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Click the Change Wireframe Color
button cycle through different wire frame colors.
This can be used if both the original image and the wire frame
color are dark which makes it more difficult to correctly fit the wireframe.
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Click the Select
button to pick and move components of the wire frame. This is selected by default.
You can move the wires that connect the frame points or the individual wire
frame points by using the mouse to select the component. The mouse cursor
changes its appearance when you move over the wire or the wire frame points.
You can also move the frame points along the wires to get a wire shape
more suited to the face contours. To move multiple points simultaneously,
hold the Ctrl key and click the desired
control points. The selected control points will turn red.
Release the Ctrl key and then move
the points to the desired location.
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Click the Rotate
button to rotate the wire frame or the frame component (wire). To use this tool,
first select a frame component or a wire using the
Select
tool.
The selected wire will turn red. Next, click the
Rotate button.
Hold and rotate the mouse over the image in clockwise or counterclockwise
direction to rotate the selected frame.
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Click the Scale
button to adjust the size of the wire frame. To use this tool, first select a frame
component or a wire using the
Select
tool.
The selected wire will turn red. Next, click the
Scale button.
Now position the cursor over the image and drag up or down to increase or
decrease the size of the wire.
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Click the Close Mouth Points
button to close the mouth points of the wire frame.
This will cause the points for the upper and lower lip to
move together as a single line. If your model has a closed mouth
we suggest you use this option. This option is available only
when you select the Detailed Facial Mode.
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Use the Zoom In
, Zoom Out
,
Hand
,
Fit to Window
,
Original Size
,
and Drag and Zoom
tools to enlarge the image and achieve a more precise fitting
for all the anchor points. To use the drag and zoom tool, drag
a marquee across the image to enlarge that part of the image.
Press the Full Screen View
button or the F11 key for a full
screen view. Press the Esc key to exit full screen view.
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Check your fitting results periodically by clicking the Preview Mode
button
while adjusting the wire frame
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Click the Calibration
button to play back a short script intended for calibration purposes.
Click the down arrow next to it if you wish to select a specific part of the face to be tested.
Use the playback control buttons (
, 
, 
)
at the bottom of the preview window to control playback of the sample script. The sample script
consists of different expressions, gestures and voice types to allow you to see if the talking image is
fitted properly.
or Detailed Facial Mode
button to fine tune the fitting process. The basic model provides
28 points on the wire frame and the detailed model provides additional points
on top of those to adjust the wire frame. Move the individual points and resize the
wires to ensure that the wire frame fits the image to the highest degree
possible. Note that you can move the points in all directions. Experiment
with the frame fitting with various images to get more practice and see what
kind of frame produces the most realistic talking image.