Unfortunately my webcam is only low-res suitable for video calls so I attempted to scale up my images using PhotoZoom Classic 6, software that is supposed to be able to scale up low-res images so they still look good and don't pixelate.
I didn't have any suitable images ready to go so I took a front and side image of my head using my webcam in the recommended poses. With anything that lets you create any kind of custom character my go to project is to try and create an avatar of myself. For a quick overview of this function watch the video below. Since the original function of creating a talking head from a 2D image is pretty much the same as CrazyTalk 7 I'll be focusing on the new to CrazyTalk 8 function of creating and animating a true 3D head/talking avatar. CrazyTalk 8 extends the original capability of creating a semi 3D head from a 2D image to creating true 3D heads that can be imported into iClone and Reallusion's new 3D Character Creator (Pipeline version only). If you're not familiar with CrazyTalk it's basically specialized software for creating and animating talking heads quickly.
Reallusion released the newest version of its CrazyTalk software during December 2015 and I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a free copy CrazyTalk 8 Pipeline version after buying a truckload of Reallusion content in order to get the special deal.
