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Tutorial: Lip-Syncing With Shape Keys

  Published by Eugene (etr9j) on June 30th, 2006 in Tutorials

jawmove.pngAndyD wrote a very nice tutorial on the Wiki showing how to use Shape Keys and the Timeline Window to use as lip-sync tools. This is a rare treat since this topic isn't covered a lot. What's really novel about the technique is that you don't need any external tools to help. All you need is Blender.

From the wiki:

Here I will attempt to explain my recent dealings with using Blender Shape Keys to produce convincing lip-sync (Lip-synchronisation, ie: "speech") for simple, humanoid characters. This is aimed at people with an understanding of Blender fundamentals like vertex loops, face loops, sequencer and of course, Blender's new Shape Key system. If these terms mean nothing to you, then you may well struggle to keep up. If you're familiar with them then I hope this tutorial will prove to be a breeze and your characters will be speaking so fluently you'll have trouble shutting them up!

Definitely a must read for character animators!



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  1. 1 Kernon Edit Link Jun 30th, 2006 at 10:51 am

    Thanks Andy! And a special thanks for including User Requirements in your intro. That goes a long way toward minimizing questions and complaints.

  2. 2 theblenderboy Edit Link Jun 30th, 2006 at 2:49 pm

    great! must be a follow-up of his shape key tut on blenderartists.

    new beatles song: "All you need is Blender"

  3. 3 T-Ry Edit Link Jun 30th, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    Sweet. Can't wait to dig into this. You're the man Andy.

  4. 4 Jason H Edit Link Jun 30th, 2006 at 5:41 pm

    AndyD is the man, yep yep!

  5. 5 Dienben Edit Link Jul 2nd, 2006 at 8:16 pm

    Hello,

    Thanks to Andy for this great tut!

    I wrote the scipt for lipsynchronisation included in the blender releases (blenderlipsynchro).
    If you want to use it, simply go to http://blenderlipsynchro.blogspot.com/!

    Cheers,

    Dienben

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