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Face Poser: Interactive Modeling of 3D Facial Expressions Using Facial Priors

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Face Poser: Interactive Modeling of 3D Facial Expressions Using Facial Priors. / Lau, Manfred; Chai, Jinxiang; Xu, Ying-Qing et al.
In: ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. 29, No. 1, 3, 12.2009.

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Lau, M, Chai, J, Xu, Y-Q & Shum, H 2009, 'Face Poser: Interactive Modeling of 3D Facial Expressions Using Facial Priors', ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 29, no. 1, 3. https://doi.org/10.1145/1640443.1640446

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Lau, M., Chai, J., Xu, Y.-Q., & Shum, H. (2009). Face Poser: Interactive Modeling of 3D Facial Expressions Using Facial Priors. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 29(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1145/1640443.1640446

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Lau M, Chai J, Xu YQ, Shum H. Face Poser: Interactive Modeling of 3D Facial Expressions Using Facial Priors. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 2009 Dec;29(1):3. doi: 10.1145/1640443.1640446

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Lau, Manfred ; Chai, Jinxiang ; Xu, Ying-Qing et al. / Face Poser: Interactive Modeling of 3D Facial Expressions Using Facial Priors. In: ACM Transactions on Graphics. 2009 ; Vol. 29, No. 1.

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