Performance-driven animation in Maya software package

Spojem računalnog vida i animacije izronila je mogućnost automatiziranja procesa animacije - računalo generira okvire animacije prema videu željenih gesta i pokreta. Zadatak je ovog završnog rada implementirati ovakvu mogućnost u obliku plug-ina za programski paket Maya. Animatoru se treba, unutar Maye, omogućiti mapiranje vlastitih interpolacijskih jedinica s onima koje se koriste pri praćenju lica. Željeni rezultat je animacija odabranog 3D modela lica pomoću translacije, rotacije te vrijednosti interpolacijskih jedinica.Computer animation has long since played an important role in the entertainment industry. Yet, animation has proven to be quite a tedious task for a human animator. Through a blend of computer vision and animation, a possibility of digital puppetry has emerged. Each frame of animation can be generated by a computer, using a motion capture video as input. The objective of this thesis is an implementation of this feature in the shape of a plug-in for the Autodesk product Maya. The animator can, using the aforementioned 3D modelling software, map previously created morph targets to those used by the face tracker. The result is a keyframe animation of a selected 3D model using translation, rotation and BlendShape weight values