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Notes and observations on the Weta FACS action unit list.

 Here's a complete list of action units I've managed to derive from digging through Weta breakdown videos.

A few interesting Photogramettry comparisons between various free software: VisualSFM -  http://ccwu.me/vsfm/ Meshlab -  http://www.meshlab.net/ Meshroom -  https://alicevision.github.io/ 123DCatch - Autodesk (discontinued) The subject is an amazing grade 2 listed building in Stratford Upon Avon, called Mason's Court.

BlackMagicDesign Davinci Resolve I'm currently using the free version of this one, and I've gotta say it's pretty awesome, clean interface, lots of functionality, many supported codecs. https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve/ HitFilm Express This is also another good one, very much reminds me of Adobe Premiere and After Effects rolled into one: https://hitfilm.com/express FFmpeg https://www.ffmpeg.org/ One slightly more for the nerds, but not as technical as you might think, and incredibly useful. For example if you don't want to install Quicktime on a windows machine, this will allow you to convert movs into image sequences and vice-versa, as well as a ton more. It's a command-line tool, with no installation as such, so to run it you first need to cd into the directory where the ffmpeg executable is stored, alternatively you could build convenient python wrapper or a simp...

GIMP https://www.gimp.org/ Like photoshop, but free, and awesome, works on most operating systems, and because it's open source there's a big community of contributors and free plugins. Clearlooks Dark themes: https://migf1.deviantart.com/art/Clearlooks-Flat-Icons-Gimp-2-8-Themes-v-1-0-1-484289796 Clearlooks engine: https://app.box.com/s/ffwaj04z26fv2vs7j3jw

Nice collection of free high-res photoscans of rocks, plants, shrubs etc. https://megascans.se/library/free