Digital Make-up in Blender – FaceTracker Tutorial

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to add a tattoo, Joker make-up or other colored image to an actor’s face in the video with the KeenTools add-on without quitting Blender. We’ll uncover each step from creating a custom 3D head with the built-in FaceBuilder module, using it for facial motion capture as well as head tracking, to applying digital make-up and comping it to the background video. Timecodes: 0:00 – Intro & examples 0:19 – Download and install 0:38 – Load and analyse footage 1:00 – Generate custom face mesh 2:25 – Facial motion capture 3:22 – Track and refine 4:09 – Generate texture from a single frame 4:58 – Image mapping using Principled BSDF 5:44 – Match image to skin texture 6:29 – Compositing 8:08 – Adding colored images (Joker make-up) 8:54 – Results Download FaceTracker for Blender: Download Full Project and materials: Read FaceTracker for Blender guide: Subscribe to our newsletter to stay in tune with the latest updates: Our website: Our social networks: ​ ​ ​ ​ @keentools