Facial Tracking and Reconstruction in NUKEX

This course will take you through a unique facial tracking method with the Facial Tracking and Reconstruction in NUKEX. Reconstruct the actors face as polygonal geometry in preparation for a larger VFX shot. Software required: NUKEX, Maya 2017.

Learn how to track the human face and reconstruct it with ease and confidence. In this course, you'll learn how to use NUKEX's Camera Tracker in a new way in order to track the motion of an actor's head, and then reconstruct the actors face as polygonal geometry in preparation for a larger VFX shot. First, you'll learn how to prepare footage for tracking in NUKEX. Next, you'll learn how to use NUKEX's camera tracker and how to create detailed point clouds in NUKE. Then, you'll learn how to create geometry from point clouds in both NUKE and Maya. Finally, you'll learn how to create reference textures from footage using NUKE's UV rendering. By the end of this course, you'll have a better understanding on how facial tracking and reconstruction works in NUKEX. Software required: NUKEX, Maya 2017.

• Course Overview 1min
• Introduction, Project Overview, and Preparing Footage 28mins
• Creating Automatic and Manual Track Pass of the Face and Head 36mins
• Creating, Fine-tuning, and Exporting the Camera Solve 33mins
• Checking the Solve, Using the Point Cloud Generator, and Generating Mesh Data 41mins
• Reconstructing the Actor’s Face/Head in Maya 42mins
• Creating Footage-based Textures Using NUKEX and Photoshop / Course Wrap-up 18mins