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Good morning! I'm trying to get started in facial animation. Do you know of any good tutorials, what's the best program to use, etc? Interested in any help I can get!
Thanks!
After Effects is really good to use for something like this here's a tutorial: http://youtu.be/XER5jtg0o2A
If you don't have AE then here's a tutorial with just free programs in windows:http://youtu.be/0f848GaFNTc
Try Glue Face. It's free, featured on some German brickfilm site I can't remember(!). Very simple to use.
glue face doesn't run on my PC - it renders everything in blue. 
Makes me sad.
After Effects is really good to use for something like this here's a tutorial: http://youtu.be/XER5jtg0o2A
If you don't have AE then here's a tutorial with just free programs in windows:http://youtu.be/0f848GaFNTc
Looks cool, but I have a MAC and I can't afford AE right now.
Try Glue Face. It's free, featured on some German brickfilm site I can't remember(!). Very simple to use.
I tried glue face, but I have a MAC and it doesn't seem to work. I don't know how to make my videos .avi files. Anybody know how to do that?
I really need to get my butt into gear and pump out those tutorials on my to-do list.
After Effects will enable some of the best results to aim for. The "CC Cylinder" effect is key.
Over the coming months I hope to have some pretty comprehensive tutorials online.
If I did something like that, I'd just use the good ol' Corel PhotoPaint 7 or any, much more recent photo editors.
Worst case scenario - Use G.I.M.P. (or Photoshop) and edit each frame individually. It'll take a while, but that's the price of using a free program... However, each frame is then easily controllable, and thus, may make your film look better in the end. - It's all personal preference, but, It's what I intend to use, and, has worked out well in tests I've gone. (On both PC and MAC.)
Im prepared to use gimp for lip sync. Has anyone found a set of mouths that are good enough to use?
If I did something like that, I'd just use the good ol' Corel PhotoPaint 7 or any, much more recent photo editors.
Thanks a ton .I did try gimp but I couldn't get the mouth to fit.
Worst case scenario - Use G.I.M.P. (or Photoshop) and edit each frame individually. It'll take a while, but that's the price of using a free program... However, each frame is then easily controllable, and thus, may make your film look better in the end. - It's all personal preference, but, It's what I intend to use, and, has worked out well in tests I've gone. (On both PC and MAC.)
Thanks a ton. How do you get the mouth to fit and look like its on the min figs face?
Thanks
Osomstudios
My friend geertos13 did two really useful tutorials. Links are below, They are really easy to follow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwN0s_JThao - Facial Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cTIFXTR10o - Mouth Animation
My friend geertos13 did two really useful tutorials. Links are below, They are really easy to follow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwN0s_JThao - Facial Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cTIFXTR10o - Mouth Animation
Thanks a to. I will definitely check those out.
Thanks
OsomStudios
Last edited by osomstudios (June 18, 2014 (11:19am))
I'm starting to explore gimp cylinders, papagayo, and aquamorphs libry of mouth sets. He also has full facial expressions but one step at a time.
Has anyone tried to use a custom mouth with a gimp cylinder before? Do-able on paper but keen to know if anyone has tried this before.
I'm an animator, check out these 12 Free & paid 2D animation programs:
https://www.xp-pen.com/forum-1727.html
If you're a beginner, I'd recommend OpenToonz . If you're advanced, Toon Boom Harmony or adobe Animate cc will work great for you.
Hitfilm express is free, especially if all you want to do is a simple comp
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