Generate 3D Facial Animations: Motion Capture for Everyone

Name: Generate 3D Facial Animations: Motion Capture for Everyone
Rating: 4.6 (199 reviews)

Create professional-level, 3D facial animations with a PC webcam, without any prior experience.

Last updated 10/2017

English

What you'll learn

4 sections • 12 lectures • 1h 56m total length

Introduction to iClone 74:31
To start off this Udemy Course we will give you a quick introduction into iClone 7, and its features.
iClone 7 is now a virtual production platform with community inclusive tools and massive aggregation of real-time content empowering indie filmmakers, pro studio crews, previs / VFX teams, writers, directors, animators, advertisers or anyone that wishes to quickly turn their vision into a reality.

Comparing to game engines enhanced with cinematic timeline, iClone 7 is much easier to start or include into an existing production pipeline and motion capturing tools, with no need to have specific game development knowledge and coding capabilities.
Introduction to the iClone Faceware Realtime Facial Mocap System3:55
Faceware Realtime for iClone is a professional quality, real-time facial tracking system designed to give iClone users a simple, cost-effective, and powerful tool for animating character’s faces. Users can use a PC webcam to live motion capture, or they can import pre-recorded image sequences to drive and export natural human facial expressions and head movements to any 3D characters.

Overview & Quick Setup: Out of the box7:24
An introduction to iClone 7's new facial motion capture approach with Faceware technology, describing the relationship between server and plugin applications. This lecture covers the general functionality, including use of static and head mounted cameras.
Intro of Faceware Realtime for iClone tool13:23
This is a guide to the available functions in the Faceware Realtime for iClone tool. This lecture includes system limitations as well as recommendations for best practices when calibrating and using a static camera.
Intro of iClone Facial Mocap Plug-in12:35
This is a step by step guide to the many available functions in iClone's Facial Mocap Plugin, including single and multi-pass facial mocap recording.

Facial Mocap for Lipsync10:36
Focused on using facial mocap for lipsync, this lecture describes how to use careful calibration in Faceware Realtime for iClone to get better results and save cleanup time, as well as demonstrating simultaneous audio recording and auto tongue motion generation.
PNG Sequence for Facial Mocap5:24
This is a short guide to creating and using PNG image sequences for facial mocap from pre-recorded videos.
Head-mounted Cameras for Facial Motion Capture7:01
In this lecture you will learn to use head mounted cameras with Faceware Realtime for iClone and the iClone Mocap Plug-in, including live capture as well as headcam recorded image sequences, and hardware considerations.
Facial Mocap Real Practice11:26
A practical guide to using the facial mocap system for production, with recommendations on performance approach, as well as live performance and post editing examples.

Advanced - Facial Mocap Calibration14:29
This is an advanced lecture that will cover calibration techniques to improve the animation range of particular 3D characters, as well as ways to improve the user's own animation range during facial mocap.
Advanced - Facial Mapping15:31
This advanced lecture takes you through the process of editing mapping parameters in the iClone Facial Mocap Plugin, including static and live expression editing to modify how the facial mocap translates into facial animation. This section also describes the differences between the Faceware recommended and the StaticCam/ HeadCam json approaches, and provides enough information for you to completely customise the mocap system if you wish.
Advanced - Morph Editing10:32
This last, advanced lecture demonstrates how to modify any of a 3D character's individual facial animation morphs to create unique effects in animation. It also shows you how to solve mesh problems by improving a character's base mesh, which will automatically improve all of the character's animation morphs, giving better results overall in animation.

Download and install iClone 7, and the iClone Faceware Facial Mocap Software - TRIAL or FULL VERSION
You should be able to use a PC camera at a beginner level
Get iClone with a limited-time discount code "UdemyiC2019"

This course is designed to teach anyone how to create professional 3D facial animations without having to spend months, or years, learning the ins-and-outs of other complicated 3D software. In just hours, you will be able to get ahead by learning to exploit the power of a real-time 3D engine, in order to maximize your time and project completion. 100% GUARANTEE!

Different from other 3D tools, iClone and the Faceware Realtime for iClone, are designed for affordable, live motion capture. This unique real-time animation engine gives you 10 x faster production speed. Allowing anyone to create professional-level, 3D facial animations with a PC webcam, without any prior experience. All animations can later be exported via the iClone 3DXchange converter to Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, Unity, Unreal, CRYENGINE or any other 3D applications.

There are free trial versions for iClone 7, the Faceware Realtime for iClone tool, and the iClone Facial Mocap Plug-in for Faceware. Users are welcome to download them all in order to go through the entire course.

Students are invited to learn more about this revolutionary system that delivers top-tier, affordable facial motion capture to everyone by visiting the iClone Faceware Facial Mocap website.

This course is designed for ANYONE regardless of their age, artistic, or animation experience. The course greatly benefits indie game developer studios, 3D filmmakers, educators, trainers, app creators, and visual effects artists. Teachers, Students, 3D Animators, video producers, previz artists, and movie makers can also greatly benefit from this course.
Users that have a basic knowledge of iClone
Users that understand the basics of 3D characters