1. A method for modifying an animation wireframe having a plurality of points with a two-dimensional (2D) representation having a shape surface or a depth map, comprising: scaling the animation wireframe in a first direction based on a plurality of distances between feature pairs within a plurality of features, the plurality of features being within the depth map; and adjusting in a second direction the location of a first animation-wireframe point to correspond to a first point on the shape surface.