What is Computer Facial Animation?

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What is Computer Facial Animation?
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Index

• Computer Facial Animation
• Techniques to Generate Animation Data
• Methods to Apply such Data to a Character
• Facial Expression

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Computer Facial Animation

• Computer facial animation is an area of computer
  graphics that encapsulates various techniques and
  methods for generating and animating images of a
  character face.
• The character can be a human, an animal, a
  humanoid, a fantasy character or creature, etc.

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• A facial expression indicating displeasure,
  disapproval or concentration with the corners of
  the mouth turned down.

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• The importance of person faces expression in
  verbal and non-verbal communication and advances
  in computer graphics software and hardware have
  caused considerable scientific, technological,
  and creative interests in computer facial
  animation.

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• The body of work around computer facial animation
  can be separated into two main areas
• 1. Techniques to Generate Animation Data
• 2. Methods to Apply such Data to a Character

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• Techniques such as key framing and motion capture
  belong to the first term, while skeletal
  animation and morph targets animation belongs to
  the second.
• Facial animation has become well-known and famous
  through animated feature movies and graphics
  games, but its applications include many more
  areas such as communication, scientific
  simulation and education.

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Facial Expression

• Just think if a person can convey with a facial
  expression.
• A smile can indicate approval or happiness.
• A frown can signal disapproval or unhappiness.
• Sometime facial expressions may reveal true
  feelings about a present situation.

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• While if the person says that he is feeling fine,
  but the look on his/her face may tell people
  otherwise.

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Facial Expression

• Examples of emotions that can be shown via facial
  expressions
• 1. Happiness

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2. Angry
3. Excitement
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4. Surprise 5. Disgust
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6. Fear 7.
Sadness
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8. Confusion
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