Di-O-Matic is shipping a new facial modeling and animation plug-in for 3ds max 4.x called Facial Studio. The product supports various styles of animation, from photo-realistic to cartoon, and includes these features:
Low resolution and high resolution output, both optimized to be used with NurMS sub-divisions.
Head deformers for controling the nose, nostrils, mouth, eyes, ears, cheeks, chin, neck, eyebrows, teeth, tongue, and eyeballs.
Head generators for controlling the gender, race, age, and ethnicity of characters.
A sub-surface scattering shader, for giving realistic lighting effects to skin.
Perfect UVW mapping coordinates, designed to allow maps to be created easily and without stretching.
A range of expressions and phonemes for controlling complex muscle combinations using sliders, on any heads created with Facial Studio.
Support for custom morph targets.
Complete MaxScript support.
Facial Studio will be available through most Discreet product distributors and resellers, or directly on Di-O-Matic’s web site. It is priced at $499 until March 25, at which time it jumps to $699.
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Di-O-Matic Releases New Facial Animation Plug-In For Max
Di-O-Matic is shipping a new facial modeling and animation plug-in for 3ds max 4.x called Facial Studio. The product supports various styles of animation, from photo-rea...