In the realm of digital entertainment, the ability to create lifelike characters with accurate emotional expressions is crucial. The paper introduces a novel approach, FACTS (Facial Animation Creation Using the Transfer of Styles), aiming to create more efficient and expressive facial animations. Leveraging the power of a modified StarGAN, FACTS takes existing animations and alters their style characteristics to form new animations. This innovative model is capable of modifying both the emotion and idiosyncratic style while maintaining gestures and lip-sync. This technique not only mitigates the costs and time associated with traditional animation techniques but also increases the flexibility and diversity in character creation.
Publication date: July 18, 2023
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Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.09480.pdf
