After Effects - Make Pictures Talk

In this tutorial, I show you how to bring pictures to life by making them move their mouths as if they were talking in which then you could make them say anything in After Effects automatically without the need to sit for hours adding keyframes.

Here's the expression used:
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temp = thisComp.layer("Audio Amplitude").effect("Both Channels")("Slider") * 10;
[position[0], position[1] + temp]
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Learn how to do this in Sony Vegas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmaaYLMxFbE

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[glox023]

hey,i just wanna know how to import image in after effects?i mean,when i import image it's only on 1 frame and then it's gone...pls help

[djbeto267]

@glox023 You'd need to drag the frame out to make it longer.

[glox023]

@djbeto267 i tried that,but it didn't worked...never mind,i fixed it now.it was a .PNG file,i dk why i cuoldn't use it,but after using format factory(i just selected that .PNG image file and change extension to .PNG,i know,weird,but it worked!tnx anyway ;)

[djbeto267]

@glox023 Glad you were able to figure it out!

[TangoAct]

how do u curve the mask plzz help??

[djbeto267]

@TangoAct Try clicking and dragging the pen tool.

[TheDiebastian]

@2penry2 tak you you save my life

[skwop]

Thanks for the great simple tutorial really helped. Any idea how to do it so the mouth moves with the words of a song and not the beat/music aswell? Thanks in advance :)

[3S3ThatGuy]

what is the expression if your using a mac, cause every time i enter the expression it shows up as an error

[MissChiaraBell]

windows vista??? :D