Exporting vector muscles for facial animation

  • Authors:
  • The Duy Bui;Dirk Heylen;Mannes Poel;Anton Nijholt

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Twente, Department of Computer Science, The Netherlands;University of Twente, Department of Computer Science, The Netherlands;University of Twente, Department of Computer Science, The Netherlands;University of Twente, Department of Computer Science, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • SG'03 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Smart graphics
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In this paper we introduce a method of exporting vector muscles from one 3D face to another for facial animation. Starting from a 3D face with an extended version ofWaters' linear muscle system, we transfer the linear muscles to a target 3D face.We also transfer the region division, which is used to increase the performance of the muscle as well as to control the animation. The human involvement is just as simple as selecting the faces which shows the most natural facial expressions in the animator's view. The method allows the transfer of the animation to a new 3D model within a short time. The transferred muscles can then be used to create new animations.