--- title: Free Custom Maya Deformer For Advanced Facial Rigs description: Zhenggang Deng, Lead Rigger at Sony Pictures Imageworks, has released interpBlendShape, a free custom Maya deformer for high-end facial rigging. It extends... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/free-custom-maya-deformer-for-advanced-facial-rigs-d7hntelje twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Free Custom Maya Deformer For Advanced Facial Rigs | daily.dev og:description: Zhenggang Deng, Lead Rigger at Sony Pictures Imageworks, has released interpBlendShape, a free custom Maya deformer for high-end facial rigging. It extends... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/free-custom-maya-deformer-for-advanced-facial-rigs-d7hntelje og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/d7hNTeLJE.png og:image:alt: Free Custom Maya Deformer For Advanced Facial Rigs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Free Custom Maya Deformer For Advanced Facial Rigs **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Zhenggang Deng, Lead Rigger at Sony Pictures Imageworks, has released interpBlendShape, a free custom Maya deformer for high-end facial rigging. It extends Maya's built-in blendShape with surface UV interpolation, in-between support, and Bezier-style blending instead of linear interpolation. It supports both meshes and curves, includes GPU-accelerated performance, and ships with a dedicated editor UI featuring real-time Maya sync and full undo/redo. Available free for Windows and Maya 2023+. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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