KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Seamlessly integrate any facial rig into your existing animation pipeline using the character setup feature within the retargeting toolset. Technical artists are able to establish a mapping between any control types within the host 3D application allowing FACEWARE to fully utilize these controls when driving the retargeted animation output.

Enjoy limitless artistic freedom by utilizing a powerful pose-based retargeting interface that allows animators the freedom to quickly set the relationship between the actor's performance and the desired animated result on the character. This unique approach defines the animated result before any keys are applied to the character controls establishing cleaner, iterative results from the start.

Reduce production readiness with the automatic pose feature which quickly shows artists the most extreme and different video performance frames which should be added as relationship poses. Once poses are set, retarget results are delivered in seconds and quick iterations of the poses produce additional results in near real-time. Character mapping is not limited to a humanoid character as any rig able to produces facial performances can be used within the software.

Increase efficiency and consistency with a shared pose database allowing lead animators to establish a character prior to animation beginning. Poses can be committed to a network pool which is available to artists working on all subsequent performances of a given character. The software is then able to deliver an initial animated result onto the rig prior to any artistic iteration.

Customize your animated results by utilizing the software's powerful curve refinement toolset that allows animators to take results output from the retargeting algorithm and adjust them to suit the intended usage. Among others, an intelligent pruning algorithm reduces keys on a result simultaneously retaining curve integrity allows an animator to easy work on top of FACEWARE'S output.

Control asset delivery via our high speed customer portal. Our easy-to-use interface enables you to quickly upload your video performances for processing. Processed Image Metrics performance data (IMPD) files are also downloaded through this portal.