Image Metrics’ Faceware 3.0 Facial Animation Software Now Available
March 1, 2011

Image Metrics’ Faceware 3.0 Facial Animation Software Now Available

Image Metrics Inc. has announced the availability of Faceware 3.0, its video performance and artist-driven facial animation software for the videogame, film, visual effects, commercial, and television industries.

Faceware 3.0 incorporates several new features to ensure creative consistency within animation teams, and to increase productivity and ease of use. A full version of the software is available for download at www.Image-Metrics.com including assets for free evaluation.

Faceware uses a marker-less video analysis technology and artist-driven performance transfer tool set to deliver ultra-high-fidelity, believable facial animation in a fraction of the time of traditional and alternate methods, says a representative.

“Last year’s launch was a direct response to our customers’ desire to internally own creative control of their work. This year’s release is the answer to our customers’ stated definition of that creative control,” says Image Metrics CEO Robert Gehorsam. “We’re delighted to provide the entire creative community access to the identical technology we’ve used in-house to great success over the past several years.”

New features include:

  • Auto-Pose: Automatic pose suggestion quickly shows artists the most extreme and physically different video performance frames that should be added as relationship poses.
  • Shared Pose Database: Increase efficiency and consistency with a shared pose database allowing lead animators to establish a character's 'feel' prior to the animation process.
  • Curve Refinement: New curve refinement tools allow animators to take results output from the retargeting stage and adjust them to suit the intended usage
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