FacePro, developers of the REV facial animation interface and providers of a $5/second animation service, have announced today that the service has been expanded to support Unreal Engine 3. This should come as welcome news to independent developers – remember when Epic launched the free Unreal Developer Kit, based on UE3? Since UDK uses the same FaceFX facial animation engine as UE3, low-budget developers should be able to include affordable, high-quality facial animation in projects developed with the free package. The FacePro workflow essentially consists of testing whatever rig the developer supplies, and then using the web-based REV interface to create the final character animations. The files are then downloaded and imported into your 3D tool of choice – which now includes Unreal.
PRIEST RIVER, IDAHO – Feb. 10, 2010 – FacePro has announced the expansion of its low-cost facial animation service to game developers using Unreal Engine 3.
“UE3 includes the FaceFX® animation toolset, and since we use FaceFX as part of our streamlined production pipeline, it makes sense for us to offer Unreal developers a dedicated program” said Rod Stafford, President of FacePro.
Included in the new UE3 service is facial rigging, FaceFX setup, and pre-production testing.
“The FacePro UE3 service offering is unique, because it leverages the powerful integration of FaceFX technology in Unreal Engine 3. FacePro is adding world-class service to an industry leading technology platform,” according to Doug Perkowski, CEO of OC3 Entertainment, creators of FaceFX.
Working closely with OC3, FacePro has developed new techniques for creating highly realistic facial animation, and developed the innovative REV animation interface to streamline the process and reduce production costs – to only $5.00 USD Per Second.
For more information, please visit www.facepro.net
