Blend shapes (instead of wraps) working really well!!!!!!

Dee is very simple with a smile and some raised eyebrows, so I quickly did her facial blendshapes, edited the membership to include only the face CVs, made a duplicate of the low-poly, made THAT a target of the original low-poly and then smoothed it. Worked like a charm.

Now, Rosa was a little different. Since I already made her blendshapes and used a Wrap deformer just on her face, I decided to keep them the way they were. Instead, I deleted the existing Hi-Res Rosa that was also connected via a wrap, and used the same technique as above - duplicate the low poly, make that a target, and then smooth it. I was still able to use the existing blendshapes, just used a different deformer to effect the hi-res.

Also, I deleted the blendshape geometry and (of course) the blendshapes still worked (another Steve recommendation) so my file was that much lighter. From 24MB to 8MB. WOW!!!

The file opens up MUCH quicker!! Perfomance wise, I'll have to wait and see, but so far, it's all good.