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Daz Studio has introduced an exciting new version of Face Transfer – Face Transfer 2 - which now works with Genesis 9 and allows users to generate realistic characters from a single photograph. While this is a huge improvement from the first generation, there are still aspects that can be improved – the generated faces tend to look a little wider than the original source photo, the face is a little flattened in profile, the ears can look a little distorted and features are generally not as defined as they could be.

Enter Face Transfer Shapes 2! This restores the profile shape and facial details giving overall more pleasing results from all angles. There is a Main Fix for both Males and Females which uses an average face shape to restore the correct depth information. You then have a number of easy to use additional morphs based on ethnicity, age, and overall face shape, for you to fine-tune your characters to maximize the likeness. These adjustments have both positive and negative ranges for greater versatility, and it can be sometimes useful to try the different dials despite the names as they can affect different faces in slightly different ways. You can also apply these morphs to any other character to generate interesting variations.

All of the morphs are derived from extensive analysis of dozens of characters and the difference between the shapes generated by Face Transfer 2 and how the geometry should look in real life. As such, each morph changes the whole face and should be seen as enhancing what Face Transfer 2 generates, rather than being stand alone. No other morphs were used in doing the promo images. It is possible that greater likenesses can be achieved by applying other face morphs such as Daz's Genesis 9 Head Shapes.

Face Transfer Shapes 2 makes an exciting tool even more useful to produce your own characters and likenesses with wonderful realism.

Below is a list of the installation package types provided by this product. The name of each package contains a Package Qualifier, which is used as a key to indicate something about the contents of that package.

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• You can find new icons for loading this product in the following DAZ Studio Folders:
  • “People:Genesis 9:Shapes:PhilW:Face Transfer Shapes 2”

• You can find new icons for this product in the following DAZ Studio Categories:
  • “Documents”
  • “Shaping:Apply:Head”
  • “Shaping:Remove:Head”

• For best results using Face Transfer 2, I recommend selecting the source image carefully to be reasonably high resolution, face on, evenly lit, neutral expression and with the hair off the face. If it is not possible to obtain such a photograph, editing an image to be as close as possible to this ideal will give better results. Cloning from one side of the face to the other can help avoid unwanted shadows or hair.
• Once Face Transfer 2 has done its thing, use the FTS Main Fix Male or Female to restore an average face profile. Once done, use the other morph sliders for ethnicity, age and overall face shape to best match your character to the original photograph. I have deliberately limited the number of dials so that it is easy and fun to use, in keeping with Face Transfer 2 itself.
• If you need to reshape individual features, Daz's Face Morphs are the place to go and I have avoided unnecessarily duplicating the functions provided by this. I also found that quite often, applying a little bit of “Squint” helped the likeness.
• To get the best renders, you may also want to edit the textures produced by the Face Transfer process to remove any unwanted artifacts. Alternatively you can apply a suitable material set from another character that closely matches your target character. You can also try different Daz eye materials and of course you will want to choose a suitable hair style for your character.

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