Animating Facial Shape Keys
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Objective
I can use shape keys to create realistic and expressive facial animations.
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Practice
7 questions
Define what shape keys are in Blender and explain their purpose in character animation.
Explain why it is important to avoid adding or deleting vertices when editing shape keys. What type of mesh editing is appropriate for shape keys?
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Exit ticket
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“Describe the steps to create a "frown" shape key on the left side of a character's face, including how to select vertices and use proportional editing. Explain how to mirror a "sneer" shape key from the left side of a face to the right side, and why you might choose to manually adjust the mirrored shape key. ”
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