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[[Image:Faceposer multiactors.jpg|right|thumb|Faceposer playing back a complex scene with multiple actors.]]
[[Image:Faceposer multiactors.jpg|right|thumb|Faceposer playing back a complex scene with multiple actors.]]


'''Faceposer''' is the SDK tool used to produce choreographed sequences for the Source engine. It creates and manages facial expressions, lip-sync movements, gestures (body animations), the position of actors in the world, and any map triggers that need to be fired during the scene.
'''Faceposer''' is the SDK tool used to produce choreographed sequences for the Source engine. It creates [[Flex animation|facial expressions]] (including lip-syncing) and manages [[skeletal animation]]s, the position of actors in the world, and any map triggers that need to be fired during the scene.


*'''See [[Choreography creation]]''' for a step-by step guide to creating choreography in the Source engine.
*'''See [[Choreography creation]]''' for a step-by step guide to creating choreography in the Source engine.

Revision as of 07:17, 8 April 2009

Faceposer playing back a complex scene with multiple actors.

Faceposer is the SDK tool used to produce choreographed sequences for the Source engine. It creates facial expressions (including lip-syncing) and manages skeletal animations, the position of actors in the world, and any map triggers that need to be fired during the scene.

  • See Choreography creation for a step-by step guide to creating choreography in the Source engine.
  • See Faceposer reference for a quick-reference guide to the different parts of the Faceposer interface.