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Main Authors: Yan, Peizhi, Ward, Rabab K., Wang, Dan, Tang, Qiang, Du, Shan
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11792
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author Yan, Peizhi
Ward, Rabab K.
Wang, Dan
Tang, Qiang
Du, Shan
author_facet Yan, Peizhi
Ward, Rabab K.
Wang, Dan
Tang, Qiang
Du, Shan
contents For 3D face modeling, the recently developed 3D-aware neural rendering methods are able to render photorealistic face images with arbitrary viewing directions. The training of the parametric controllable 3D-aware face models, however, still relies on a large-scale dataset that is lab-collected. To address this issue, this paper introduces "StyleMorpheus", the first style-based neural 3D Morphable Face Model (3DMM) that is trained on in-the-wild images. It inherits 3DMM's disentangled controllability (over face identity, expression, and appearance) but without the need for accurately reconstructed explicit 3D shapes. StyleMorpheus employs an auto-encoder structure. The encoder aims at learning a representative disentangled parametric code space and the decoder improves the disentanglement using shape and appearance-related style codes in the different sub-modules of the network. Furthermore, we fine-tune the decoder through style-based generative adversarial learning to achieve photorealistic 3D rendering quality. The proposed style-based design enables StyleMorpheus to achieve state-of-the-art 3D-aware face reconstruction results, while also allowing disentangled control of the reconstructed face. Our model achieves real-time rendering speed, allowing its use in virtual reality applications. We also demonstrate the capability of the proposed style-based design in face editing applications such as style mixing and color editing. Project homepage: https://github.com/ubc-3d-vision-lab/StyleMorpheus.
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spellingShingle StyleMorpheus: A Style-Based 3D-Aware Morphable Face Model
Yan, Peizhi
Ward, Rabab K.
Wang, Dan
Tang, Qiang
Du, Shan
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
For 3D face modeling, the recently developed 3D-aware neural rendering methods are able to render photorealistic face images with arbitrary viewing directions. The training of the parametric controllable 3D-aware face models, however, still relies on a large-scale dataset that is lab-collected. To address this issue, this paper introduces "StyleMorpheus", the first style-based neural 3D Morphable Face Model (3DMM) that is trained on in-the-wild images. It inherits 3DMM's disentangled controllability (over face identity, expression, and appearance) but without the need for accurately reconstructed explicit 3D shapes. StyleMorpheus employs an auto-encoder structure. The encoder aims at learning a representative disentangled parametric code space and the decoder improves the disentanglement using shape and appearance-related style codes in the different sub-modules of the network. Furthermore, we fine-tune the decoder through style-based generative adversarial learning to achieve photorealistic 3D rendering quality. The proposed style-based design enables StyleMorpheus to achieve state-of-the-art 3D-aware face reconstruction results, while also allowing disentangled control of the reconstructed face. Our model achieves real-time rendering speed, allowing its use in virtual reality applications. We also demonstrate the capability of the proposed style-based design in face editing applications such as style mixing and color editing. Project homepage: https://github.com/ubc-3d-vision-lab/StyleMorpheus.
title StyleMorpheus: A Style-Based 3D-Aware Morphable Face Model
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11792