FaceFX Feature Comparison

FaceFX Studio Versions


The below feature matrix explains the differences between the various versions of FaceFX Studio. FaceFX No-Save is for evalaution use only. FaceFX Free is designed for use when you don't have a FaceFX Studio Professional license, but you are using the FaceFX Plugins. FaceFX Studio Professional is available for purchase on a per-seat basis, and FaceFX Unlimited is available for purchase on a per-game-title or per-project basis.
  FaceFX No-Save FaceFX Free FaceFX Studio Professional FaceFX Unlimited
Create phoneme-target relationship from Mapping Tab yes yes yes yes
Create target relationships from Face Graph Tab yes yes yes yes
View logs from Console Tab yes yes yes yes
Edit curves with Curve Editor Tab yes no yes yes
Edit phoneme times with Phoneme Editor Tab yes no yes yes
View OGRE content in Preview Tab yes no yes yes
Create Analysis Actors with Events Tab yes no yes yes
Save .facefx and .xml files no yes yes yes
Save .fxt, .animset files no no yes yes
Export .fbx files no no yes yes
Audio Analysis with English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, and Japanese text yes no yes yes
Python scripting yes no yes yes
Python scripting with access to key information no no yes yes
Batch process audio files no no no yes
Recompile FaceFX Studio no no no yes


FaceFX Plugin Versions


The below feature matrix explains the differences between the evaluation and commercial versions of the FaceFX plugins. FaceFX Studio Professional licenses do not include plugin licenses because the evaluation plugins are fully functional except for the audio analysis feature.
  FaceFX Plugin Evaluation FaceFX Plugin w/ License
Includes FaceFX Studio Free yes yes
Load and Save .facefx files yes yes
Import/Export bone poses yes yes
Import morph and bones-based animations into animation packages yes yes
Maxscript, MEL Script, and XSI scripting functions yes yes
Analyze phrase-locked English audio and text yes no
Analyze arbitrary English audio and text (Other languages only available from Studio) no yes