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Could anybody recommend a good tutorial for a mouth movement in Sony Vegas or something else? I want it kind of like Unrenewable. Very smooth. And i tried everything in Sony Vegas but nothing will work.
That's because it probably dosen't work in Sony Vegas. I use windows Paint, but you can use Gimp for the exact same function. I also know that Smeagol Studios, for Unrenewable, made them in Axogon Composer and mapped them onto a cylinder in Carrara Studios, although I don't know how to use his method. What I do is before I make the .avi out of my animation, I open up windows paint, and frame by frame, matched with my audio track, draw the mouth animations at a zoom of 400%, just so it's easier to get it more precise. Then, after you draw in all the mouthing you want for that .avi, you export it, and you have a perfect mouth animation, but it will be a bit harder if they move their head while they talk.
-BGanimations
P.S.- Thefourmonkeys have a similar tutorial, although they do it differently then me. Their's isn't as accurate, but it's way faster. I like my results better though.
GlueFace was made for this purpose. Although you'll get more of a "South Park" style than an "Unrenewable" style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f848GaFNTc
That's a tutorial, it's not as smooth as in Unrenewable though
^ Haha
Tickle your minifigs with a feather. This will cause them to laugh and open their mouths.
Haha, Bert. I haven't found anything yet. I'm looking for a way to do it simple.
I don't use Sony Vegas, but does it have the capability to create shapes with masks that you can animate? That's what I do in After Effects.
~ Amanda
Yeah, i was trying to make mouths with the Color Gradient Elliptacal Shape. But when i size it down it's still too big and when you put the mouth down it doesn't even fit the screen so your character looks fat.
Yeah, i was trying to make mouths with the Color Gradient Elliptacal Shape. But when i size it down it's still too big and when you put the mouth down it doesn't even fit the screen so your character looks fat.
Well, mabye you could zoom in, and then put it in and shrink it in to it's zoomed in levels. But I don't use Sony Vegas or anything, I use mostly free programs.
I do rather like the feather option though.
-BGanimations
Or, come to think of it, you could just send a message to SmeagolStudios, either on youtube, or on BiM. That's how I got a lot of advise and help.
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