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3D Head From Photo?

foghorn27foghorn27 Posts: 0
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Hi all,

I haven't researched this issue for a few years, so I thought I'd check in and see where things stand.

What are the current options for making a 3D head from a photo?

I'm on a Mac.  Normally I use Poser, but I would fire up DAZ if doing so would solve this challenge.  I'm handy in 2D, but my 3D skills are pretty basic.  I'd be willing to pay $100 or so.

I recently inherited a Windows machine, but I know pretty close to nothing about Windows, so I've never fired the machine up even once.  

Thanks for any comments!

 

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  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,754

    You basically have 3 options, but not sure on the Mac compatibility since I never use Macs.

    https://www.daz3d.com/headshop-13-with-lovechild-macintosh

    https://www.daz3d.com/facegen-artist-pro

    There there is the in app face transfer option https://www.daz3d.com/face-transfer-unlimited

     

     

  • foghorn27foghorn27 Posts: 0

    Thank you very much for your useful info.   I wasn't aware of the Face Transfer feature, so thanks for sharing that.  Hopefully a discussion might follow comparing these different options.   If such threads already exist, links are welcome and appreciated.

    I'm on to learn more about FaceTransfer!

     

  • foghorn27foghorn27 Posts: 0

    Here's a pretty good video which explains Face Transfer

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,340
    edited June 2021

    foghorn27 said:

    Thank you very much for your useful info.   I wasn't aware of the Face Transfer feature, so thanks for sharing that.  Hopefully a discussion might follow comparing these different options.   If such threads already exist, links are welcome and appreciated.

    I'm on to learn more about FaceTransfer!

     

    Whoa! Don't buy that!  "Only available for PC - Windows 64-bit."

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  • Roman_K2Roman_K2 Posts: 1,239

    The only face changes I have tried so far are things like re-shaping the nose and mouth, and adjusting the jaw line etc. in Genesis 2, in the "Shaping" pane.

    Btw, typing of faces in general, what's this? "Visemes". Not found in Webster's!  (https://www.m-w.com)

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  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,340

    Roman_K2 said:

    The only face changes I have tried so far are things like re-shaping the nose and mouth, and adjusting the jaw line etc. in Genesis 2, in the "Shaping" pane.

    Btw, typing of faces in general, what's this? "Visemes". Not found in Webster's!  (https://www.m-w.com)

     Visemes - whatever the official defn is, I don't know however what they are, are morphs to shape the mouth as though uttering whatever letter of the alphabet is assigned with them.

    While they can certainly be used as aids for stills, they are used when animating the figures. While the various speaking plugins may animate the figures as though talking using various scripts, making use of the timeline, one can add in visemes to improve the speech actions.

  • Roman_K2Roman_K2 Posts: 1,239

    Oh yeah.  I guess have seen... similar things...

    Some animal models in the Daz Store (like the Silverkey Bat) have something like this IIRC.

    Is this related to "Mimic" in any way I wonder?

  • Catherine3678abCatherine3678ab Posts: 8,340

    I think so. Not sure if Mimic still works with D/S though. There are some more uptodate products in the store that either use visemes and/or even come with more visemes!

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