Re: FLASH: Lip-syncing

[Marc Pidoux]

Just a thought:


Use 3DMax, make your mouth animation using a plug-in, save your animation,

export it as shockwave using another plug-in, import it Flash ready to edit!


For exemple:

3DMax --> Ventriloquist --> Illustrate! --> Flash

or

3DMax --> Ventriloquist --> Swift3D --> Flash


Cheers


Marc




Brian wrote:


> Ryan, thanks for your response!

> However, all this I know.

> I am trying to respond to a clients' desire to find some clever way to

> automate this process, such as how you can with other software (namely,

> Ventriloquist from lipsinc.com, a plug-in for 3D Studio Max). Personally,

> I'll sit there all day and lip sync out the wazoo, but the client is

> looking, as usual, to cut corners and try to make the process as easy (read:

> cheap) as possible.

> I'm pretty sure this is all a shot-in-the-dark question, but I have to make

> the overture.

>

> -Brian Matthews

> http://www.angelfire.com/fl/sapringer/SAPCENT.html

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>

> > i've done a bunch of lip-sync stuff across different animation programs,

> and

> > the classic tried-and-true method of making mouth charts is the best way

> to

> > go.

> >

> > So you have to draw a bunch of mouth symbols in various mouth positions. i

> > use a double letter code because ... well, because i like to.  The charts

> i

> > find vital are:

> >

> >

> > AH - Mouth open wide, maybe showing some tongue & uvula

> > EH - Mouth somewhat open, good for unimportant words like 'the'

> > MM - Mouth closed position ... depending on the character's level of

> detail,

> > you might want to add a few creases to the lips.  This shape doubles for

> PP

> > and BB

> > FF  - Bottom lip tucked under front teeth, if the character has any (!)

> > LL - Mouth open, tongue curled up behind top front teeth

> > SS - Lips apart, teeth together

> > EE - Same as SS, with mouth stretched at the sides and teeth apart.

> > OH - Mouth in a broad 'O' shape

> > OO - Mouth in a more acute little circle

> > TH - The EE chart with a tongue tip poking out from between the teeth

> >

> > Of course, you can redraw all of these charts using different emotional

> > expressions depending on how your character is feeling.   Now draw your

> > character in Flash sans mouth, set your dialogue to Streaming so that you

> > can scrub the bar, and drop in the mouth chart symbols where necessary.

> >

> > Be sure not to get too literal when putting in mouth charts.  If the mouth

> > appears to strobe, or flicker, when the character speaks, you've got too

> > many.  It's all puppetry.  Note that Kermit's mouth doesn't open on

> ev-er-y

> > sin-gle -syll-a-ble, but moves more generally with the prolongued vowel

> > sounds.

> >

> > Hope this helps.  Good luck, and have fun!

> >

> >

> > - Ryan Creighton

>

> > > Hi, all!

> > >

> > > Has anyone done any work involving some sort of automated (?)

> > > process of

> > > lipsyncing an animated character to a sound file?

> > > I have the chance at what appears to be a pretty big-time

> > > ongoing bit of

> > > work that involves an animated character that will need to be

> > > updated every

> > > week or so, and I was hoping someone has tried something

> > > similar in Flash

> > > with interesting results.

> > >

> > > Thanks for any input!

> > >

> > > -Brian Matthews

>

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