Creating a photoreal digital actor: The Digital Emily Project

CVMP 2009 - The 6th European Conference for Visual Media Production

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 176-187

  Alexander, Oleg ^a   Rogers, Mike ^a   Lambeth, William ^a   Chiang, Matt ^b   Debevec, Paul ^b  

^a Image Metrics   (United States)

^b Institute for Creative Technologies ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

3D scanning; Digital actors; Facial animation

Indexed keywords

3D FACES; 3D-SCANNING; COMPOSITING; CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY; DISPLACEMENT MAPS; FACIAL ANIMATION; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; FACIAL MOTIONS; GENERATION TECHNIQUES; HIGH DEFINITION; HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE METRICS; MULTI-RESOLUTIONS; PHOTO-REALISTIC; REFLECTANCE MAP; SEMI-AUTOMATICS; SHADING ALGORITHMS; SKIN PORES; SKIN TEXTURES; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

ANIMATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; LIGHTING; PROBES; REFLECTION; SCANNING; STUDIOS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77952136511     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CVMP.2009.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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