How to Animate CC3+ Character with Unreal Live Link Face

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Miranda (RL)	Miranda (RL) Posted 3 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Administrators Last Active: 2 Years Ago Posts: 1.8K, Visits: 11.2K	From Character Creator v3.4, CC3+ Characters are equipped with ExpressionPlus (ExPlus) blend-shapes which include ARKit blend-shapes. The support of ARKit blend-shapes makes CC3+ Character fully compatible for 3D tools with iPhone facial capture capability, such as Unreal Engine and Unity. Required Tools Character Creator 3.4 or above; iClone 7.9 or above (3DXChange 7 Pipeline required) Unreal Live Link Face Character Creator & iClone Auto Setup 1.2 for Unreal Live Link Face sample files (DOWNLOAD HERE) ExPlus_Remap.uasset (replace ExPlus blendshape to LLF) LLF_AnimBP_Sample.uasset (map to the LLF animation) Note: iClone Unreal Live Link and Unreal Live Link Face cannot work on the same character simultaneously. Official Tutorial: Walkthrough Tutorial (no dubbing): Step 1: Check if your CC3+ Character has ExPlus blendshapes. If it's not, please check HERE to make your existing characters to support ExPlus blendshapes. Step 2: Connect to Unreal Live Link Face: Step 3: Copy LLF_AnimBP_Sample.uasset to your character folder: Step 4: Re-target to your character by right-clicking on the Anim blueprint: Step 5: Remap ExPlus to Live Link Face: Double-click on Anim blueprint. Go to AnimGraph and select Live Link Pose. Choose your iPhone device and set the re-target assets to ExPlus. Step 6: Assign jaw/head animation. Double-click anim blueprint, go to Event Graph, and choose your iPhone device: Step 7: Drag the Anim blueprint to the scene, and enable Update Animation in Editor. Edited 3 Years Ago by Miranda (RL)
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vadim+2	vadim+2 Posted 3 Years Ago
Veteran Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: Last Year Posts: 60, Visits: 1.5K	Great tutorial, worked like a charm! Want to mention that at some point, you will need to do a calibration for your character, here is a great tutorial I found online that helps with it - video ______________________________________________________________ Vadim Karpenko, Unreal Engine 4 developer. Edited 3 Years Ago by vadim+2
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donmeeet	donmeeet Posted 3 Years Ago
New Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 2 Years Ago Posts: 5, Visits: 22	i might be missing something but i have an issue im only getting jaw open and eye rotation in my character no other part of the face is moving is there anything im missing?
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Bassline303	Bassline303 Posted 3 Years Ago
Distinguished Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 5 days ago Posts: 5.7K, Visits: 14.1K	Sounds like you didn't Remap : ExPlus_Remap.uasset (replace ExPlus blendshape to LLF) Above on the right , put the ExPlus inside : Also be sure you imported the CC3 Character with the new Arkit morphs.(ExPlus) Works for me , but as Vadim+2 said , you have to calibrate some curves and the jaw bone to get good results. Edited 3 Years Ago by Bassline303
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Ghetzi	Ghetzi Posted 3 Years Ago
Senior Member Group: Forum Members Last Active: 3 Years Ago Posts: 14, Visits: 94	Bassline303 (3/30/2021) Sounds like you didn't Remap : ExPlus_Remap.uasset (replace ExPlus blendshape to LLF) Above on the right , put the ExPlus inside : Also be sure you imported the CC3 Character with the new Arkit morphs.(ExPlus) Works for me , but as Vadim+2 said , you have to calibrate some curves and the jaw bone to get good results. I'm having the same issue and did the remap. Great results with mouth, eyebrows, eyes, but no head movement. Doubled checked the checklist, not sure what I missed. Any ideas? UPDATE: For anyone else with this issue, go into the Live Link Face app and make sure to enable "Stream Head Rotation" in the settings. Works perfectly now!