Second Life Forums Archive - Animating faces

Flange Bohemia

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Join date: 20 Oct 2006

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01-05-2007 11:39

Hi, I hope this isn't a repeat question - I don't think it is...

How do I go about creating a facial animation (or editing an existing one)? I've downloaded qAvimator, and that doesn't appear (on a quick look) to be the answer. I'm trying to find or create a "wink" animation similar to the default animation for

- but without the gormless grin!

Many thanks,

FB

Darien Caldwell

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Join date: 12 Oct 2006

Posts: 3,127

01-05-2007 12:32

It's not possible to do facial or hand animations in SL. You can only use the defaults built into the game. There are a myriad of posts explaining why here, if you care to know why. But short answer is, can't do it.

Kalel Venkman

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Join date: 10 Mar 2006

Posts: 587

The slightly longer answer

01-05-2007 13:49

Here's a small addendum: you can't strictly animate facial expressions, but you can create an attachment which can play an animation on an avatar, and make an attempt to play a facial expression while that's happening. Facial expressions transition over time as well, so the SL system is essentially handling your keyframing for you as well as doing your in-betweens.

It's more work to do this, of course, but it can be done if you're willing to roll up your sleeves and do the necessary scripting.

Flange Bohemia

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01-06-2007 00:50

Many thanks both - I was beginning to think that that was the case.

Cheers,

Flange.

Karmic Forager

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01-12-2007 11:01

I have seen adult animations with custom facials for sale and on display. So they can be done. Any experienced users care to share their success stories?

Tya Fallingbridge

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01-12-2007 11:09

mm why dont you just create gesture???? use the default sl ones... no scripting required...

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Tya Fallingbridge

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01-12-2007 11:10

From: Kalel Venkman

Here's a small addendum: you can't strictly animate facial expressions, but you can create an attachment which can play an animation on an avatar, and make an attempt to play a facial expression while that's happening. Facial expressions transition over time as well, so the SL system is essentially handling your keyframing for you as well as doing your in-betweens.

It's more work to do this, of course, but it can be done if you're willing to roll up your sleeves and do the necessary scripting.

Sorry you dont need an attachment... see my above post

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Jacques Groshomme

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01-12-2007 11:30

From: Karmic Forager

I have seen adult animations with custom facials for sale and on display. So they can be done. Any experienced users care to share their success stories?

At this point, it is impossible to create new animations that directly control the face or fingers.

The "custom" animations you are seeing are animations with timed scripts that play the built-in Linden facial expressions on top of custom body animations at different keyframes.

See theLSL Wiki List Of Animations for a list of built-in expressions.

Dredz Harmison

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Join date: 3 Jan 2006

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01-14-2007 15:43

What you can do, is in your pose script you call to one of the facial movement anims (i forget what they are called cause it was about a year ago i worked on that.. Expressions thats it thanks to the post above). It is rather tedious to get right if your chaining them along.

I hope this makes sense.

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Flange Bohemia Registered User Join date: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 10	01-05-2007 11:39 Hi, I hope this isn't a repeat question - I don't think it is... How do I go about creating a facial animation (or editing an existing one)? I've downloaded qAvimator, and that doesn't appear (on a quick look) to be the answer. I'm trying to find or create a "wink" animation similar to the default animation for - but without the gormless grin! Many thanks, FB
Darien Caldwell Registered User Join date: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 3,127	01-05-2007 12:32 It's not possible to do facial or hand animations in SL. You can only use the defaults built into the game. There are a myriad of posts explaining why here, if you care to know why. But short answer is, can't do it.
Kalel Venkman Citizen Join date: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 587	The slightly longer answer 01-05-2007 13:49 Here's a small addendum: you can't strictly animate facial expressions, but you can create an attachment which can play an animation on an avatar, and make an attempt to play a facial expression while that's happening. Facial expressions transition over time as well, so the SL system is essentially handling your keyframing for you as well as doing your in-betweens. It's more work to do this, of course, but it can be done if you're willing to roll up your sleeves and do the necessary scripting.
Flange Bohemia Registered User Join date: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 10	01-06-2007 00:50 Many thanks both - I was beginning to think that that was the case. Cheers, Flange.
Karmic Forager Registered User Join date: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 18	01-12-2007 11:01 I have seen adult animations with custom facials for sale and on display. So they can be done. Any experienced users care to share their success stories?
Tya Fallingbridge Proud Prim Whore Join date: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 790	01-12-2007 11:09 mm why dont you just create gesture???? use the default sl ones... no scripting required... _____________________
Tya Fallingbridge Proud Prim Whore Join date: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 790	01-12-2007 11:10 From: Kalel Venkman Here's a small addendum: you can't strictly animate facial expressions, but you can create an attachment which can play an animation on an avatar, and make an attempt to play a facial expression while that's happening. Facial expressions transition over time as well, so the SL system is essentially handling your keyframing for you as well as doing your in-betweens. It's more work to do this, of course, but it can be done if you're willing to roll up your sleeves and do the necessary scripting. Sorry you dont need an attachment... see my above post _____________________
Jacques Groshomme Registered User Join date: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 355	01-12-2007 11:30 From: Karmic Forager I have seen adult animations with custom facials for sale and on display. So they can be done. Any experienced users care to share their success stories? At this point, it is impossible to create new animations that directly control the face or fingers. The "custom" animations you are seeing are animations with timed scripts that play the built-in Linden facial expressions on top of custom body animations at different keyframes. See theLSL Wiki List Of Animations for a list of built-in expressions.
Dredz Harmison Registered User Join date: 3 Jan 2006 Posts: 3	01-14-2007 15:43 What you can do, is in your pose script you call to one of the facial movement anims (i forget what they are called cause it was about a year ago i worked on that.. Expressions thats it thanks to the post above). It is rather tedious to get right if your chaining them along. I hope this makes sense.