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Abstract
We propose a design framework to assist with user-generated content in facial animation — without requiring any animation experience or ground truth reference. Where conventional prototyping methods rely on handcrafting by experienced animators, our approach looks to encode the role of the animator as an Evolutionary Algorithm acting on animation controls, driven by visual feedback from a user. Presented as a simple interface, users sample control combinations and select favourable results to influence later sampling. Over multiple iterations of disregarding unfavourable control values, parameters converge towards the user's ideal. We demonstrate our framework through two non-trivial applications: creating highly nuanced expressions by evolving control values of a face rig and non-linear motion through evolving control point positions of animation curves.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 165-176 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Computer Graphics Forum |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 19 Mar 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Sept 2019 |
Keywords
- animation interfaces
- Animation → Animation Systems; Facial Animation; • Methods and Applications → Genetic Algorithms
- facial animation
- genetic algorithms
- user-generated content
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
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Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA)
Cosker, D. (PI), Bilzon, J. (CoI), Campbell, N. (CoI), Cazzola, D. (CoI), Colyer, S. (CoI), Fincham Haines, T. (CoI), Hall, P. (CoI), Kim, K. I. (CoI), Lutteroth, C. (CoI), McGuigan, P. (CoI), O'Neill, E. (CoI), Richardt, C. (CoI), Salo, A. (CoI), Seminati, E. (CoI), Tabor, A. (CoI) & Yang, Y. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/09/15 → 28/02/21
Project: Research council
Profiles
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Darren Cosker
- Department of Computer Science - Professor
- Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research & Applications
- UKRI CDT in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI
- Visual Computing
- Bath Institute for the Augmented Human
Person: Research & Teaching, Affiliate staff