* Smart IK for character joints.<\/p>\n
* a “360 Head Creator”, aka “3D Head Creator”.<\/p>\n
* Live performance capture (webcam head\/facial mocap for 2D toons).<\/p>\n
* Real-time lip-sync, for voice actors -> characters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of these, the 3D-ish “360 Head Creator” seems most interesting for static comics production, in terms of differentiating it from what you could do natively in Photoshop…<\/p>\n
“Quickly Transform a 2D Face into a 3D Head. 3D Head Creator transforms 2D art into 3D styled characters with up to 360 degree of motion for deeply rich performances. Photoshop round-trip integration for editing multi-angle character in and out of 3D Head Creator.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So, there’s no 3D object mesh generation from flat 2D ‘line-art and colours’ assets, which would be a theoretical marvel of technology that probably needs AI assistance. If it could be done at all.<\/p>\n
Instead it looks more like a pseudo 2.5D, or a bit like what the isometric RPG game-makers do when they use a script to quickly output a series of 2D turn-table renders for subsequent game animation of sprites.<\/p>\n
Along with the new feature will come…<\/p>\n
“360 animation controls and timeline editing” and “New generation of 360 creative assets”. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It’ll be interesting to see video of it in operation, and discover how laborious the set-up is and how much is automated with a few clicks. And how easily Poser’s Comic Book Preview mode might produce the 2.5D character views needed. <\/p>\n
For now, take a look at the new page which explains it all<\/a> and has screenshots and details.<\/p>\n
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