Question facial expressions

[jell]

My question is very simple - how to set facial expressions for my morph? I don't want to change the pose of the morph - namely set another facial expression, is there a way to store the settings of the facial expressions of morphs? I saw the plugin

MorphPresetManager​

but I didn't quite understand how to use it, especially how to add morphs to favorites?

Maybe there is some other plugin or way to save morph facial expression settings and set them at your discretion without changing the current pose? I saw lists of different facial expressions on the hub - but I also didn't understand how to set them on forms at all...

Can someone explain this nuance to me?

 

[Metix]

I'm not sure if you're wanting to create your own facial expressions or simply looking for a way to apply existing facial morphs to a person in a better way than finding it in the morphs list and manually dragging the morph slider. I assume the second.

I recommend taking a look at the following two plugins. Many people seem to prefer Silver Expression Tool as it has a lot more functionality, with mixing and matching different facial morphs and more, but Expression Randomizer is pretty straightforward and easy to get the effect you're looking for pretty quickly, even comes with some presets.

Plugins - Silver Expression Tool

Silver Expression Tool cycles through 2 independent series of expressions in random order. Presets can be saved to quickly call up your favorite bank of expressions. Animating two different expressions on different timescales minimizes the...

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and

Plugins - Expression Randomizer by Extraltodeus

This plugin was originally developed by Extraltodeus - if you're reading this, thanks for your awesome work! Update - Everlaster has made quite a few changes to this resource. Thank you Everlaster! Usage tips The built in presets should be...

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It might take a while to get things set up exactly how you want them, getting sets of expressions just right is kind of a never ending process really. But hopefully this should get you started on the right path.

 

[TreyWilly]

I use morph preset manager all the time. It's a very useful plugin. First you would need to "favorite" any morphs you want to use, or they will not show up in the plugin. To do that, go to your morphs list and check the small "fav" box. Then you go to the plugin and select the morphs you want to use: eg smile, eyes closed, etc. Create a new preset. Its good to keep preset 1 as neutral expression. You modify the morphs in the plugin and add a new preset, etc. To use the presets you need to trigger them somehow. You can simply randomly alternate between morphs by using statemachine plugin, or actrandomizer. This may or may not make any sense depending on your level of experience in vam. Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[jell]

I use morph preset manager all the time. It's a very useful plugin. First you would need to "favorite" any morphs you want to use, or they will not show up in the plugin. To do that, go to your morphs list and check the small "fav" box. Then you go to the plugin and select the morphs you want to use: eg smile, eyes closed, etc. Create a new preset. Its good to keep preset 1 as neutral expression. You modify the morphs in the plugin and add a new preset, etc. To use the presets you need to trigger them somehow. You can simply randomly alternate between morphs by using statemachine plugin, or actrandomizer. This may or may not make any sense depending on your level of experience in vam. Let me know if you have any questions.

I have problems at the stage of "adding a morph to favorites", I can not understand in which window exactly to add it?

 

[Femcore]

I have problems at the stage of "adding a morph to favorites", I can not understand in which window exactly to add it?

You don't do it in the plugin. On the left side click on "Female Morphs". There you can go through all available morphs that you have. There is what @TreyWilly described: the small fav box at every morph you can click to add it as a favorite.

 

[jell]

You don't do it in the plugin. On the left side click on "Female Morphs". There you can go through all available morphs that you have. There is what @TreyWilly described: the small fav box at every morph you can click to add it as a favorite.

On this tab it seems like you can only adjust the body parts of the morph, I don't see where to add it to favorites here

 

[Femcore]

There are the checkboxes. Every box you check means that this morph is a favorite.

 

[jell]

There are the checkboxes. Every box you check means that this morph is a favorite.

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Yes, now I managed to add a morph. Are there any ready-made presets for this plugin? So that I don't have to do everything myself

 

[Femcore]

I am not very familiar with the plugin but maybe @TreyWilly can tell more about that when he is online?

 

[TreyWilly]

Yes, now I managed to add a morph. Are there any ready-made presets for this plugin? So that I don't have to do everything myself

Not that I know of. The main purpose of this plugin is really to customize as you need. Its quite simple once you get the hang of it. I usually have the same ones I use: eyes closed, lips pucker, mouth open, etc. If you really don't want to make your own there are many facial expressions available in the morphs section. The most well know are probably by AshAuryn. You can search his name in the resources.

 

[jell]

Not that I know of. The main purpose of this plugin is really to customize as you need. Its quite simple once you get the hang of it. I usually have the same ones I use: eyes closed, lips pucker, mouth open, etc. If you really don't want to make your own there are many facial expressions available in the morphs section. The most well know are probably by AshAuryn. You can search his name in the resources.

I downloaded facial expressions from this author - but they are simply not visible in my manager "Morphs Presets".

 

[Femcore]

That is not a preset. It is a collection of morphs. You find them in the "Female Morphs".

 

[jell]

That is not a preset. It is a collection of morphs. You find them in the "Female Morphs".

and how can I search for face presets for morphs? By what criteria are they located on the hub?

 

[Femcore]

Presets for the plugin MorphPresetManager? I don't know about that, but if you don't find any then try just make your own?

 

[VaMFavGame]

I believe AshAuryn's morphs are able to be searched quickly by typing AA, though i dont know exactly how many of them are labelled that way/how many aren't. I haven't had much time to personalize my morphs vs just using a plugin.