{"id":206740,"date":"2025-04-26T11:54:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T11:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/master-facs-rigging-for-facial-motion-capture\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T11:54:15","slug":"master-facs-rigging-for-facial-motion-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=206740","title":{"rendered":"Master FACS Rigging for Facial Motion Capture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FACS Rigging for Facial Motion Capture with Madhav Shyam\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9z3iQ2RzzL0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Gnomon Workshop has released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegnomonworkshop.com\/tutorials\/facs-rigging-for-facial-motion-capture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FACS rigging for facial motion capture<\/a>, a detailed guide to facial rigging recorded by Ghost VFX Creature Supervisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/madhav3dartist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Madhav Shyam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The intermediate-level workshop provides over 10 hours of video training in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/maya\/overview\" target=\"_blank\">Maya<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/marmoset.co\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marmoset Toolbag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A detailed guide to creating a FACS-based facial rig in Maya<\/strong><br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facial_Action_Coding_System\" target=\"_blank\">Facial Action Coding System<\/a> (FACS) is widely adopted in visual effects and animation as a way to represent facial expressions.<\/p>\n<p>In the workshop, Madhav Shyam explains how to build a simplified FACS-based facial rig in Maya and animate it with motion-capture data captured using the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/augmented-reality\/arkit\/\" target=\"_blank\">ARKit<\/a> system on an iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>He begins by explaining the key factors that contribute to believable character performances, then builds a rig system that drives the FACS shapes, focusing on one part of the face at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Shyam then demonstrates how to constrain mocap data for use with the rig, and how to transfer the animation and rig system to different types of 3D character.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the tutorial videos themselves, viewers can download supporting project files including the facial shapes required to build the rig system.<\/p>\n<p>The tutorial uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dscanstore.com\/blog\/Free-3D-Head-Model\" target=\"_blank\">free 3D head model<\/a> available from 3D Scan Store, and the commercial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dscanstore.com\/3d-body-models\/ecorche-3d-models\/gorilla-ecorche-3d-model\" target=\"_blank\">Gorilla \u00c9corch\u00e9<\/a> 3D model.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the artist<\/strong><br \/>Madhav Shyam is Creature Supervisor at Ghost VFX. <\/p>\n<p>He has over seven years of industry experience on movies and broadcast series including Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Troll, Slumberland and Star Trek: Discovery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing and availability<\/strong><br \/>FACS Rigging for Facial Motion Capture is available via a subscription to The Gnomon Workshop, which provides access to over 300 tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>Subscriptions cost $57\/month or $519\/year. Free trials are available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegnomonworkshop.com\/tutorials\/facs-rigging-for-facial-motion-capture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about FACS Rigging for Facial Motion Capture on The Gnomon Workshop\u2019s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cgchannel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecgchannel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theCGchannel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>. As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we don\u2019t post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Full disclosure: CG Channel is owned by Gnomon.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gnomon Workshop has released FACS rigging for facial motion capture, a detailed guide to facial rigging recorded by Ghost VFX Creature Supervisor Madhav Shyam. The intermediate-level workshop provides over 10 hours of video training in Maya and Marmoset Toolbag. 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