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Keep the face large, sharp, evenly lit, and unobstructed. Make the eyes, brows, cheeks, and mouth easy to see.
Face Mocap AI
Capture facial expressions, lip movement, and head orientation from a single video. Create editable facial animation for digital humans, VTubers, games, and character performances—without facial markers or a head-mounted camera.
Try Now →What Is Face Mocap AI?
Face Mocap AI uses computer vision to estimate expressions, lip movement, eye and brow changes, and head orientation from ordinary video. The result can drive facial animation on a compatible digital character.
QuickMagic provides facial capture within supported motion-capture workflows and documents an OnlyFace option based on ARKit 52 blendshapes. Clear lighting, a sharp face, visible eyes and mouth, and limited occlusion improve usable detail.
- Input
- Single-camera video with a clear, visible face
- Tracking
- Expressions, lips, eyes, brows, and head orientation
- Workflow
- OnlyFace and supported combined mocap options
- Rig
- ARKit 52 blendshape-compatible facial targets
- Uses
- Digital humans, VTubers, games, animation, and previs
How to Capture Facial Motion from Video
Record a clear facial performance, enable Face Mocap or OnlyFace, then preview and export the animation.
Enable Face Mocap
Upload the footage, select the performer, and choose the supported facial or OnlyFace workflow for your target rig.
Retarget and Export
Review expressions and lip motion, correct problem frames, and transfer the data to a compatible facial rig.
From Facial Performance to Digital Character
Turn a recorded performance into reusable expression data for avatars, digital humans, game characters, cinematics, and virtual production.
Expressive Facial Animation from Ordinary Video
Capture Expressions and Lip Movement
Convert acting, dialogue, reactions, and subtle facial performance into editable animation data without facial markers or specialized capture hardware.
Use the OnlyFace Workflow
QuickMagic documents OnlyFace as an ARKit 52 blendshape-based workflow that can transfer facial deformation data to compatible character models.
Improve Face Mocap Quality
Use even front lighting, keep the face in focus, avoid hands or hair covering key features, limit extreme angles, and reduce rapid movement that creates blur.
Combine Face, Hands, and Body
Use supported body, hand, and facial options to create a more complete character performance for games, VTubers, digital humans, animation, and virtual production.
Face Mocap AI Examples
Explore QuickMagic facial capture, OnlyFace, expression retargeting, lip motion, digital characters, and facial animation workflows.
Face Mocap AI FAQ
What is Face Mocap AI?
Face Mocap AI estimates expressions, lip movement, and head orientation from video and converts them into digital facial animation data.
Does QuickMagic support ARKit blendshapes?
QuickMagic documents its OnlyFace workflow as based on ARKit 52 blendshapes for compatible character rigs.
Do I need facial markers or a head-mounted camera?
No. QuickMagic can estimate facial motion from ordinary RGB video without facial markers or a head-mounted camera.
What video gives the best facial capture results?
Use stable, well-lit footage with the face large and sharp in frame, visible eyes and mouth, limited motion blur, and minimal occlusion.
Can QuickMagic capture lip movement?
Yes. Supported facial workflows capture mouth and lip movement, with usable detail depending on visibility, resolution, and motion blur.
Can QuickMagic capture body, hands and face together?
QuickMagic provides body, hand, and facial motion options for supported workflows.
What can Face Mocap AI be used for?
Uses include digital humans, VTubers, game characters, animation, previs, virtual production, and avatar performances.
Can I retarget the facial motion?
Yes. OnlyFace data can be redirected to compatible models that support the corresponding facial blendshapes.
Which tools can use the facial motion?
Facial animation can be used in compatible Blender, Unreal Engine, Maya, iClone, and other character workflows, depending on the selected export.
What affects face mocap accuracy?
Face size in frame, lighting, resolution, focus, motion blur, occlusion, extreme angles, and rig compatibility affect the result.
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