2015
Digital Tutors
Ron Friedman
01:30:00
English

Throughout these Maya tutorials we'll go through the process of creating custom 3D facial character animation using After Effects, Matchmover 2014, and Maya 2014. We'll discuss the history of facial mocap animation, the concerns of using facial motion capture in relation to keyframe animation, planning the reference points for the face, recording the full body reference and the facial reference footage, cleaning up the facial reference footage in After Effects, tracking the reference points in Matchmover 2014, exporting the Matchmover tracking information using Tracksperanto, importing the motion capture data into Maya 2014, tying the tracking information to the facial animation controllers, and creating the full body animation to supplement our facial motion capture performance. By the end of this Maya training, you'll have a more thorough understanding of how to create custom facial motion capture animation in an effective yet inexpensive way.

Introduction and project overview 1 Introduction and project overview Watch it now 01:10
History of facial motion capture 2 History of facial motion capture 04:09
Considerations for facial motion capture animation 3 Considerations for facial motion capture animation 04:24
Plotting facial targets and recording reference video 4 Plotting facial targets and recording reference video 05:07
Cleaning up facial reference in After Effects 5 Cleaning up facial reference in After Effects 07:08
Tracking markers in Matchmover 6 Tracking markers in Matchmover 07:28
Installing Tracksperanto and exporting tracking to Maya 7 Installing Tracksperanto and exporting tracking to Maya 10:31
Connecting tracking data to facial animation controllers 8 Connecting tracking data to facial animation controllers 08:19
Animating eyes and lids 9 Animating eyes and lids 08:56
Reviewing our final polished facial animation 10 Reviewing our final polished facial animation 05:16
Analyzing our full body animation video reference 11 Analyzing our full body animation video reference 06:21
Animating the root, feet, and spine of our full body animation 12 Animating the root, feet, and spine of our full body animation 08:19
Animating the neck, head and arms of our full body animation 13 Animating the neck, head and arms of our full body animation 10:27

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