Abstract “Blendshapes”, a simple linear model of facial expression, is the prevalent
approach to realistic facial animation. It has driven animated characters in Hollywood films …

Rigging is the process of setting up a group of controls to operate a 3D model, analogous to
the strings of a puppet. It plays a fundamental role in the animation process as it eases the …

Human beings are naturally sensitive to subtle cues in facial expressions, especially in
areas of the eyes and mouth. Current facial motion capture methods fail to accurately …

Complex deformable face-rigs have many independent parameters that control the shape of
the object. A human face has upwards of 50 parameters (FACS Action Units), making …

Facial expression classification requires large amounts of data to reflect the diversity of
conditions in the real world. Public databases support research tasks providing researchers …

Posing expressive 3D faces is extremely challenging. Typical facial rigs have upwards of 30
controllable parameters, that while anatomically meaningful, are hard to use due to …

One of the most challenging tasks for an animator is to quickly create convincing facial
expressions. Finding an effective control interface to manipulate facial geometry has …

Facial performance capture is the primary method for generating facial animation in video
games, feature films and virtual environments, and recent advances have produced very …

We introduce a method that localizes the direct manipulation of blendshape models for facial
animation with a customized sketch-based interface. Direct manipulation methods address …

The blendshape approach is a widely used technique to generate realistic facial animation.
However, creating blendshape facial animations using traditional weight editing tools …