{"id":1746,"date":"2007-07-05T19:37:25","date_gmt":"2007-07-05T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/get-your-head-around-face-modelling\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:51:57","slug":"get-your-head-around-face-modelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/get-your-head-around-face-modelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Get your head around face modelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1751\" title=\"3D face\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/07\/h_face.jpg\" alt=\"3D face\" align=\"right\" \/>Captivemotion has just released a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.captivemotion.com\/DemoLargeWMV.htm\">breathtaking demo<\/a> of its new modelling tool that makes computer-generated faces frighteningly realistic. The 3D design application uses motion-capture technology to animate facial expressions and mouth movement in a way we&#8217;ve never seen before.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re keen to explore the interesting realm of 3D face modelling there are a number of different solutions you can consider. At the top end of the spectrum, heavyweight programs such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/maya\">Maya<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/3ds-max.en.softonic.com\/\">3DS Max<\/a> work by allowing you to lay polygons over a wire mesh in order to create realistic facial contours and mimic real-life features, meaning you can be very precise in your creations.<\/p>\n<p>If your budget can&#8217;t stretch that far then you could download <a href=\"http:\/\/facegen-modeller.en.softonic.com\/\">FaceGenModeller<\/a>, which lets you create 3D human faces and export them to various 3D file formats. There are also a number of freeware apps such as <a href=\"http:\/\/openfx.en.softonic.com\/\">OpenFX<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/art-of-illusion.en.softonic.com\/\">Art of Illusion<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/anim8or.en.softonic.com\/\">Anim8or<\/a>, which are all great for getting started in 3D modelling. Once you&#8217;ve mastered the basics you might even want to try creating a 3D model of your own face from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ri.cmu.edu\/projects\/project_531.html\">ordinary video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Captivemotion has just released a breathtaking demo of its new modelling tool that makes computer-generated faces frighteningly realistic. The 3D design application uses motion-capture technology to animate facial expressions and mouth movement in a way we&#8217;ve never seen before. If you&#8217;re keen to explore the interesting realm of 3D face modelling there are a number &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/get-your-head-around-face-modelling\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Get your head around face modelling&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-1746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337460,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1746\/revisions\/337460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=1746"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=1746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}