Abstract
Blendshapes are a standard approach for making expressive facial animations in the digital production industry. The blendshape model is represented as a linear weighted sum of the target faces, which exemplify user-defined facial expressions or approximate facial muscle actions. Blendshapes are therefore quite popular because of their simplicity, expressiveness, and interpretability. For example, unlike generic mesh editing tools, blendshapes approximate a space of valid facial expressions.
This article provides the basic concepts and technical development of the blendshape model. First, we briefly describe a general face rig framework and thereafter introduce the concept of blendshapes as an established face rigging approach. Next, we illustrate how to use this model in animation practice, while clarifying the mathematical framework for blendshapes. We also demonstrate a few technical applications developed in the blendshape framework.
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I would like to thank J. P. Lewis for mentoring me over the years in the field of computer facial animation research and practice. Many thanks go to Ayumi Kimura for her fruitful discussions and warm encouragements in preparing and writing this article. I also thank Gengdai Liu and Hideki Todo for their helpful comments and creation of the images in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
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Anjyo, K. (2016). Blendshape Facial Animation. In: Müller, B., et al. Handbook of Human Motion. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30808-1_2-1
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