Poser 8 Revealed: Creating A Face and Facial Expressions - Part 2 | AWN

Poser 8 Revealed: Creating A Face and Facial Expressions - Part 2

Kelly L. Murdock discusses the face-shaping tool and adding the face to a figure in Poser 8.

By Kelly L. Murdock | Monday, August 29, 2011 at 3:19 pm

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: CG, Education and Training, Technology, Visual Effects

Altering Face Parameters
At the bottom of the Face Shaping Tool panel are many parameters divided into categories that you can use in conjunction with the Putty Tool to deform the face shape. Each category includes several parameters and changing these parameters provides a more focused way to deform the facial features. The available face categories and their parameters are listed in Table 9-1.

Table 9-1: Face Parameters

Category	Parameters
Brow Ridge	High/Low, Inner – Up/Down, Outer-Up/Down, Forward Axis Twist
Cheekbones	High/Low, Shallow/Pronounced, Thin/Wide, Protrusion Asymmetry
Cheeks	Concave/Convex, Round/Gaunt
Chin	Forward/Backward, Pronounced/Recessed, Retracted/Jutting, Shallow/Deep, Small/Large, Short/Tall, Thin/Wide, Chin Axis Twist, Forward Axis Twist, Transverse Shift
Eyes	Up/Down, Small/Large, Tilt Inward/Outward, Together/Apart, Height Disparity, Transverse Shift
Face	Brow-Nose-Chin Ratio, Forehead-Sellion-Nose Ratio, Light/Heavy, Round/Gaunt, Thin/Wide, Coronal Bend, Coronal Shear, Vertical Axis Twist
Forehead	Small/Large, Short/Tall, Tilt Forward/Back, Forward Axis Twist
Jaw	Retracted/Jutting, Wide/Thin, Jaw-Neck Slope High/Low, Concave/Convex
Mouth	Drawn/Pursed, Happy/Sad, High/Low, Protruding/Retracted, Tilt Up/Down, Underbite/Overbite, Mouth-Chin Distance Short/Long, Corners Transverse Shift, Forward Axis Twist, Transverse Shift, Twist and Shift
Mouth, Lips	Deflated/Inflated, Large/Small, Puckered/Retracted
Nose	Up/Down, Flat/Pointed, Short/Long, Tilt Up/Down, Frontal Axis Twist, Tip Transverse Shift, Transverse Shift, Vertical Axis Twist
Nose, Bridge	Shallow/Deep, Short/Long, Transverse Shift
Nose, Nostrils	Tilt Up/Down, Small/Large, Thin/Wide, Frontal Axis Twist, Transverse Shift
Nose, Sellion	Up/Down, Shallow/Deep, Thin/Wide, Transverse Shift
Temples	Thin/Wide
Ears	Up/Down, Back/Front, Short/Long, Thin/Wide, Vertical Shear, Forward Axis Shear
Ethnicity	Less/More African, Less/More European, Less/More South East Asian, Less/More East Indian
Age	Younger/Older
Gender	Male/Female