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Scripted singing / talking mouth movements
Dylan Rickenbacker
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Join date: 11 Oct 2006
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07-06-2007 05:24
Lately I've seen a few performers with quite well done singing animations - obviously scripted with built-in facial expressions. Anyone know who makes these? Or even better, has (or knows where to find) a sample script to show me how it's done? Thanks!
Cheree Bury
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Join date: 6 Jun 2007
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06-25-2008 05:33
From: Dylan Rickenbacker
Lately I've seen a few performers with quite well done singing animations - obviously scripted with built-in facial expressions. Anyone know who makes these? Or even better, has (or knows where to find) a sample script to show me how it's done? Thanks!



It has been almost a year since this was posted, and I'm wondering if anyone has this available as I have a request for this very thing. I know how to animate facial expressions, but how do I do it so it looks good?
Johan Laurasia
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06-25-2008 08:14
I've seen a couple out there, but the names escape me at the moment.


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06-25-2008 09:47
I know Abranimations has a mic hud with anims etc...don't have the slurl.

Also, I have one that I got in Mainland musical instruments....also a mouth movement hud..it's pretty cool and the anims are good..

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nonsan/163/118/247
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Nexii Malthus
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06-25-2008 18:56
Sooooooooooooooo, why aren't people using Advanced -> Characters -> Enable Lip Sync ?
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Cheree Bury
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06-25-2008 19:39
From: Nexii Malthus
Sooooooooooooooo, why aren't people using Advanced -> Characters -> Enable Lip Sync ?


Well, my customer wants 30 or 40 people to sing along to a song without their having to type it. Plus, not everyone is on the RC yet.
Dylan Rickenbacker
Animator
Join date: 11 Oct 2006
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06-26-2008 03:00
From: Cheree Bury
Well, my customer wants 30 or 40 people to sing along to a song without their having to type it. Plus, not everyone is on the RC yet.



Does that mean it has to be synced?
Winter Ventura
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06-26-2008 03:06
From: Nexii Malthus
Sooooooooooooooo, why aren't people using Advanced -> Characters -> Enable Lip Sync ?


Not everyone who wants their mouth to move, uses voice.
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Cheree Bury
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06-26-2008 08:13
From: Dylan Rickenbacker
Does that mean it has to be synced?


That would be ideal, but we all know how hard it is to sync 2 client computers, much less 30.

What I am thinking about is to have an attachment listen for a command that one person would shout on a clear channel in order to start and stop the animation script. It wouldn't be perfect, I know, but it might be close, especially since all the animations I am using are standard animations.

btw, this is for the singing of national anthems if you haven't figured it out. But something similar could be used for choruses, and what not.