I am just interested in how the face of avatars were created in the movie avatar by james cameron. I heard they built the face from tissues up in 3d models and use motion capture to capture emotions and map them on.
Did the actors do the motions themselves or were they animated?
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Martin
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There are a few web articles around this topic:
CGSociety - AVATAR: http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5501
Wired: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/02/avatar_oscarnom_gallery/
Strong Mocha (featurettes): http://www.strongmocha.com/2010/01/14/avatar-postproduction-featurette/
Fxguide podcasts on the subject: http://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcast.html