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I made an interactive projector that toggled between a mouth open and mouth closed expression on an audio trigger. I have been thinking about how to make an automated process that could do the necessary expressions to emulate a face in conversation. Here is a breakdown of what I find to be the 4 most important facial expressions to make a face look like it is talking.Attachment 26766
After a bit of editing...Attachment 26770
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Cheers :smile:
Hiya, LB.. :)
Very nice - here's a 'little gift from the old school' :) - http://www.freetoon.com/prestonblair....php?chapter=1 ...yes, we actually used-to have to know how to draw, by hand, to make laser shows... some of us, still do... :cool: This guys' work / book was a *huge* help to me when I was growing-up, learning how to draw, etc - helps me to this-day...Quote:
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In particular, this chapter - http://www.freetoon.com/prestonblair....php?chapter=4 - you'll find a wealth of pointers - ie: http://www.freetoon.com/prestonblair....php?pageID=92 - and these 'animation principals' hold-true, even-when working in 3D, etc... certain principals, like "stretch & squash" will help you achieve a realism in your animations that will set your graphics apart from others' work - especially-those that ONLY use 3D-programs, which - imo - tend to produce rather 'lifeless' / sterile animations... which is fine for some-things, cars, spaceships, etc - every tool for its' purpose :) - but I find for truly 'natural-feeling' animations, there is just no substitute for these 'old school' principals...
Hope this adds something helpful... :cool:
cheers..
j
Attachment 26784I am thinking about the same idea only with a dancer. I thought it might be nice to have a library of gesture drawings of dancers to sync to music. 2 frames tonight...