Computer facial animation is a field of computer graphics that encapsulates different techniques and methods for creating and animating images of a character face.

1. What is Computer Facial
Animation?

2. Index
1. Computer Facial Animation
1. Techniques to Generate Animation Data
2. Methods to Apply such Data to a Character
1. Facial Expression

4. Computer Facial Animation
 Computer facial animation is an area of computer
graphics that encapsulates various techniques and
methods for generating and animating images of a
character face.
 The character can be a human, an animal, a humanoid,
a fantasy character or creature, etc.

5.  A facial expression indicating displeasure, disapproval
or concentration with the corners of the mouth turned
down.

6.  The importance of person faces expression in verbal
and non-verbal communication and advances in
computer graphics software and hardware have caused
considerable scientific, technological, and creative
interests in computer facial animation.

7.  The body of work around computer facial animation
can be separated into two main areas:
1. Techniques to Generate Animation Data
2. Methods to Apply such Data to a Character

8.  Techniques such as key framing and motion capture
belong to the first term, while skeletal animation and
morph targets animation belongs to the second.
 Facial animation has become well-known and famous
through animated feature movies and graphics games,
but its applications include many more areas such as
communication, scientific simulation and education.

9. Facial Expression
 Just think if a person can convey with a facial
expression.
A smile can indicate approval or happiness.
A frown can signal disapproval or unhappiness.
 Sometime facial expressions may reveal true feelings
about a present situation.

10.  While if the person says that he is feeling fine, but the
look on his/her face may tell people otherwise.

11. Facial Expression
 Examples of emotions that can be shown via facial
expressions:
1. Happiness

12. 2. Angry 3. Excitement

13. 4. Surprise 5. Disgust

14. 6. Fear 7. Sadness

15. 8. Confusion

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