TY - GEN
T1 - Transfer facial expressions with identical topology
AU - Lin, Alice J.
AU - Cheng, Fuhua
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We present a novel method to produce realistic expressions and animations by transferring existing expressions from a given facial model to a new facial model. The representation of the target model is first converted to make its topology the same as the source model. The radial basis function is employed to deform the template meshes to fit the target model. We then map all the vertices to the surface of the target model while preserving its spatial relationships with neighboring vertices. Therefore, facial expressions and motions can be faithfully transferred between models. With this method, a person can create many different models with the same animated expression even if these models have different topologies and, for any given model, a person can create many different expressions.
AB - We present a novel method to produce realistic expressions and animations by transferring existing expressions from a given facial model to a new facial model. The representation of the target model is first converted to make its topology the same as the source model. The radial basis function is employed to deform the template meshes to fit the target model. We then map all the vertices to the surface of the target model while preserving its spatial relationships with neighboring vertices. Therefore, facial expressions and motions can be faithfully transferred between models. With this method, a person can create many different models with the same animated expression even if these models have different topologies and, for any given model, a person can create many different expressions.
KW - Animation
KW - Facial expression
KW - Topology
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U2 - 10.1109/CGames.2013.6632622
DO - 10.1109/CGames.2013.6632622
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84890343404
SN - 9781479908189
T3 - Proceedings of CGAMES 2013 USA - 18th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Interactive Multimedia, Educational and Serious Games
SP - 144
EP - 148
BT - Proceedings of CGAMES 2013 USA - 18th International Conference on Computer Games
T2 - 18th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Interactive Multimedia, Educational and Serious Games, CGAMES 2013
Y2 - 30 July 2013 through 1 August 2013
ER -