Dear 3ds Max users ;

At last , we finished our plug-in for 3ds max 2009 and 2010 .
You can see the usage of this plug-in at :

http://www.vidivodo.com/327029/3ds-max-2010-faceengine

As a detail, some of the sections of the video file is
trimmed. But, we can present the original video sequence.
And also , as you see the clock speed in the video ,
some of the sections are the fast to decrease the
presentation time.

The plug-in captures the marker’s motion on the
video file that can be recorded by a digital camcorder or
a standart web-cam. And then , it creates the motion keys
for selected 3d head mesh. And also, you can link the head to the
biped as you will see in the video, or , assign the physique
modifier on the animated face.

And also the video file can be downloaded from :

http://rapidshare.com/files/296571933/FaceEngine.rar
password to unlock the rar file above : spider1

Another link for testing the 3d mesh :
http://www.vidivodo.com/278543/3ds-max-facial-motion

We will be glad if we can learn your considerations about our
study. Please feel free to contact us :

devrim_dincer at yahoo.com

Thank you

The thing that seems really missing is a stabilize function. The head mesh moves with the markers, but the markers should only be calculated as offset values, keeping the head steady and only moving the markers as offsets to whole of the face movement. The face movement itself should be plotted back as pos/rot data on the head bone. Right now it looks not very practical in use, since the whole of the head mesh is moving.

I very much like the idea though!

Keep it up,
-Johan

Alright, good to hear that is being adressed.
I do wonder how the weights are distributed as well, is it manual weighting of a skin/physique modifier with the placed markers, or is there a new underlying skin solution simulating the muscles?

Can we use the recorded tracker data for custom setups. I have developed a face rig system already, it’s based on offsets from it’s default point, so piping in tracker data was something already on my wishlist.

I wonder what this tool has to offer beyond just exporting tracked data from a compositing package like nuke/fusion etc, if we would compensate for the head offset. Does it extract rotations of the head etc.

Thanks,
-Johan

wow I been looking for any plug In like this one Thank u so much any Webcam special for use It?

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Really nice I have been looking for a solution like this too,
thanksssss

Thank you for your interest robinx

Amazing plugin.really loved How acurate it is, and seems that will have fantastic integration
with 3dsmax 2010.
At least but not last , is there a release date scheduled ?

Luiz Mihich

Thank you Luiz;

We think the same and also would like to see it as a standart plug-in for 3ds Max.
And we will inform you and the other users about the release date in a few days.

Thank you again

Good job, congratulations ,

I wonder when we will be able to use it ?

Thank you notrino,

We will inform you and the other users about the date here,

FaceEngine Team

Hi Devrim,
I know I already wrote you things I would like this plugin to have to your email, but well i like to do it here too so others users can ready it too.
well I would like to ask you these:
1. make it compatible with 3ds max 2008 too
2. eye lids markers would be important
3. western union payment method for those that doesn`t have credit cards
4. Head rotation markers, maybe this is already done but in case is not.
Thank you in advance , and congratulations for such impressive plugin and idea. im looking forward for the release.
regards,
Wicq