--- title: Realistic Human Head Rig Achieved Without Blendshapes in... description: A realistic human head rig without blendshapes is achieved using the 3D Scan Store-to-MetaHuman pipeline. It utilizes a default MetaHuman rig and HD head scan... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/realistic-human-head-rig-achieved-without-blendshapes-in-metahuman-gcff6fsg6 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Realistic Human Head Rig Achieved Without Blendshapes in MetaHuman | daily.dev og:description: A realistic human head rig without blendshapes is achieved using the 3D Scan Store-to-MetaHuman pipeline. It utilizes a default MetaHuman rig and HD head scan... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/realistic-human-head-rig-achieved-without-blendshapes-in-metahuman-gcff6fsg6 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gcFF6Fsg6.png og:image:alt: Realistic Human Head Rig Achieved Without Blendshapes in MetaHuman 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. # Realistic Human Head Rig Achieved Without Blendshapes in MetaHuman **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A realistic human head rig without blendshapes is achieved using the 3D Scan Store-to-MetaHuman pipeline. It utilizes a default MetaHuman rig and HD head scan and textures, along with an upgraded MetaHuman shader. 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