Notes:
Facial rigging (Face rigging) is the process of creating a set of controls, or “rigs”, for a digital character’s face. These controls allow animators to manipulate the character’s facial expressions and movements in a precise and predictable way.
Facial rigging is typically done using specialized software, such as Maya or Blender, which provides a range of tools and features for creating and configuring facial rigs. These tools may include a variety of controls, such as sliders, buttons, or drop-down menus, that can be used to manipulate the character’s facial features, such as the shape of the mouth, the position of the eyebrows, or the movement of the jaw.
Facial rigs are often designed to mimic the anatomy and musculature of the human face, in order to create realistic and believable facial expressions and movements. This can involve a detailed analysis of the character’s facial structure and proportions, as well as an understanding of the underlying physiological mechanisms that govern facial movements.
Facial rigging is used in a variety of applications, including animation, video games, and virtual reality. It is an essential component of character animation, as it allows animators to create expressive and realistic facial performances for their characters. It can also be used in video games and VR applications to create more realistic and engaging virtual characters.
Resources:
- mineimator.com .. create animated videos using characters
- zivadynamics.com .. empowering more realistic interactive characters
- zmodeler3.com .. games modding soluton
Wikipedia:
See also:
100 Best Auto Rig Videos | 100 Best Automatic Rigging Videos | 100 Best FaceRig Videos
- Facial Rigging – Advanced Skeleton Setup / Maya Tutorials
- Facial Rigging Tool : Tongue Demo
- Dinosaur face rigging Demo Reel
- Facial Rigging by Mitchell Hardy | Student Demo Reel
- Character Facial Rigging Demo Showreel 2019
- KRGraphics Advanced Facial Rigging: Complex Solving Demo
- Duik Bassel Tutorial Part 10 of 30 |Face Rigging,Blinking,Lips Syncing|After Effects,Motion Graphics
- face rigging tutorial
- Facial Rigging Tool: Eye Lid Demo
- Facial Rigging Demo
- After Effects Tutorial Part 4 – Character Rig | Facial Rigging – Backwoods Animation Studio
- Facial rigging demo reel
- face rigging tests a ape suit intro audio
- face rigging Demo – realistic style
- face rigging Demo – cartoon style
- Facial Rigging Demo | Cartoon Brush Strokes – Comic Book Look
- Facial Rigging by Ben Rosenstein | Student Demo Reel
- Virtual Actress Tutorial – Part 8 – Face Rigging & Body Shapes
- How To Do a Facial Rig – 3ds Max CAT Facial Rigging Tutorial
- Face Rigging: Articulation Exercise Demo
- [Face rigging in maya]: how to use face rig in maya (Lesson 3)
- [Face rigging in maya]: How to use face rig in maya (Lesson 2)
- work process 2D face rigging and animation full tutorial
- Facial Rigging Demonstration Video
- Face Rigging Demo (ft. Other guy) Please read the description.
- Facial Rigging – Maya Tutorial | Advanced Skeleton Setup
- Ziva_VFX LIVE with ZIVA 002 u2013 Intro to Facial Rigging
- Facial Rigging by Ben Rosenstein | Student Demo Reel
- Mimic Demo | Facial Rigging
- facial rigging demonstration
- Facial Rigging by Elena Boshkoska | Student Demo Reel
- Facial Rigging by Valeriya Fedoseeva | Student Demo Reel
- Cartoony Facial Setup | Facial Rigging Demo
- Step by step: Face Rigging with ‘Joysticks’ | After effects tutorial
- Rag doll facial rigging demo
- mapper facial rigging tutorial
- HEAD ANIMATION Tutorial – Face Rigging in After Effects
- Live Animation – Facial Rigging demo
- Surface Based Facial Rigging Demonstration – Jonah Reinhart
- Zmodeler 3 – Advanced Face Rigging Tutorial (GTA V Ped) | Part 3
- Zmodeler 3 – Advanced Face Rigging Tutorial (GTA V Ped) | Part 2
- Zmodeler 3 – Advanced Face Rigging Tutorial (GTA V Ped) | Part 1
- MAYA 2017 CHARACTER FACE RIGGING TUTORIAL – BASIC JOINTS AND SKINNING
- Sony Pictures Imageworks Facial Rigging Demo Reel
- Hyper Real Facial Rigging Demonstration | Facial Motion Capture
- CGI Face – Rigging an Eye Meniscus Tutorial
- 3ds Max Tutorials Facial Rigging for Games in 3ds Max Tutorial Pluralsight
- Step 2 – Garry Pye Tutorial Article – Face Rigging in CrazyTalk 8
- face rigging and blend shape tutorial
- How To Face Rig | Mine-Imator Face Rigging
- Facial Rigging Modo Demo
- Mildred Character Facial Rigging Demonstration
- Mine Imator Tutorial! Face Rigging and Rotation Points! (3)
- johnLongJaw Modeling and Facial Rigging demo
- Facial Rigging Demo
- Blender 2.7 Tutorial #43 : Face Rigging (Part 3/3: Mouth, Tongue, & Finishing Up) #b3d
- Blender 2.7 Tutorial #42 : Face Rigging (Part 2/3 : Shape Keys and Drivers) #b3d
- Blender 2.7 Tutorial #41 : Face Rigging (Part 1/3 : Modeling & Bones) #b3d
- Blender tutorial: face rigging a make human model with shape key drivers
- Blender: Tutorials #7 – Minecraft face rigging, and shapekeys.
- Human Male Face Modeling and Face rigging Part 2 Tutorial in Blender 2.71
- Human Male Face Modeling and Face rigging Part 1 Tutorial in Blender 2.71
- TungNS – Facial rigging demo
- Facial rigging Maya Tutorial
- Joint Based Facial Rigging Using GUI Ctrls Tutorial – Rosana Marar
- Cartoon Animation Tutorial – Part 2: Facial Rigging
- Facial Rigging Tutorial
- Mine-Imator Tutorial: Facial Rigging Part 2
- Mine-Imator Tutorial: Facial Rigging Part 1
- Face Rigging for Games in 3DSMax 02 – Game Asset Tutorial
- Face Rigging for Games in 3DSMax 01 – Game Asset Tutorial
- Mineimator Tutorial #3-Installing Facial Rigging (Fingers, Mouth movements, Eye Lids, Mouth)
- Maya Tutorial: Joint-Based Facial Rigging in Maya
- Driven Key Facial Rigging: Minecraft Character: Maya Tutorials
- Maya: Advanced facial rigging using set-driven keys | lynda.com tutorial
- Facial Rigging – Maya Tutorial