Paul Debevec: Animating a photo-real digital face

The video discusses the challenges and processes involved in creating a photo-realistic digital human face. It highlights the use of Light Stage 5 for capturing detailed facial scans and the role of polarizers in capturing skin texture. The process of building a digital character using these scans and animating it with performance-driven techniques is explained. The video concludes with a look at future applications of this technology in full-body capture.

Explain the significance of capturing specular reflections in the process of creating a digital human face.

What role does the facial rig created by Image Metrics play in the animation of the digital character?

Discuss the advancements made in Light Stage 6 compared to Light Stage 5 in the context of human body capture.