Quote - I thought about the universal reference figure idea for a bit. I think the reference figure would need to have a sufficiently dense mesh as not to lose too much detail in the transfer process. I'm not sure the original Antonia mesh fits that bill. I guess we could always subdivide once more, bringing her to 160k polygons or - I think - around 26k for just the head, but you'll have to decide whether that's still a workable size. I think a figure like V3 would probably not be so good because of all the poles.

I also think the reference figure should have a fairly simple shape. It should be defined enough for one to recognize all the important features so that they can be properly aligned, but not more. Antonia has some tricky bits, mostly around the nose, that might not be ideal for adjusted another figure to her shape.

So I'm thinking a higher-density version of Antonia with a simplified shape might do. And it doesn't matter whether the original Antonia changes. The reference mesh would be completely independent of the official Antonia.

That makes some sense.  Hmm.  I'm not sure I follow the need for the mesh density, however.  My thought was that the common shape will enable comparisons between any actors which have the reference shape prepared.  I think processing through the reference shape actor as an intermediary would just add complications and the risk of distortion.  That is, for actor A to actor B, if both share the shape of actor C, you'd compare A to B directly.  Rather than run as A to C to B.  Once the common shape is in place, it's a matter of comparing actors directly.

My main concern about the process was being able to transfer shapes between A and B if neither of them had started out shaped as the other.  Happily, I don't think that's a problem.

Erm.  Am I making sense?  (I can't always tell.  :lol:)  Possibly we're talking about the same process.  I'm not sure I understand why higher resolution would be needed, however.  The simplified shape makes sense to me, and is easy enough to arrange.

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