "This page describes the MSkin deformer in Cinema 4D. It transfers Muscle object deformation onto character geometry — analogous to Skin for joints — and …"
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# MSkin

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
>
> This page describes the **MSkin deformer** in **Cinema 4D**. It transfers Muscle object deformation onto character geometry — analogous to Skin for joints — and belongs below the Skin object so muscle effects layer on top of joint deformation.

The **MSkin** object ties **Muscle** objects to the geometry of your character, in the same way that joints and the **Skin** object deform your mesh.

Muscle objects can be placed anywhere in the hierarchy, but it is recommended that you place the **MSkin** object below any existing **Skin** object used on a character's geometry.

This is necessary to ensure muscles deformations are applied after the joints deformations.