Using additional reference images from other angles. Is there an option?


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By chipbreak87 - 4 Years Ago
Will there be an update to add another image besides just the front? I really like all the features in Headshot Pro, but it seems to be missing a crucial part of head matching, which is multiple views. Despite hours of matching from 1 front image, I still don't get a result that looks accurate. I think it's just not possible to get it right by only matching the front.  At the very least, the software would do better if we could get also use a side view imageplane.  Even poser, which overall was an inferior program in terms of features,  it still had the option to use side views.   Ideally, it would be great to add side and 3/4 images of your subject's head.  One often overlooked view is from under the chin looking up, which helps get accurate cheeks which just aren't possible in any other view. I hope Headshot pro allows this in the future.  And if it already exists and I don't know about it, please let me know.
By lface8 - 4 Years Ago
If you go into your props, there's a folder for Headshot that has a side left and a side right plane. There's also the same presets in the camera section.
By chipbreak87 - 4 Years Ago
I'll look for that. Thanks!
By chipbreak87 - 4 Years Ago
I looked into this, it's not exactly what I meant. I can match any view I want with an imageplane, I'd actually prefer to do that in zbrush anyway.  What I meant, is to have multiple views in the "generate" face step.  I see the empty silhouette of the head, then I click on the folder, and I select my face.  But it only allows me to select 1 file, the front. Then I pick the scalp type, and press "generate".  The program tries to interpolate the model based off the front view only. I don't want to have to load image planes and move the model mesh around. I'll get to that for the fine details, but I want a better starting place.  This is an example of what I mean from Poser 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-gSGTGispc


It's an old program nobody really uses any more, but the idea is you import front and side, and tell the software where the corresponding points are. Nose front, Nose side,  Corner lip front, corner lip side,  etc...  and then the program generates a mesh from that.
By animagic - 4 Years Ago
chipbreak87 (4/11/2021)
It's an old program nobody really uses any more, but the idea is you import front and side, and tell the software where the corresponding points are. Nose front, Nose side,  Corner lip front, corner lip side,  etc...  and then the program generates a mesh from that.

That is the way it used to work in iClone, and the results were inferior to what can be accomplished with Head Shot. It gives you a superior base that can be worked on further.