JoeMocap

 This week was all about faces! My greatest enemy! We got to take a look at the new facial tracking setup that let us preview the facial movement in real time which was HUGE considering we had previously had to do it piece by piece in Faceware, then Maya etc. Even though it wasn't anything we could particularly use (I don't think they said there was any way to export the tracking) but seeing what could come out of the footage was really exciting. In the past project we were only provided the footage but being able to have some say over what was happening and witness it in person made it feel like we had much more creative involvement even though we're just copying movement, dialogue and camera straight from the film. It looks like we're going to get quite meticulous when it comes to the acting side of it. I watched the rest of the film, I, Robot, at home in my own time and knowing that the character of Spooner acts not necessarily out of hate of robots but out of love f...

 One project down, another one immediately begins! Such is the way of university, but seeing as this is our last year I know I need to go in with 200%. For this project we are reworking our whole workflow to incorporate/entirely replace our old software with Shogun and Unreal Engine 5. I am TOTALLY new to this - I have opened Unreal a total of ONE time(s) and it crashed on me within minutes. I'm a VFX student so our use of game engines has only really just kicked off and I'm slightly behind the times in that regard.  Overall though, I am really excited to have some way to not only use the more advanced technology at our disposal (the new suits, the new screen and camera setup, the Shogun capture tech etc) but to learn how to use Unreal 5 in any capacity; for motion capture or any other use. If I have discovered anything about my learning style it is that I do much better learning how to use new software by having exercises or projects to use it for, so this presents a fantasti...