Blender 2.55 Keying Texture

#1

Hi,

I am looking for a way to animate texture, to be more specific , I have a model with no facial structure except for nose, the eyes and mouth are all texture based.
I would like to animate those model, their facial expression will be texture based ( diff texture for smil, diff texture for shouting etc.) , is there a way similar to shape builder where I can control the facial texture or the whole body texture and merge them with easy fade in expression fade out expression etc.

One bad & tidius way is to have 12-13 models with different facial expressions and swap them in and out of layer, but this will not give a smooth transition .

Second way is to have several textures on the same model and control the alpha value or the color intensity of those texture ,keying them over timelines. This is causing multiple features to appear … like texture 1 eyebrows are low and in texture 2 eyebrows are high, if I want to merge these to then there is a point where both of the eyebrows are on the face ( wierd). If there is any neat way you guys can suggest will appreciate that.

Thanks
Vic

#2

What you are are looking for is not a fade in / fade out option, but an automatic tween that tweens between two textures, I guess. That will not be possible - you will have to create your own breakdowns between facial expressions.

#3

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