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Emotionally Controllable Audio-driven Talking Face Generation

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Yifan Xu
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Sirui Zhao
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Shifeng Liu
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Tong Xu
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Enhong Chen Enhong Chen *
DOI:10.1145/3779219delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Talking face generation is a technique that synthesizes realistic, speech-synchronized facial animations from static images driven by audio or textual input. In recent years, notable advancements have been achieved in the generation of realistic lip-synchronized talking face videos. Although these methods have demonstrated highly realistic results in lip-sync generation, they rarely focus on the expression of emotions, which is essential for achieving emotionally rich and lifelike talking face videos. In this article, we propose a novel emotionally controllable audio-driven talking face generation framework, termed ECATFG. Specifically, the proposed ECATFG mainly consists of three modules: template video generator, landmark generator, and rendering module. Firstly, we integrate a customized motion transfer module into StyleGAN to generate template videos that encapsulate the target emotions and head movements. Subsequently, a Mamba-based landmark generator is proposed to accurately model the correlation between input audio and facial landmarks. Afterwards, in the rendering module, we employ a framework that combines both AdaIN and SPADE layers to transform audio-predicted landmarks into highly realistic images, guided by reference images and facial contour landmarks. Finally, comprehensive experiments validate the effectiveness of ECATFG, demonstrating its capability to generate high-quality talking face videos that not only achieve exceptional lip-synchronization accuracy but also effectively convey a wide range of emotions.
Keywords:
Talking face generation
lip synchronization
emotion
face editing

Journal

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications cover
ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications
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university of science & technology of china, cas
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3.2W
Papers: 2.7W
Citations: 74
C
chinese academy of sciences
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56.3W
Papers: 44.8W
Citations: 704