My envious friend in the business says, “Their landmark tracking is to die for.”
Writing about Real-Time High-Fidelity Facial Performance Capture, DesignTaxi notes,
Recognizing that viewers are used to looking at faces and identifying subtle changes in expression, Disney states that their new software will be useful for their animation process as it can be used by anyone at any time. The software is also able to convert head-on face shots to side shots. The graphics capture every tiny wrinkle or expression that can eventually become an animated feature.
Check it out:
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