Thanks Andrew! And thanks for the quick reply! It looks line I have options. Im going to explore options 1 & 3 so I can get things jappenung in the coming weeks. But curious what head capabilities are coming and with what products?
Thanks, Emma On Wed, Jul 5, 2023, 12:17 PM Andrew Beatty <abea...@facegen.com> wrote: > > Hello Emma, > > Let me start by noting that you can scale the entire model during export > by adjusting the value in the 'Scale' dialog box. > > But it seems what you need is to adjust the head shape, relative to the > facial features, so this is not just a matter of scale. > > This is not currently possible in the 3D Print products but there are a > couple of options: > > 1. Since every export of the 'solid' head mesh has the same topology, you > can make the adjustment just once in Blender, then save that adjustment as > a difference morph (aka blendshape), which can be easily applied to any new > exports. I'm not a Blender expert so cannot say how to do this. > > 2. You can use Modeller Enterprise to create a custom version of the head > mesh inside of FaceGen with the head shape you desire. However this is > expensive, and an involved process (it's usually used for making an > entirely custom mesh). > > 3. You can wait until more head shape capabilities are added next year. > > 4. Daz claims their meshes can be used for 3D printing, so perhaps you can > use FaceGen Artist to apply the face to a Daz mesh, which then may have the > controls you need for head shape. I have not tried this; check it out with > our free demo version. > > Best wishes, > > > On Wednesday, July 5, 2023 at 1:51:36 PM UTC-4 emmasco...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hello! >> >> I'm working with FaceGen 3D Print Home to design customized masks and >> hoods. I've gotten some beautiful masks -- my workflow has been taking a >> model of my own face in FaceGen, then creating the mods I want in FaceGen, >> importing both files into Blender, scaling up the mod version, boolean >> subtracting the unmodified version, sculpting and cleaning up as needed. >> >> With that done, I want to get to the next level with this project: >> >> 1) building a whole head that I can use to create a top-of head panel for >> my hard resin masks that I can then attach modular headdress components to, >> and >> >> 2) printing molds from which I can create whole-head hoods from latex >> and/or silicone. >> >> The problem I'm running into is that the head that the facial features >> are mapped onto by FaceGen seems to be a standard size which is somewhat >> smaller and vertically faltter than my own head, so masks no longer fit >> when I attach the head-top I designed. >> >> I would rather avoid sculptinng in Blender as much as possible. >> >> So my question is, can the size and shape of the head be modified in 3D >> Print home? If not, is there an upgrade where modifying is possible, and >> where head and neck dimensions can be dimensinally modified to match my >> in-real-life head measurements? >> >> If that's not possible (or if the FaceGen upgrade is beyond my budget -- >> I'm willing to go to $300 if it's going to be a gamechanger for my process >> but can't go beyond that), what other processes might you suggest? >> >> I do have a bit of expreience working with DAZ 3D, so if I can build a >> composite in Blender from that, I might be able to pull that off. >> Suggestions? >> >> I might as well ask as well, is there a FaceGen product that can model >> the entire body? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Emma >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "FaceGen Forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/facegen/gc74KSAqk-Y/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > facegen+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/facegen/8263f08b-6e90-419b-93fe-37e95e298e29n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/facegen/8263f08b-6e90-419b-93fe-37e95e298e29n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FaceGen Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to facegen+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/facegen/CAF3h%3DaepaTmO7dKrPu6s23tcToACvnfCWx%2BCGihzS4OnCtwV%3Dw%40mail.gmail.com.
