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Unplugged

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UnpluggedisananimatedshortcreatedinUnity3denginewhichtellsstoryaboutaboywhodarestobreakfreefromtheconfinesofhistechnologicaldependencyandrisksitalltodiscoversomethingbetter,real.

Alltheanimatedshortassetsandcodeareprovidedforfreetothecommunityforcommercialandnoncommercialuse,providedtheinclusionoftheattributioninformationinallderivativework.

Copyright2013MixamoInc.

LicensedundertheApacheLicense,Version2.0(the"License")youmaynotusethisfileexceptincompliancewiththeLicense.YoumayobtainacopyoftheLicenseat

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Unlessrequiredbyapplicablelaworagreedtoinwriting,softwaredistributedundertheLicenseisdistributedonan"ASIS"BASIS,WITHOUTWARRANTIESORCONDITIONSOFANYKIND,eitherexpressorimplied.SeetheLicenseforthespecificlanguagegoverningpermissionsandlimitationsundertheLicense.

UnpluggedwascreatedusingtheFacePlustechnologybyMixamo.FacePlusisavailableaspartofthewww.mixamo.com/allaccessyearlysubscription.BelowmoreinformationaboutFacePlus.

TheprojectalsomadeuseofSubstancetechnologybyAllegorithmicwww.allegorithmic.com

FacePluswww.mixamo.com/faceplusFacePlusisapluginthatenablesdeveloperstocreatehighquality3Dfacialcaptureandanimation,inrealtime,directlywithintheUnitygameengine.LeveragingUnity'sblendshapetechnologyandMixamo'suniqueriggingandanimationalgorithms,FacePlusempowersgamedevstobeevenmoreambitiouswithstorytellingandbringcompelling,emotionallyrichcharacterstolifeinrecordtime,atextremelylowcost.

Toutilizethisfeature,wefirstneedtocreatemorphtargets,orblendshapes,forourcharactersface.

Mixamohasprovidedbelowthelistofrequiredblendshapesneededalongwiththeirnamingconvention.

WecanalsorefertotheBatteryBoycharacterinthisproject.(..\Filmbox\Assets\Characters\BCHAR_Rig.fbx)

Now,withtheblendshapescreated:

ExportthecharacterasanFBXbeforeimportingintoUnity4.3. OpenUnity4.3(eithercreatinganewprojectoraddtoexisting) ImportthecharactertotheAssets Dragthecharacterintothescene FindtheFacePlusConnector.csscriptintheMixamoFacePlusfolderunderAssets

Addthescriptasacomponenttothecharacter SelectthecharactersoitshowsintheInspector DragtheScriptontothecharacterintheInspector Dragintothecomponenttherequiredconnections

FaceMesh HeadJoint LeftEyeTransform RightEyeTransform

PressPlayintheScene OpenWindow>MixamoFacePlusandlogin

WearenowlookingandtheFacePlusUIandreadytostart

AfterpressingStopthefirsttime,wewillbepromptedtosavetheTakeasa.animfile,thiswillbecometheCurrentTake.

PressPlaytoreviewthecapturedfacialanimation. Ifwelikeit,wearereadytomoveon Tocaptureagainandoverwrite,justhitRecordagain,andyouwillbeprompted

tooverwriteyourcurrenttake(ifthisoptionisturnedonintheOptions) Oncesatisfied,wewillnowmoveontolookingatandtweakingtheanimationcurves. FindthenewtakecreatedintheAssets.Tohelpwiththis,wecreatedabuttoncalled

FindinProjectnexttotheCreateNewbuttonintheFacePlusUI. OpentheAnimatorwindow(Window>Animator) SelecttheFacelayer DragtheTakeintotheAnimatorwindowandmakeaTransitionbetweenAnyStateto

yourTake. RightclickonAnyState,selectMakeTransition,dragtoyourTake,then

LeftclickontheTake

WecannowpressUnitysPlaybuttontopreviewournewScene. Toviewandedittheblendshapescurves,openWindow>Animation. SwitchtheTaketothefacialTakejustcreated. Selectanyblendshape. ClicktheCurvesbuttontoviewtheanimationcurvesofablendshape. Zoomintoviewthecurves.Here,wecandrag,tweakanddeletethekeystomodifythe

animationofthecapturedfacialdata.

Fromhere,wecannowedit,preview,editmoreandtweaktillwearesatisfied. EnjoyFacePlus!

FacePlusDrivenBlendshapes

BlendshapesmusthavethefollowingnamestoautomaticallyplugintoFacePlus

Mouth/Jaw MouthOpen MouthUp MouthDown Smile_Left Smile_Right Frown_Left Frown_Right UpperLipUp_Left UpperLipUp_Right LowerLipDown_Left LowerLipDown_Right MouthNarrow_Left MouthNarrow_Right MouthWhistle_NarrowAdjust_Left(optional.Acorrectiveshapetoturnanordinarymouthnarrow

intoapucker/whistle) MouthWhistle_NarrowAdjust_Right(optional.Acorrectiveshapetoturnanordinarymouth

narrowintoapucker/whistle) Midmouth_Left(forpracticalpurposes,mouthleft) Midmouth_Right(forpracticalpurposes,mouthright) JawRotateY_Left JawRotateY_Right

Eyes/Brows/Nose Squint_Left Squint_Right EyesWide_Left EyesWide_Right Blink_Left Blink_Right NoseScrunch_Left NoseScrunch_Right BrowsDown_Left BrowsDown_Right BrowsUp_Left BrowsUp_Right

BrowsIn_Left BrowsIn_Right BrowsOuterLower_Left BrowsOuterLower_Right

DrivenJoints Head_Joint(baseofthehead) Left_Eye_Joint Right_Eye_Joint Jaw_Joint(optionalincaseuserdoesnotwanttouseblendshapesforthejaw)

SuggestedOtherBlendshapesforKeyframingTheseBlendshapescanhookintoFacePlusUIsbutwillnotbedrivenbythesolver

Mouth/Jaw UpperLipIn UpperLipOut LowerLipIn LowerLipOut CheekPuff_Left CheekPuff_Right JawForeward JawBackward JawRotateZ_Left JawRotateZ_Right Jaw_Up Jaw_Down Jaw_Left Jaw_Right

LinksFormoreinformation,help,andtutorials,youcanvisitthefollowinglinks:

www.mixamo.comwww.mixamo.com/facepluswww.mixamo.com/unpluggedhttp://www.mixamo.com/c/help/

Sponsors

UnpluggedCredits

RenderedinrealtimeonUnity3dengine.

LeveragingMixamoFacePlustechnologyforallfacialanimation

Formore,visitmixamo.com/faceplus

DIRECTOR JamesZachary

PRODUCER BrentJentzsch

EXECUTIVEPRODUCER/EXPERIENTIALDESIGNER StefanoCorazza

ASSISTANTDIRECTOR/LEAD3DARTIST JustinPatton

WRITER LeighShaw

DIRECTOROFCINEMATOGRAPHY MicheleBaggio

VISUALFXSUPERVISOR CharlesPia

LEADVISUALFXTD JuanRubio

SENIORTD DanBabcock

LEADANIMATOR JamesMendoza

MOTIONCAPTUREDIRECTOR NateonAjello

MOTIONPERFORMER RossTravis

CONCEPTARTIST CorwinHerseWoo

ENVIRONMENTARTIST VladimirPetkovic

ENVIRONMENTARTIST JrmieNoguer

MUSIC JesseHarlinDunderpateMusic,LLC

GUITAR RyanHarlin

SOUNDDESIGN AlexanderBrandonFunkyRustic,LLC

FXARTIST AndrewCoggeshall

FXARTIST OliverBarazza

UNITYDEVELOPER AnnaKrasner

TD AmolDeshpande

ARTINTERN AybarsTuran

ARTINTERN AdrianCampos

ADDITIONALART AdiaDigitalArtCo.,LTD

EnvironmenttexturespoweredbyAllegorithmicsSubstance

SPECIALTHANKS RenaldasZiomaRobertLanciaultPierrePaulGirouxSonnyMyetteKrunalPatelHarrisGasparakis

LearnmoreaboutthetechnologyusedtocreateUnpluggedanddownloadthefullprojectonmixamo.com/unplugged

MIXAMOTEAMStefanoCorazza,AllisonTinney,JeremyBiddle,MikeWalsh,AnasGragueb,BrentJentzsch,EmilianoGambaretto,AlexisKavazanjian,ChantelBenson,CharlesPia,JustinPatton,JamesMendoza,DanBabcock,NateonAjello,AmolDeshpande,TylerGeorgeson,JacobGroundwater,AnnaKrasner,DavidXu,MicheleBaggio,OliverBarraza,AndrewCoggeshall,TyClark,VictorHoang,EricSchanberger,MichelleRamin