Motion Capture User Interface in CrazyTalk Animator (New for v3.3)

A

General Settings

Connection Settings

  1. Connecting: Click the Connect button to connect the iPhone X in the same domain for facial mocap.
    When the light-on/off signal inside the button becomes green, you are successfully connected to a server.
    If the green light went off, then click on the button to turn it green. If it is still not on, then make sure that the server is setup correctly.
    Light-on signal: Connected to the device.Light-off signal: Disconnected from the device.
  2. Server Settings: After you have connected a device, you can click the Server Settings button to do further IP Address editing.
  3. Tracking Data Inspector: Click the Tracking Data Inspector button, to use the inspector to observe the Face ID stream from Live Face iPhone X App for further adjustments.

Motion Capture Settings

  1. Zero Pose: Click the Zero Pose button to toggle between the custom and iPhone X initial pose in the Preview or Record mode.
  2. Strength Filters: Click the Strength Adjustment button, and you can use the sliders in this group to increase or decrease the movement of specific facial features instead of asking the human actor / actress to adjust his / her facial features.

B

Face Profile and
Expression Mapping Tools

  1. Face Profile: Click the profiles to change the preset facial mapping settings.
  2. Expression Mapping: Cick the Expression Mapping button, there are more than 60 morph profiles in the form of sliders for you to customize the results of the facial mocap.

C

Facial Mocap Controls

  1. Mocap Recording: Use the mask pane to record the data stream transferred from the Live Face iPhone X App.
  2. Blend data on next recording: Activate this checkbox so that the new motions, of the selected features, are blended into existing keys after recording.
  3. Audio Recording: Activate the Record Audio for Viseme Track checkbox and pick the microphone from the drop-down list in order to voice capture while doing the expressions.