Facial Animation Toolset v1.2 for Maya now Free

The Institute of Animation has released its Facial Animation Toolset v1.2 for Maya for free.  The toolset includes:

The Adaptable Facial Setup is capable of driving any humanoid geometry, drawing from an extensive, FACS-based library of facial movement components.

The process of fitting the head skeleton to the individual geometry is simplified by offering a standard set of skin weights that accomodates the typical deformation regions of the face. Any skin weights may be cloned topology-independent from one head to another utilizing the Geometry Matching Tool.

The Corrective Blendshape Manager offers a useful way to add subtledeformations to a skinned mesh. Blendshape targets can be created andedited, and are computed with respect to the bind pose of the skinned mesh.

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via Research and Development at the Institute of Animation: Animation Tools.

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