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Lip-sync
I am having a bit of a problem with lip-syncing, what’s happening is that after I finished each of 63 syncs (all my characters sing a chorus) they work great until, I de-compose/pre-compose them a couple of times to make additions and/or position changes. (layer de-compose)
My procedure is:
Three layers psd file of a top lip, bottom lip and a behind lips color.
Import into AE as a composition.
Import audio then, R click – keyframe asst – convert audio to keyframes – this creates a null – open null – effects – both speakers.
Then I go back to my lips file top lip – puppet tool – 4 pins – one in each bottom corner of lip and one either side of top off center. I then pick whip from off center left pin to slider in audio and add an expression, amp = +.4;
temp = thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”);
value + [0,temp*amp]
I then do the same to the other off center pin (not side pins, they are to hold lip in position.I then do the same to the bottom lip only, I change the +.4 to a -.4.
the next step was to pre-compose them and duplicate multiple times. After a few de-compose’s I got this
and lost my lip syncs.
What an I doing wrong?? tks
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5 Replies
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Yep Dave u hit it on the button tks mate
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I have an acapella version and a music accompanied version, the acapella version gives a better lip-sync so, would I still get a good sync if I whipped into the acapella, then turn down the acapella sound and background the animation with the music accompanied song?
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Thanks for your response Dave,
Being new at animation, as a matter of fact, AE is my first step, that being the case, I am editing and rendering in AE. My thinking for lack of experience is, if I can’t kill the volume of the acapella w/o interfering with the lip-sync, then I would render the acapella version and then bring it back into AE turn down the acapella sound and add the musical version.
This is not meant to be a pro job, it will be played on a 65″ plasma with a bunch of mates. My main concern is the animation and am more than open to direction
Tks Gary
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If I understand your question correctly Dave, and you asking what I will render it to,it will probably something real simplistic like QT
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Hey Dave it seems to be working, I created the audio keyframes, applied my top lip then bottom lip sync using puppet tool and just duping and moving into position, it really looks like a great sync to the words of the song.
Tks for your help Gary
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