Data-Driven 3D Facial Animation

"Data-Driven 3D Facial Animation" systematically describes the emerging data-driven techniques developed over the last ten years or so. Although data-driven 3D facial animation is used more and more in animation practice, to date there have been very few books that specifically address the techniques involved. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers not only traditional lip-sync (speech animation), but also expressive facial motion, facial gestures, facial modeling, editing and sketching, and facial animation transferring. It provides an up-to-date reference source for academic research and for professionals working in the facial animation field. An edited volume, the book brings together contributions from leading researchers and practitioners working in both academia and in the leading animation studios. Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Computer Facial Animation: A Survey....Pages 1-28 Expressive Visual Speech Generation....Pages 29-59 Data-Driven Expressive Speech Animation Synthesis and Editing....Pages 60-78 Eye Movements, Saccades, and Multiparty Conversations....Pages 79-97 Realistic Eye Motion Synthesis by Texture Synthesis....Pages 98-112 Learning Expressive Human-Like Head Motion Sequences from Speech....Pages 113-131 A User Interface Technique for Controlling Blendshape Interference....Pages 132-144 Sketching Articulation and Pose for Facial Animation....Pages 145-161 Learning Controls for Blendshape-based Realistic Facial Animation....Pages 162-174 Speech Motion Decomposition and Editing....Pages 175-186 Facial Animation by Expression Cloning....Pages 187-216 Real-Time Adaptive Facial Animation....Pages 217-247 Spacetime Faces: High-Resolution Capture for~Modeling and Animation....Pages 248-276 Practical Considerations for Facial Motion~Capture....Pages 277-289 Back Matter....Pages 291-296 “Data-Driven 3D Facial Animation” systematically describes the important techniques developed over the last ten years or so. Although 3D facial animation is used more and more in the entertainment industries, to date there have been very few books that address the techniques involved. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers not only traditional lip-sync (speech animation), but also expressive facial motion, facial gestures, facial modeling, editing and sketching, and facial animation transferring. It provides an up-to-date reference source for academic research and for professionals working in the facial animation field. An edited volume, the book brings together contributions from leading researchers and practitioners working in both academia and in the leading animation studios.