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I don't want to make it seem like I haven't used Headshot - I definitely have and with good success. Here's the issue: I have to use VERY specific pictures to make it work. It has to be a front facing headshot, where the lighting is just perfect and the model has her hair pulled back. If it's a man then it's better to be clean shaven. It's a massive handicap because it severely limits the number of pics I can use. Here's a perfect example. Below is a picture of Lais Ribeiro. She's world famous model and there are THOUSANDS of pictures of her online. I tried to pick the best one for Headshot:
https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/ce65085f-8022-4414-9e2e-6ca4.jpg
Here's what that looks like in Headshot:
https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/5d26e378-20b7-4b68-8a3b-8604.jpg
That looks NOTHING like her. Now - lest everyone think I'm taking a dump all over Headshot, let me show you what I did do.  I found a higher resolution picture:
https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/213d879a-ca90-43b8-81d8-0e14.jpg
And I put that into Headshot:
https://forum.reallusion.com/uploads/images/dd1013e2-f70f-4381-8477-18a0.jpg
And I can use THIS. 

The reason why I'm bringing this up is because of AI. I saw a looooooong thread about the rise of AI faces. And I agree - they're amazing. AI is doing some incredible stuff and, honestly, they're taking some of Reallusion's market. Why pay for expensive software when you can make BETTER looking images using AI for pennies on the dollar versus Character Creator. But if Realluision would IMPROVE Headshot to be more intuitive - maybe integrate some of that software into the Headshot plugin, they'd have a better product. And I wanted to SHOW just how much it takes to make Headshot work. 




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