Cinematics and virtual production
Real cast members as MetaHumans for previs, background and stand-ins, with their consent.
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MetaHuman & Unreal
Skip the part where you finish the MetaHuman yourself.
A head from a photo is the easy half. Conforming it, keeping the person's skin, finding the right hair and a body that fits is where the evening goes. FaceNinja hands you all of it.
01 What lands in your project
The MetaHuman ZIP, and the steps done for you.
In every download
head.fbxin MetaHuman vertex order, centimetres, Y-up, ready for ConformHead_Color,Head_Normal,Head_CavityandHead_SRMFat 4096 px- The groom recipe: hair, brows, lashes, moustache, beard and their colours
- A README with the Unreal steps, for when you want to do it by hand
Unreal automation Early access
- Face conformed to the FaceNinja mesh
- Skin texture override with the person's maps, so freckles, moles and wrinkles survive
- Recommended grooms applied, colours set
- A body that matches the fitted neck and shoulders
Running in our own Unreal setup today, being packaged for customers. Ask for early access.
Template
Fitted
02 Why it matters
Without the override, MetaHuman swaps in a stock skin.
Conform alone gives you the shape. MetaHuman then picks one of its library skins, and the person's own colouring, freckles, moles and wrinkles are gone. The texture override is what keeps them, and it needs maps in MetaHuman's UV layout, which is what we bake.
Then there is the neck. Heads from photos sit on a template neck; a broad-necked person ends up with a pencil neck and a visible step at the collar. Ours is fitted before it ever reaches Unreal.
03 Good fits
Who uses it this way.
Indie and solo developers
A believable lead character from a photo of yourself or a friend, without a scan rig.
Studios with many faces
Dozens of heads through the API, all in the same topology, ready for the same pipeline.
Your first MetaHuman is free.
Bring a photo of someone who said yes.