Live Link Face Animation for Metahuman in Unreal Engine 5. [Step by Step Guide]

In this video i'll show you step by step how to animate a character's face using an iphone.  First step. Install the app on iPhone.  In the App store find Live  link face and install it.  The application works with  phones that have face id. Second step.  Connect your phone to your computer. On the computer, press the Windows and R keys.  In the window that opens, enter CMD. A console will open for entering commands. Enter ipconfig. Find the line with IPv4.  Enter this address into the app on your phone. Next, go to settings and select live link.  Click Add target. In the window that opens, enter the ip address.  Also activate this option  so that the head is movable.  Now the phone and computer are connected. Third step. Setting up an unreal engine.  Plugins need to be configured.  Select edit and plugin.  Enter live link in the search bar and  activate live link and live link control rig.  Then turn on apple arkit and apple arkit face  Restart Unreal. Fourth step.  Addition of the metahuman model. Click window and select quxel bridge.  In the window that opens, click the metahumen  tab and select the character you like or   create your own. I chose this guy.  Click the download button, then the add button  and it will be exported to your project.  Move the character to the stage. You see a problem with the display of hair.  Go to edit bp.  Select lodsync and you need to change  the forced lod parameter from -1 to 1.  Click on complite and safe. Close this window and now everything is ok. Connect phone in character. To do this, click here and select  a phone. Check the box below.  Now we check. Everything seems to work,   but I see an error due to which  the face texture is not displayed.  And this needs to be corrected. At the bottom of the screen there   is a field for entering commands. Enter there r.streaming.PoolSize 8000  Now it's all right. Now I will show you how to record a face. Window/Cinematics/Take recorder  Add the model to be recorded.  Run the simulation and click the record button.  To view your recording, you need to go to  the cinematics / takes folder and select it. Thank you for watching!

Channel: AI Cinematic

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Length: 3min 47sec (227 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 29 2022