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Diogodac2
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April 20, 2013
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How can I animate this character mouth?

  • April 20, 2013
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Hello, How can I animate this character mouth

like he is talking.

is there a way?

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    Pierre Devereux
    Pierre Devereux
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    April 22, 2013

    Hi,

    I must chime in and agree with Rick! We use Auto lip-sync for all our character mouths. The ease, and functionailty are endless! Also, using it in conjunction with the the liquify tool etc, you can even create some very nice faceial movements (smile grimace etc).

    I reckon this tool shoulod be considered as a standard part of any adobe installation!

    Pierre

    PS, here is a link to a great tutorial for using time remapping and phoneme layers:

    http://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/lip_synch.php

    Pierre

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    Netcommercial
    Netcommercial
    Known Participant
    April 22, 2013

    Is this pretty much the only way to get Lip  Sync? http://aescripts.com/auto-lip-sync/# In other words this is an add-on written for AE?

    Thanks

    Pierre Devereux
    Pierre Devereux
    Known Participant
    April 29, 2013

    Pierre,

    Thanks for the second Tutorial. That helped me get my head around Mocha2 for an add on. Really a great tool for tracking on a moving object. I bet that would even help if I wanted to add a logo onto someones shirt in a movie without buying the shirt with a made logo on it.

    Rather, create a Logo in PS / FW and track it on whatever I need it to be on.. IE: Bus tour Company, Cop Car, ambulance,  shoulder patch, etc...  Really Slick. I thought I saw that being done via an example when decided to buy Adobe Suite CS6.

    So to understand correctly Mocha is already in my Suite. Mocha 2 helps with the import of using lipSync on a moving object or if tracking is desired. Otherwise with a still shot, One  would only need to use lip Sync,  like the OP asked for his Computer guy above?

    Thanks

    Simon


    Hi,

    You got it. If your character stands still, you only need the lip synch tool ( and by stand still, I mean within its own layer - If you want the layer to move around, in its entirety, it would still work.)

    Cheers,

    Pierre

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    Rick GerardCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 21, 2013

    I agree on the layers. You need a face with no mouth and then mouth shapes for the common phonemes or use the puppet tool on some mouth shapes. There are lots of lip sync tutorials on the web for AE. You might also want to look at this auto lip sync system from my friend Mathias Möhl. I've worked with it and it's great. There are some tutorials on his page and a link to the plug-in.

    Netcommercial
    Netcommercial
    Known Participant
    April 21, 2013

    Right on Rick, very cool share. I will be diving into that this week. Fun Stuff!

    Netcommercial
    Netcommercial
    Known Participant
    April 20, 2013

    You will need to take that into Photoshop and create layers for the mouth. IE: a match of the jaw to lip. Then import into AE as Layers. Then use the Pin tool to make his mouth open and close. Think of two layers. A the whole guy as we see him and then a second layer for his mouth movement. Where you will erase the mouth under the 2nd layer so it will be Black when open.

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