"Image Metrics facial animation is derived from the actual performances of the talent we're animating, making us a perfect fit for projects where directors want to execute a visual effect, but ensure that the talent is still recognizable within the digital magic," says Patrick Davenport, film and TV executive producer. Thanks to its proprietary facial animation technology and rigging services, Image Metrics was able to ensure the CG faces moved exactly like the artists. The concept for the facial animation in the "Boom Boom Pow" music video depended on being able to still distinguish the performances of Fergie and will.i.am within the effect. Motion Theory provided the CG models and video footage of will.i.am and Fergie performing "Boom Boom Pow." Five animators, two trackers, and two riggers from Image Metrics rigged the models, conducted performance analysis of the video, and then transferred the resulting animation data onto the CG models to produce a total of 73 seconds of facial animation for the video. With the facial animation Image Metrics produced, we were able to achieve the balance of realism and digitalism we wanted for the video."
"Since Image Metrics doesn't require markers or makeup to produce facial animation, we were able to use footage directly captured from our original shoot, eliminating any lost time from shooting separate effects shots. "The 'Boom Boom Pow' music video evolved significantly as we refined our ideas and developed new techniques, so it was crucial to have a supportive partner like Image Metrics to help us deliver the project on time and on budget," says Mark Kudsi, co-director of the video. Stars' faces into fluid and metallic alter-egos that add an elegantĭigital edge to the look of the video, reveals a representative. Theory, producers of the video, turned to Image Metrics to animate the Single, "Boom Boom Pow," from the upcoming album, The E.N.D.
Los Angeles - Image Metrics, a provider of facial animation servicesĪnd technology to the entertainment industry, has animated futuristicįaces of the Black Eyed Peas in the recently released video of lead
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