Reviews, User quotes:
Jan 24, 2010 DEA Resources Lists Face2Face
"A California sheriff is using image-altering software to show teens what they would look like after using methamphetamine. He is hoping that personalizing the effects of meth will get teens to stay away from the highly addictive drug." DEA Resources
Full Article
Jan 24, 2010 NPR "So we don't know what does work, but I can tell you that the software is having more of a positive effect than anything that I've ever been involved with on the drug fight." Sheriff Tom Allman, Mendocino County
Full Article
Face2Face gets Page 1 story in Mobile Register
October 24, 2009 Mobile Register. "This is the best thing I've ever seen to support the preventative side of our anti-methamphetamine initiative" Sheriff Sam Cochran, Mobile County
Full Article
US Air Force, DEA deploys Face2Face
August 24, 2009 Moss Beach, California
The US Air Force acquired a copy of Face2Face to use it with its own drug educational program. Paul Howell, Demand Reduction Program Manager at the Okinawa AFB in Japan will conduct classes for both USAF personnel and families. DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) has long expressed strong interest in the Face2Face program. The agency has close to two dozen regional offices in the US that conduct Demand Reduction classes. Diana Apodaca of the EL Paso Field division will be trained to use Face2Face as part of her Demand Reduction activities. Full Article
Santa Cruz County, Mobile County acquire Face2Face
August 24, 2009 Moss Beach, California
Santa Cruz County joined the rank of Face2Face users. Kymberly Lacrosse, Community Organizer of the United Way of Santa Cruz County (1220 41st Avenue Suite C Capitola, CA 95010) and 4 other volunteers were trained last week to operate Face2Face in schools, county fairs and other community events. Mobil County’s Sheriff Office also purchased Face2Face to use with the county’s prevention program. Lt. Frank Cassady will be the primary educator using the system. The Mobile County Sheriff's Office is the second largest Sheriff’s Office in the state, providing law enforcement services to 400,000 citizens of Mobile County who live within 1,200 square miles. Full Article
Photoshop User Magazine - July/August 2009
Ukiah Daily Journal - Apr. 7, 2009
Sheriff's Office and Bay Area software company create "Face 2 Face" By ZACK CINEK Updated: 04/07/2009 07:01:45 AM PDT
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and a Bay Area software company have partnered to debut a computer program that can show you what you would look like as a methamphetamine addict.
Sheriff Tom Allman and Laslo Vespremi , CEO of Abalone LLC, have worked to make "Face 2 Face" a tool that has already been seeing action at area schools this year. Full article
SIGGRAPH 08/August 2008
SIGGRAPH Video with Pixelhead network
Reviews:
DAZ/August 2007 FaceShop Look-alike Contest Winners
See winners of the DAZ "Celebrity Look-alike Contest"
Full article
RENDEROSITY/August 2007 By Dee-Marie
FaceShop™ is an innovative software program that converts a 2D image into a 3D "Poser friendly" face and head. The program not only recreates face morphs, it also creates an identical texture of the copied face. FaceShop comes in two version: Basic, and Professional.
Full article
POSER FORENSIC ARTIST/May 2007
Over all, I found this standalone product very useful, and quite easy to get started. FaceShop Pro maps a face from a single photo onto a selected character model’s head that one would export from Poser sans eyes, as a morph target. Read more:
Full article
FACESHOP CLASS AT POSER UNIVERSITY/July 2007
Visit a delightful FaceShop classrom of Dr. Geep Poser University! Step-by-step lessons on FaceShop!
Visit the University
MICROFILM MAKER MAGAZINE FaceShop Review, August 2007
Obviously, there are some improvements I would like to see in the future, but this is still a good value and gives you a decent starting place for creating a photorealistic versions of your actors. It’s cost is $79.99.
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USER QUOTES:
"I just want to compliment the software author of Faceshop Pro. I just bought this program from Daz3D and can tell you I have been looking for something like this for over ten years now.
Our shop has tried everything from extremely expensive programs (like Facestation) to a ton of 3D Max plugins (all of which cost two and three times what Faceshop Pro does) and never found anything that does such a great job. It's solved our head creation problems for 3D animation (using Max 9) once and for all and you should be extremely proud of the work you've done.
Most of the tools I've used required the front and profile images but even they didn't work nearly as well as what you do with only one image (and it doesn't even have to be all that great a shot -- even a 3/4 profile works very well). We've been able to make some *amazing* head models from web images and a little touch up in Max and Photoshop," things we couldn't have even dreamed of trying before.
I'm going to try and get the word out to the animation community because I don't know anyone who wouldn't benefit from this product. Please continue the development -- although it's already nearly perfect I'd love to see you add more features (and would be willing to pay upgrade costs as you should be paid for your excellent work). Thanks again so much for the best software tool (and I've seen them all :>) to come along in a decade.
Mike Kelley Former President Village Video"
Wow. I have been a fan of face gen programs for a long time, this one has hit the target so hard, My own face has split and unmentionable things have happen to it. lol.
I'm freaking with laughter and amazement. I'm using the demo version. I hope to get the program full version soon.”
Zyron (DAZ forum) ...................................................
Gotta admit, I cussed a few times too my first time using FaceShop Pro. But with advice from all the helpful folks who did get it working -- see the relevant threads over @ Daz -- I soon figured out what I was doing wrong and got results. Some terrific, others very good, and a few I'd like to forget (those were my fault). Practice, practice, practice -- there is no "Make Art" button! Now I can honestly say I'm glad I bought such a useful little tool …
Byrdie (Renderosity forum) .....................................................
So, judgement call here. This DOES appear to be a reasonably-priced solution for getting something along the lines of the Face Room for DAZ|Studio. Yes, there is a bit of tweaking and fiddling with textures and such, and you'll probably want to tweak the V4 morph dials here and there to adjust the morph as you see fit ... but you have to do that with the Poser Face Room as well.
So, I've reported good news for D|S users:-)
Deecey (DAZ forum)
Renderosity/November 2007 FaceShop Photoshop Plug-in - user comment
Dear Laslo thx for the terrific service and INCREDIBLE product - I will inform all my friends in 3D to order this.
Anil CS Rao http://www.squarespace.com ......................................................
"A California sheriff is using image-altering software to show teens what they would look like after using methamphetamine. He is hoping that personalizing the effects of meth will get teens to stay away from the highly addictive drug." DEA Resources
Full Article
Jan 24, 2010 NPR "So we don't know what does work, but I can tell you that the software is having more of a positive effect than anything that I've ever been involved with on the drug fight." Sheriff Tom Allman, Mendocino County
Full Article
Face2Face gets Page 1 story in Mobile Register
October 24, 2009 Mobile Register. "This is the best thing I've ever seen to support the preventative side of our anti-methamphetamine initiative" Sheriff Sam Cochran, Mobile County
Full Article
US Air Force, DEA deploys Face2Face
August 24, 2009 Moss Beach, California
The US Air Force acquired a copy of Face2Face to use it with its own drug educational program. Paul Howell, Demand Reduction Program Manager at the Okinawa AFB in Japan will conduct classes for both USAF personnel and families. DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) has long expressed strong interest in the Face2Face program. The agency has close to two dozen regional offices in the US that conduct Demand Reduction classes. Diana Apodaca of the EL Paso Field division will be trained to use Face2Face as part of her Demand Reduction activities. Full Article
Santa Cruz County, Mobile County acquire Face2Face
August 24, 2009 Moss Beach, California
Santa Cruz County joined the rank of Face2Face users. Kymberly Lacrosse, Community Organizer of the United Way of Santa Cruz County (1220 41st Avenue Suite C Capitola, CA 95010) and 4 other volunteers were trained last week to operate Face2Face in schools, county fairs and other community events. Mobil County’s Sheriff Office also purchased Face2Face to use with the county’s prevention program. Lt. Frank Cassady will be the primary educator using the system. The Mobile County Sheriff's Office is the second largest Sheriff’s Office in the state, providing law enforcement services to 400,000 citizens of Mobile County who live within 1,200 square miles. Full Article
Photoshop User Magazine - July/August 2009
Ukiah Daily Journal - Apr. 7, 2009
Sheriff's Office and Bay Area software company create "Face 2 Face" By ZACK CINEK Updated: 04/07/2009 07:01:45 AM PDT
Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and a Bay Area software company have partnered to debut a computer program that can show you what you would look like as a methamphetamine addict.
Sheriff Tom Allman and Laslo Vespremi , CEO of Abalone LLC, have worked to make "Face 2 Face" a tool that has already been seeing action at area schools this year. Full article
SIGGRAPH 08/August 2008
SIGGRAPH Video with Pixelhead network
Reviews:
DAZ/August 2007 FaceShop Look-alike Contest Winners
See winners of the DAZ "Celebrity Look-alike Contest"
Full article
RENDEROSITY/August 2007 By Dee-Marie
FaceShop™ is an innovative software program that converts a 2D image into a 3D "Poser friendly" face and head. The program not only recreates face morphs, it also creates an identical texture of the copied face. FaceShop comes in two version: Basic, and Professional.
Full article
POSER FORENSIC ARTIST/May 2007
Over all, I found this standalone product very useful, and quite easy to get started. FaceShop Pro maps a face from a single photo onto a selected character model’s head that one would export from Poser sans eyes, as a morph target. Read more:
Full article
FACESHOP CLASS AT POSER UNIVERSITY/July 2007
Visit a delightful FaceShop classrom of Dr. Geep Poser University! Step-by-step lessons on FaceShop!
Visit the University
MICROFILM MAKER MAGAZINE FaceShop Review, August 2007
Obviously, there are some improvements I would like to see in the future, but this is still a good value and gives you a decent starting place for creating a photorealistic versions of your actors. It’s cost is $79.99.
Read Full Review
................................................
USER QUOTES:
"I just want to compliment the software author of Faceshop Pro. I just bought this program from Daz3D and can tell you I have been looking for something like this for over ten years now.
Our shop has tried everything from extremely expensive programs (like Facestation) to a ton of 3D Max plugins (all of which cost two and three times what Faceshop Pro does) and never found anything that does such a great job. It's solved our head creation problems for 3D animation (using Max 9) once and for all and you should be extremely proud of the work you've done.
Most of the tools I've used required the front and profile images but even they didn't work nearly as well as what you do with only one image (and it doesn't even have to be all that great a shot -- even a 3/4 profile works very well). We've been able to make some *amazing* head models from web images and a little touch up in Max and Photoshop," things we couldn't have even dreamed of trying before.
I'm going to try and get the word out to the animation community because I don't know anyone who wouldn't benefit from this product. Please continue the development -- although it's already nearly perfect I'd love to see you add more features (and would be willing to pay upgrade costs as you should be paid for your excellent work). Thanks again so much for the best software tool (and I've seen them all :>) to come along in a decade.
Mike Kelley Former President Village Video"
Wow. I have been a fan of face gen programs for a long time, this one has hit the target so hard, My own face has split and unmentionable things have happen to it. lol.
I'm freaking with laughter and amazement. I'm using the demo version. I hope to get the program full version soon.”
Zyron (DAZ forum) ...................................................
Gotta admit, I cussed a few times too my first time using FaceShop Pro. But with advice from all the helpful folks who did get it working -- see the relevant threads over @ Daz -- I soon figured out what I was doing wrong and got results. Some terrific, others very good, and a few I'd like to forget (those were my fault). Practice, practice, practice -- there is no "Make Art" button! Now I can honestly say I'm glad I bought such a useful little tool …
Byrdie (Renderosity forum) .....................................................
So, judgement call here. This DOES appear to be a reasonably-priced solution for getting something along the lines of the Face Room for DAZ|Studio. Yes, there is a bit of tweaking and fiddling with textures and such, and you'll probably want to tweak the V4 morph dials here and there to adjust the morph as you see fit ... but you have to do that with the Poser Face Room as well.
So, I've reported good news for D|S users:-)
Deecey (DAZ forum)
Renderosity/November 2007 FaceShop Photoshop Plug-in - user comment
Dear Laslo thx for the terrific service and INCREDIBLE product - I will inform all my friends in 3D to order this.
Anil CS Rao http://www.squarespace.com ......................................................
