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Lip-Synching…need help!
I’m making a little cartoon and stucked by the lip-synching.
This(https://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/lip_synch.php) is a great tutorial but for my cartoon it’s just too much work. =/
“Ian Tomey” postet this:
“Great technique, though selecting each key frame is a pain, so I’ve built a program to convert your text to keyframes, you just paste them into AE.https://www.iantomey.com/cartoonhelper/”
…which is 100% what i’m searching for!
BUT the site is down!
My question: Knows someone about this “little program” or could rewrite it?
(or could give me his e-mail-adress so I could e-mail him?) -
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I have no idea what your project looks like, or what that CartoonHelper website was all about. However, it sounds like maybe Sound Keys should do the trick:
https://www.redgiantsoftware.com/products/categories/motion-graphics/trapcode-sound-keys/
Click on “video tutorials” link, very good to learn how to use the plugin.
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Hi Jannik,
Fortunately I don’t share the stupid sarcasm of Dave LaRonde (come on, please keep your comments for yourself if you never used the program), as I actually used the software, and it worked perfectly to the extent Ian explained.
It used a phonetics library which converted written text to mouth shapes, which you could then paste as keyframes into your timeline in combination with a recorded waveform. It didn’t put the keyframes at the exact time of your recorded text, but it beats setting each mouth shape by hand. You needed to make a library of mouth shapes though (which wasn’t too hard). I have made a South Park style animation which took 10% of the time it would take if I needed to do it manually. That’s not a wonder program (Yea, I’m looking at you David), but it sure helps you save time.
The problem is … I somehow presumed this program would stay available on the net (lesson learned), and Ian Tomey has dissappeared from the earth somehow. I tried his website, even looked up his whois information, but none of the contact details listed work.
If someone has a copy of the program – it’d be so cool if you could post it somewhere. I have been looking for it for months, so now I’m in the progress of harrassing anyone who could help me 🙂
Greets,
Frank
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