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Instal the new for apple Avengers: Endgame11/13/2023 “We basically rebuilt the entire facial pipeline,” said Earl. “We were full, heavy into production,” said Earl.Ĭhanging out a key piece of technology while the production of a movie is underway is a bit like swapping out a car’s engine halfway through a race. “Avengers: Endgame” was shot right after “Avengers: Infinity War,” and things were already very much underway when ILM was ready to implement the new technology. The combination of marker-based technology and Anyma was in part due to the timing of the production. ILM also still made use of Medusa, its existing performance capture system, to capture facial poses. Ruffalo was still being filmed with dots glued to his face just to give the team some options for the processing of the captured data. However, ILM didn’t replace its existing performance capture system outright. “It definitely created more of a cohesive face,” Earl said. Anyma on the other hand can capture pore-level information, which can then used by animators to control over 200 individual facial attributes - think subtle eye muscle movements, or different types of smiles. “It analyzes pixel-level detail,” explained Earl.Įxisting performance capture systems largely rely on dots that are glued all over an actor’s face to capture basic facial expressions. The key difference between Anyma and previous performance-capture systems is that it is capable of capturing a lot more information. However, “Avengers: Endgame” is the first film to feature an Anyma-captured character to be released on the big screen. In fact, ILM had been testing Anyma since 2012, and the technology is being used for a few other movies that are currently in production as well. The Anyma system was originally developed at Disney Research, and productized in partnership with ILM. Essential to making Smart Hulk more of a complex character was the use of cutting-edge performance capture technology dubbed Anyma.
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