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Possible to create body morphs from existing 2D photos of a subject?

gregoregonmarketinggregoregonmarketing Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi all,

First of all, I greatly appreciate there's a forum here to ask for suggestions or solutions! I'm completely new to 3D other than about ten years ago I played around with Poser a little.

I understand there's a tool called FaceGen that will generate a facial likeness from photos, which I imagine uses some AI like that found in facial recognition software/algorithms. I think what I'm looking for is something that will create body "morphs", if I understand the term correctly, from one or more photos of a human subject.

Suggestions?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,804
    edited December 1969

    As far as I know there is no such thing - certainly not in a form that will work natively with DAZ Studio or Poser content.

  • gregoregonmarketinggregoregonmarketing Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Thank you for your reply. That's surprising, actually, but perhaps some individual or group will see it as an opportunity. It sounds challenging and subject to misinterpretation by the logic, but certainly not impossible.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,206
    edited December 1969

    Abelone the one to ask.
    he did faceshop which works like facegen
    maybe he can do body shop?

  • gregoregonmarketinggregoregonmarketing Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Although I can't imagine why, for some reason FaceGen's people are uninterested -- it's even addressed in their FAQ that they have no plans currently to do a "BodyGen" -- so perhaps I'll run it past this Mr. Abelone.... what's the best way to contact him for something like this?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,804
    edited December 1969

    You could PM him - find a post in one of his threads and click the PM button on the left, under the avatar.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,206
    edited December 1969

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/member/680998/
    sorry cannot spell my shellfish, is Abalone

  • gregoregonmarketinggregoregonmarketing Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Thanks, I just sent him an IM.

    My theory is this should be fairly easy to do with photos taken specifically for this purpose. It would be far more difficult, though not impossible, with a series of existing photos. To help matters, the user could answer questions about the pose of the subject in each photo, or supply an approximation pose made from an existing basic morph.

  • gregoregonmarketinggregoregonmarketing Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    ...finally getting around to updating the thread. Abalone was kind enough to respond, but wasn't interested.

    I have to say, I find this surprising. The ability to parse video or a series of stills and create a likeness from head to toe... with the obvious market from inappropriate use of celebrities aside, it seems like a great way to render video to pitch a movie, create models of real people with uncanny accuracy, and with 3D printing becoming mainstream, well the possibilities are endless.

    I'm sure it'll get done by someone who sees the potential before too many more years go by.

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