I've got something unique that takes a moment to wrap one's head around: given a single head shot style photo of anyone, my service automatically creates a performance animation ready 3D geometry looking just like the person in the photo. This is available at my company web site https://3d-avatar-store.com/home as well as available as a WebAPI, so others can integrate our technology into their own products. The reason one would want to integrate our technology into your production pipeline is to create Personalized Media. Personalized Media is modified traditional media, such as short films, music videos, trailers, games, and other interactive media forms. Personalized Media allows the viewing consumer to replace actors in the media with others, such as themselves, a friend or family member. Give this idea some thought, and one will realize how this has the potential to turn the world of advertising on it's head: given desirable content, such as a popular artist's music video or a major release film's trailer, consumers will PAY a buck or two to have a personalized version with them in the media as if they are one of the stars, interacting side-by-side with the media's actual stars. Likewise, given a popular game, gamers will pay a buck or two to have their own likeness on their game character. And further, allow the gamers to put people they do not like as the foe they are fighting - the game takes on a whole new dimension when you are virtually fighting against the school bully! The film aspect of Personalized Media is my larger idea. And it is globally patented. I personally wrote and acquired a global patent on automated actor and object replacement in filmed media. Of course, actually doing Personalized Media on the scale of a major release film or music artist has not happened yet. It is expensive, as it is a mature visual effects technology. However, given a popular film or music artist, the VFX expense to create a Personalized Media template, allowing anyone to be inserted into a prepared piece of media, is a drop in the bucket compared to the global audience who would pay a buck or two for the fantasy of being in that highly desirable media. Today my company primarily services the video game industry. However, our ambitions are larger.
Post-Production : Moderately photo-real 3D Avatar creation and animation service by Blake Senftner
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Hi Blake, Is something which your company may be able to handle? We are looking for a visual effects artist to be able to handle some 3D effects. There are a few instances where we are looking to have images in a mirror (separate from the reflection) protrude from the glass. As the glass would bend, the actual reflection itself would also need to react in the same manner. This is a paid position (negotiable rate) for a film shooting later this fall.
Hi David. My responsibilities running my company prevent me from taking on shots for productions anymore. If you are seeking VFX artists, a very good place to post is https://www.facebook.com/groups/VFX.work/ as it has thousands of VFX artists reading it.