Plugins + Scripts Micro Expressions

[prefectionist]

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Micro Expressions - An expression animation tool

Micro Expressions

Create expression animations using a bezier editor tool to give your characters a unique personality.


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(Model: Julia Sanders by @whatsupbrody, hair by @oeshii )

Why this plugin?

While there's many plugins available to randomise expressions, I found them to be a bit robotic, and I felt there was no satisfying way to build unique "personality" into a...

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[trnk]

dude, this is fucking amazing. but i think you know that...

 

[BossG]

Can I bother you with a request? On a 4K Display, the interface appears quite small. Can you make it scalable or maybe implement a toggle to, say, 150% size? In any case, thank you for making one of these must-have plugins!

 

[prefectionist]

oh yes I'll have a look into that, maybe an excuse to get a 4k monitor

 

[Renevel]

Does this work in VR? Seems I'm only able to see the UI on desktop.

 

[prefectionist]

Does this work in VR? Seems I'm only able to see the UI on desktop.

No the editor doesn't support VR, but playback in VR is fine

 

[Electric E-Boy]

First of all, thank you very much for your work, it is so elegant and easy to animate with curves. I would love to be able to add all other control nodes, any chance for an extended version? Would pay for it

 

[prefectionist]

First of all, thank you very much for your work, it is so elegant and easy to animate with curves. I would love to be able to add all other control nodes, any chance for an extended version? Would pay for it

Thanks! I think that would be too much for this little editor, timeline is still the best way to animate positions which is why I tried to get them to work together as much as I could.

 

[Electric E-Boy]

Interesting, i find it soooo much faster with your method. In timeline you would need to go the next frame, select the node, rotate/move it, go to next frame etc., instead of just right clicking for new control points and drag&drop them all in one window.

I just extended it to include the hip as an example, it is so great, i am in love. Guess if i abstract the hardcoded places it would be easy to include the usual nodes. Thanks again for your great work! If you take donations, pls let me know.

 

[prefectionist]

oh cool, nice one! Yes I suppose it can be extended to rotate/position any controller or any float storable - I can have a look at that if it's of value. I just think it's a bit limited in its design to ever replace timeline - you would quickly get swamped by the volume of editors (it would require 6 editors per control X/Y/Z rotation and X/Y/Z position!). However, maybe there's a way to make it more manageable (I'm no UI expert haha) - open to ideas, or collab even. Thanks for the feedback btw.

 

[Electric E-Boy]

Yeah, timeline is a beast with a lot of functionality. But i don't think an animation plugin have to replace it. It is just great to have another awesome device in the toolbelt with your plugin. I have built modular layers of animations within timeline so far to reuse them, for example only the hip and the chest, but i will use Micro Expressions for that from now on i guess. Having storable presets is great in that regard.

You are right with the user interface, that will get crowded fast, hm. I don't know much about creating user interfaces within VaM/Unity yet, but i am intrigued. For the modular approach concentrating only on a few nodes/axes it should be enough for now though.