User Interface¶
Setup¶
Installation¶
Unzip and run. Recommended install path. C:/OV/Audio2Face To avoid potential windows issues please keep the install path as short as possible.
To run.¶
C:/ov/Audio2Face/run_audio2face.bat
Panels¶
Audio Player¶
The Audio Player allows you to load custom audio and serves as the primary playback mechanism for Audio2Face
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Audio Source Path |
Browse to a folder destination to load all of the audio files within that folder into the “track” menu.
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Track |
Allows you to select which audio track you would like to playback from your specified library location.
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Range |
The first box allows you to clip (trim) an audio file to set a desired start time. The second box allows you to clip the audio to specify the end point.
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Timeline |
A scrubable timeline with play, pause, return to start and loop options.
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Allows the setup of the desired source training asset. Nvidia’s Audio2Face asset Loads by default.
Fase Mesh. Selects the character mesh that the network was trained on. Face Material. Offers a choice of materials for the face. Default materials are Grey shaded, Grey shaded with normals detail Basic skin colour map.
Scene Selections¶
Allows the setup of the desired source training asset. NVIDIA Omniverse Audio2Face asset Loads by default.
Option |
Description |
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Fase Mesh |
Selects the character mesh that the network was trained on.
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Face Material |
Offers a choice of materials for the face. Default materials are
Grey Shaded: Grey shaded with normals detail
Basic Skin: Basic skin colour map.
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Data Export¶
Allows the user to export a point cache of the animated mesh.
Option |
Description |
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Export Mesh |
Select Which mesh to export a cache from.
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Export Directory |
Select destination for geom cache export.
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File Name |
Specifies the File Name
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Playback FPS |
Select the Frames per second you would the cache to be exported at.
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Export As |
You have the choice of a USD point cache export or a Maya point cache export.
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Pre Processing¶
Allows the adjustment of key variables that influence the animation result
Option |
Description |
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Prediction Delay |
Specifies how much time the network has to generate a frame.
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Input Strength |
Allows the user to influence the range of motion of the animation resolve.
Can be mutes for subtle performance or amplified for larger performances.
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Post Processing¶
Allows the user to influence various aspects of the motions resolve as they relate to various regions of the face.
Option |
Description |
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Upper/Lower Face Smoothing |
Smooths the motions on the various regions of the face.
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Upper/Lower Face Strength |
Upper and lower face Strength allows the user to determine the amplification of the motion in these
regions of the face.
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Emotion¶
Allows the user to select a specific face shape from animation training sources to impose on the default face - allowing the user more control to inject specific emotional expressions onto the performance.
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Description |
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Source Shot |
Selects the animation clip.
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Source Frame |
Selects the specific frame from the animation source to use as shape of influence.
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