Di-O-Matic released a new version of thier facial capture software called Maskarad v.1.1. Maskarad is a automatic markerless facial performance capture software for Windows. If you are creating games or producing a movie, this software lets you eaisily create expressive, realistic facial animations from video. Maskarad autotmaticly converts the detials of the actor to animation data and this can be used in your favorite 3D program, like 3DsMax, Lightwave, Maya, Softimage and MotionBuilder.
Maskarad uses state-of-the-art technology to automatically locate and track head motion as well as facial expressions and precise lips movements. All you need is a simple video file featuring an actor performance.
This new version features several improvements and bugfixes:
- Reduced executable file size
- Faster performance during tracking
- New feature allowing to cancel tracking using the ESCAPE key
- Head positioning issue in .FBX file: fixed
- Double click to open .MKD file could fail: fixed
- Numerous issues with .WMV files: fixed
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