Motion Portrait: Instant 3D animation from photos

dazza101 · Post by **dazza101** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:45 am

This is totally amazing, no word on whether mere mortals will get access to the software, but WOW! The photo examples are cool, but so is the anime...

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/08/mot ... om-photos/

The company site http://www.motionportrait.com/e/ has lots of additional info - still amazed...

JimmyC · Post by **JimmyC** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:17 am

WOW - the dog follows the mouse cursor round the screen!!!

Simply amazing. Goes a lot further than bones or simple point animation.

Makes you wonder what's coming next

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:35 am

JimmyC wrote:Simply amazing. Goes a lot further than bones or simple point animation.

this is amazing, but i don't think it is so further than bones. actually, y see something as the vern's turning face (the famous) made reusable.
ok, it's not possible in AS, but i think it's not so far from bones neither.

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 1:06 pm

It's impressive, but it's impressive in a "big studio can shave minutes off each days' production" way, rather than impact a small studio/single person. You still have to plan to include it in the production flow, and for a small or one-man concern the return on investment in money and training may just be not worth it.

But like I said, it's impressive!

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:48 pm

Its exactly as crazy talk, looks the same.

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:06 pm

It is very much like crazytalk. Which, is fun for about a day, then the "wow" factor kinda wears off. Not to mention it makes everyone look like a creepy robot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwTh9mSDFs