Authors: Jason Osipa
ISBN-13: 9780471789208, ISBN-10: 0471789208
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: May 2007
Edition: REV
Jason Osipa is currently directing in San Francisco at LucasArts, where he also works with sister company ILM on new ways to converge the tools and techniques of games and film. He has been a working professional in 3D content for over 10 years, touching television, games, direct-to-video, and film in both Canada and the United States. Carrying titles from author to modeler to animator to technical director, Jason has seen and experienced the world of 3D content creation and instruction from all sides.
Breathe life into your creations
With detailed examples, high-quality professional images, and a touch of humor, this is the fully revised and updated second edition of Jason Osipa's best-selling book on facial animation. You'll learn the basics of design, modeling, rigging, and animationwhile mastering exciting new techniques for stretch-and-squash deformation, advanced blend extraction, and the latest software tools. Walk through the author's detailed analysis of sample animations and discover how to add nuance and sophistication to your designs.
Full of insights drawn from years of professional experience, this book provides the focused and practical information you need to create believable facial animations.
Control faces with the book's powerful rig and learn how skin moves to make various shapes and expressions
Master powerful stretch-and-squash (and squoosh!) techniques
Featured on the CD
Fine-tune your facial animations with the techniques demonstrated on the companion CD. Content includes tutorial files, lip sync samples, models, textures, and more.
Foreword | ||
Introduction | ||
Pt. I | Getting to Know the Face | 1 |
Ch. 1 | Learning the Basics of Lip Sync | 3 |
Ch. 2 | What the Eyes and Brows Tell Us | 21 |
Ch. 3 | Facial Landmarking | 31 |
Pt. II | Animating and Modeling the Mouth | 45 |
Ch. 4 | Visimes and Lip Sync Technique | 47 |
Ch. 5 | Constructing a Mouth | 75 |
Ch. 6 | Mouth Keys | 107 |
Pt. III | Animating and Modeling the Eyes and Brows | 139 |
Ch. 7 | Building Emotion: The Basics of the Eyes | 141 |
Ch. 8 | Constructing Eyes and Brows | 169 |
Ch. 9 | Eye and Brow Keys | 193 |
Pt. IV | Bringing It Together | 221 |
Ch. 10 | Connecting the Features | 223 |
Ch. 11 | Skeletal Setup, Weighing, and Rigging | 237 |
Ch. 12 | Interfaces for Your Faces | 259 |
Ch. 13 | A Shot in Production | 291 |
Index | 325 |