• Adobe After Effects

  How can this be done?

  Posted by Andrei Popa on September 20, 2014 at 1:26 am

  A faceless person, you can just barely see the place where eyes/nose/mouth should be.

  It’s like he has skin over them and a flat nose.

  Can this be done in After Effects?

  What would be the steps?

  If it can’t be done in AE, what can it be done in, and what would be the steps.

  Thanks

  Andrei Popa replied 11 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 7 Replies
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  John Cuevas

  September 20, 2014 at 2:34 am

  I think you would be better off coming up with a practical solution, like a latex mask. The alternative is motion tracking the face, creating the faceless features, and moving them as the head moves on the XYZ axis.

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  Todd Kopriva

  September 20, 2014 at 3:14 am

  This is a good place to start for face replacement techniques:
  https://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2009/04/face-replacement-with-mocha-fr.html

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  Andrei Popa

  September 20, 2014 at 10:10 am

  Thanks Todd 🙂
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  Andrei Popa

  September 20, 2014 at 10:11 am

  I was actually considering that as an option too.. 🙂
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  Andrei Popa

  September 21, 2014 at 6:09 pm

  I love practical effects and given the change I’d always go for that, but cost is a factor that might have you go the AE way.

  That being said, I might do it practical afterall…

  🙂
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  Tudor “ted” jelescu

  September 22, 2014 at 6:50 am

  You can use FreeForm Pro or Free Form V2 to create a three dimensional face. Tracking and replacing the face on the actual person may be a challenge, but it can be done. You can isolate the face in a comp and do a 3d camera track like in this tutorial:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbKeXYTxalc

  Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
  Senior VFX Artist

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  Andrei Popa

  September 22, 2014 at 4:17 pm

  Merci Tudor

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