How to make lip sync animation easy!

http://www.AnimationSalvation.com - In this Animation Tip, I explain an amazing tactic to speed up the production of lip-syncing and facial animation

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[brklyn1990]

Hey DJ, the video was very helpful, I was expecting to see you actually animate lip syncs in a program, but this video helped me understand how to think about the lip sync even before I enter the program. I was wondering do you have a video on the Micro Expression?

[thadeej]

@brklyn1990 We've got a lot in the pipeline for Animation Salvation. I'd like to do a video on micro-expressions though. We'll see what we can do!

[Courax]

Hey, great vid!

I was wondering what exactly is meant with Extreme Keys, Storytelling keys and Inbetween keys, i heard you mention 2 of those terms, but i can't really find the exact meaning of them. An example in your explanation would really help clarify ;).

Thanks

[thadeej]

@Courax Great question!

1) Storytelling Keys are any keys or poses that need to be there in order to tell the story. This could be something like pointing, shrugging, or getting hit in the face. These keys tell the story of the scene you are animating.

2) Extreme Keys are keys that mark an extreme in the motion of anything, such as the peak of a bounce (it's extreme high) or when it contacts the ground (it's extreme low). Extremes usually occur just before a change of direction...

[thadeej]

@Courax

...and so mark the "extreme" position of that object, limb or character for that particular motion.

3) Inbetween Keys are keys that are put "in-between" all other keys to better describe the movement. The inbetween usually determines if the object travels on a curve, slows in or out, and basically helps to polish the animation.

I hope those explanations help!

[Schmaurens]

Hey there, thanks for the tips! I'm working on a traditional 3D cut-out lipsync animation for school. I really want to get the right mouth shapes before I can start animating it. Any tips for that?

[thadeej]

@Schmaurens yeah, don't use traditional mouth shapes. All you need is: Wide, Narrow, Open, Closed. If you want to go a bit extra, then add an "M" shape and an "F/V" shape.

From there you then just add in the emotions.

[xis10ce]

the fist under the chin method is genius!

[00shdin0]

Thanks man. Very helpful.. The easest and best tips I ever got in animation so far.

[ShadowMaskTheCat]

woah. this is extremely helpful! thanks for uploading this

[multiwolflover1]

ty soo much ive been animation mouths like just opening and closing and not looking realistic but you helped me soo much ty ty ty!!

[sck8000]

I've been wanting to get some good animations done for quite a while, but it's only recently that I've had enough free time to get some done. Lip synching is one of those areas I've never been clear on, and this video really helps! Thanks a bunch! :D

[lnowlin]

wow awesome. Stumbled on this for 2D animation class - and had no idea about the micro-expressions. Very informative that was a well spent 11 minutes thanks mate ;). God bless.

[Lauritheartist]

Thanks so much for this video - it really helped and it was really entertaining watching! =)

[legolandcam]

thanks