Watch an overview of the facial setup from Puppeteer Lounge Blendshape Combination System Training Workshop lecture session. The video goes over a comparison of Standard Blendshape vs Blendshape Combination System (BCS), developed by Daniel Pook-Kolb.
You can learn to setup a high-end feature quality facial rig using BCS toolset at Puppeteer Lounge.
Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop 3 Show-reel by student Ponmudi Chidambaram Poyyamoli. Ponmudi is currently a Rigger at Method Studios, Vancouver. Be sure to check out Ponmudi’s Rigging Demo-Reel here!
Quick video demonstration on facial rig and deformation for “Ajar” character from Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop.
The facial rig and character presented in this video is featured in Puppeteer Lounge’s Facial Rigging training workshops in Maya.
The rig features a combination of musculo-skeletal deformation and corrective shapes.
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Wrap 3 face scanning test from Ten 24 on Vimeo.
Morph based muscle deformation from Ten 24 on Vimeo.
Judging by the result here, looks like we are very close to crossing the Uncanny Valley for CG Human creation. Here is a quick animated 3D scans by Ten 24.
facial rigging v001 from kimsumin on Vimeo.
facial rigging v002 from kimsumin on Vimeo.
facial rigging v003 from kimsumin on Vimeo.
facial rigging v004 from kimsumin on Vimeo.
Exaggerated facial expression shots by Hyun Mi. Great stuffs!
FACS Facial Rig Discussion by Puppeteer Lounge alumni Mathias Røyrvik.
Beautiful facial rig based on FACS by Siting Liu. The raw 3d scanned model and expression set can be purchased from 3dscanstore.com
Facial Rig based on captured expressions (3d Scans) by EISKO. Check out there webpage for workflow on detailed facial rigs.
Take your time and go through this video! Some clever techniques here for #mocap facial animation. Looks like it’s time to stick my gopro on a head mount to do some perfomance capture and cross the uncanny valley (hehe)… As for the rig here since it is optimised and needs to be driven real-time in UE4, is fairly based on blendshapes and joints. The details come from the wrinkle maps and shading networks. I like the idea how they are using stereo camera to capture the facial performance in pseudo 3D, this helps in realistic facial animation! And yeah the blood flow gives added realism, but looks like they missed the skin pores and dynamics!
Bottom line is 3D facial scans (Blendshapes based on FACS + Multiple combination shapes) + Stereo facial performance capture + Texture Analysis + Dynamic Facial Shading + Realtime Rig Logic system to sync between Maya and UE4 …