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bluey21466842
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October 3, 2020
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Can I add facial expressions with mixamo?

  • October 3, 2020
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I searched for an item that should have existed in the mixamo. Where is the "facial blendshapes" button?

I want to give a facial expression to the character.

 

Thanks.

    Correct answer Ussnorway7605025

    Adobe removed the blendshape work flow from Fuse when they split the Mixamo server

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    GK_Edits
    Participating Frequently
    April 16, 2023

    How has this still not been addressed? I would love a tool that allowed for facial rigging. I'm unsure how to incorporate facial rigging and facial animation into Adobe and Mixamo's 3D workflow. 

      Ussnorway7605025
      Ussnorway7605025
      Legend
      April 16, 2023

      it was addressed by Adobe dropping it from Mixamo because Fuse was 32 bit software and they didn't have the staff to keep it

       

      how to keep it = you can still get Fuse 1.3 from Steam until Jan next year when all software older than W10 stops working but you are prob better to just move on because Adobe has not 3D or 4D software in their current pipeline can could even match the old Fuse stuff

       

      move on to what? = Iclone $ and Windows users only, Unity \ Unreal for students to muck around on or akeytsu for people that want to learn rigging

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        MmaarrkkMedia
        Participant
        January 8, 2021

        Lol. 

        I spent more time looking for what you're asking about that it took for me to transfer blend shapes to the isolated part of the face. I forgot what I did to clean everything up and match the z,x and ys .

        It's like doing stop motion.. only you just isolate which face and slap it on the parent face as it's child. 

        It actually saves a ton of time.

        Of course,  you're going to have to mix and match old versions of blender and makehuman along with whatever op you're using.  I HAVE to find ways around Blender like the neighborhood cat being a Mac OS freak  

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        MajorParts
        Participant
        June 5, 2021

        Fuse generates the blendshapes itself. When you import a custom character, the progress info states that it is generating them. Why it can't export them is a tragedy.

        Ussnorway7605025
        Ussnorway7605025
        Legend
        June 6, 2021

        not really what Fuse does... all the models have the same basic vector matrix i.e, all the squares are in the same spot on every male model so the eyes and nose are easy to find \ move

         

        this is why uploading a Fuse made character to Mixamo worked before Adobe changed the basic grid design

        Ussnorway7605025
        Ussnorway7605025
        Legend
        December 22, 2020

        character creator 3 is part of the Iclone system and does do a very good job of face blends yes

         

        Mac users need not apply + the system is $... mostly because its the best around

         

        Mac users or other people looking for cheep workarounds can still make face animation with the Iphone plug in... this works the same as Adobe character animator with a camera recording what the human actor does so the puppit can mimic them

        Ussnorway7605025
        Ussnorway7605025
        Legend
        October 6, 2020
        Do you know any other way to add facial expressions

        people that have their characters sent to their CC library still have access to all the face blend shapes... mostly because Adobe library is run by a different Dev team and they don't talk to each other but you can assume this will be pulled out of the system at some point later on

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        keitha59277649
        Participant
        October 6, 2020

        I tried 'save to CC library' but that doesn't work.

         

        There must be a way to at least access some of the .fbx files of these default characters with blend shapes. I could still do a lot with that. Unfortunately I have a project to finish and I'm stuck hand doing everything.

         

        Does anyone have .fbx files they could kindly share? I just need a couple females and a couple males.

        badmonk
        badmonk
        Known Participant
        October 19, 2020

        Also gutted we can't export face blend shapes. Does anyone know any other software that export face blend shapes please?

        character creator?

         

        i thought the auto rigger in mixamo would rig the face as well but I don't think it does?

         

        what other options are there please? 

          Ussnorway7605025
          Ussnorway7605025Correct answer
          Legend
          October 4, 2020

          Adobe removed the blendshape work flow from Fuse when they split the Mixamo server

            bluey21466842
            bluey21466842Author
            Participant
            October 6, 2020

            Thank you for your answer.

             

            I'm sad to know that the blendshape has been removed.

             

            So... Do you know any other way to add facial expressions with mixamo?

             

            Thanks

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            keitha59277649
            Participant
            October 3, 2020

            I would love an answer too. I'm blown out of the water now that I can't get the blendshapes out of Fuse.

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