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Crazy Talk 6 not recording all the face movement

nick_20091114045858980 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:36 GMT

I am having an issue with Crazy Talk 6. I record a clip and in the time line mode it records all the face movements well. Then I go into stage mode and only the first 30 seconds work. I have tired altering the project length.

It also seem to be very random somethings its OK and sometimes not.

I have a 64 bit computer running VISTA home 64bit

Any help would be appreciated as it is slowing me down

Thanks

Nick

Need semi-realistic business characters for CT...

fredlunau — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:40:02 GMT

Does anybody know where I can acquire semi-realistic business characters - torso/neck up - that I can use in corporate situations? There is one character pack on the reallusion content site (REAL CHARACTERS PACK 1), and it's perfect, but I need 5-6 male characters of the same style, and there are only 2 male characters there. I build eLearning content for a major corporation.

Thanks in advance,

Fred Lunau

Any chrismas content for CrazyTalk6?

richardgaspa — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:51:36 GMT

Is there any plans for chrismas content for CrazyTalk6 being released soon? If so when? I would like to get started on my crazytalk6 online chrismas cards and stuff.

3DCoat And CrazyTalk

MaryS.Hines — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:53:23 GMT

wasn't sure where to post this...I imported an image of my 3DCoat sculpted model into CrazyTalk 4, and thought it was kinda cool, so just wanted to share this...the model I used for this is a WIP,
( Cartoon Female ; 'Saphire'
Cartoon/Anatomy Study )

and I just used the CrazyTalk intro sample for the voice-over, but I was just giving CrazyTalk 4 a test run ,...but here it is for now.....,

here's a larger clearer version of the vid ;

http://s863.photobuc...Anatomy--16.flv

Question About Text To Speech Voices For Use With Commercial Crazy Talk Projects

fruitcake — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:51:59 GMT

Hi.

I've been looking for text to speech voices that I can use with Crazy Talk in short animated videos intended for sale. I'd happily pay for a commercial TTS voice license provided the price wasn't [i]too[/i] wildly astronomical, but I'm going round in circles in trying to find one at all.

During my searches, I've read rumblings that the old Sam, Mike and Mary voices used by Microsoft are actually free for commercial use by everyone else too, since the company that created them folded and are no longer and this is why they are supplied as standard with virtually every TTS application under the sun.

I've no idea whether this is true and am wondering if anyone here can confirm it as it would solve my immediate problem. I realise they're hardly the most natural voices ever created, but the characters I wish to animate aren't exactly natural looking either - Monotone Mike and Mary could have been made for some of them :)

If not, does anyone know where I could find TTS voices with commercial usage licenses that I could use with Crazy Talk projects?

Thanks.

Installation Problems

dave_2009111207415866 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:39:34 GMT

I am using Win XP Pro with all updates installed.

I've just purchased CrazyTalk6 from the website. I've downloaded it, completed online registration of the product, etc. When I try to install the product, I enter my name and code and agree to the terms. When I click on next, I receive the following error.

CrazyTalk 5 content

richardgaspa — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:10 GMT

I have a lot of content for my CrazyTalk5 version of CrazyTalk. If I upgrade to CrazyTalk6 will all my content work? Can it be installed to CT6? I tried to install it in the trail version of CrazyTalk6 but cant seem to make it work.

Recording problems crazy talk

mmarcoantoni — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:01:08 GMT

Hi, i have a problem, when i try to record a speech into crazy talk 6 using the same volume of my voice during speech, after finished my recording i see that the volume of the recording gradiently gets low is like an auto regulation of the recording or something, the scroll of the volume recording windows is always on top but the result is always the same, even if i finish my speech screamig the volume at the final of the speech is very low almost unperseptive any one can help me?

Thanks...

swap image, keep rest of file

gordoTalk — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:10:54 GMT

It is possible to solely replace the image file in a crazytalk 6 project, and not lose all of
the fitting and lip sync?

How could one make a touch up in photoshop to the current image, without losing all of the other work.

Thanks.

CT6Pro with VMWare Fusion on MacPro 10.6.1 Problem

info_20090922174911873 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:35:50 GMT

Hello.
I am a new user of CT. I installed with Software on Windows XP on a MacPro with 10.6.1 using VMWare Fusion 2.
Now I updated to Version 3 of VMWare Fusion.
After that CT6Pro crashes during the start.

I had the same problem before, when I tried to move the HD-File of Fusion to an other loaction.

How can I make CT work again without a new installation?

BTW popVideo Converter and WidgetCast PRO are running fine also after the Update to Fusion3

Thanks for reading and a helpful answer.

Best regards from Switzerland.
Jens-Ulrich

orient teeth direction for tilted head

gordoTalk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:51:39 GMT

CT6 has adjustments for the teeth.
position up, down, left, right
Left or right Titling
sizing
color

But they don't have directional position for up and down (pitch)
or angle left to right (yaw)

I've tried CT with an image of the character looking up towards his right, but the
teeth look really crooked, because they are not aligned with the head.

Any suggestions?

Also, how does CT decide where to slice the upper and lower teeth when it loads a custom teeth template?

Mouth force to close issue

jacob_hodgson — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:54:09 GMT

So my team is having this problem in CT6 where the force to close on the characters lips keeps breaking. We are encountering the problem when we have a character with teeth showing or a open mouth in the base picture, we map out the points, apply the Force to Close setting in the mouth editor, like normal. But when we switch to the Script editor the force to close "breaks" and the mouth opens. Because of this the lip animation is now working off the open mouth instead of the closed mouth. to fix this we have to uncheck and recheck the force to close box every time we make changes or output the animation.

Anyone else having this issue? Is there a fix for this yet?

"Facial Expression" Content Pack question...

ESROTU — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:06:49 GMT

While I see the tutorial video for the content packs use the animated faces...will these same add-on expressions work with my family's pictures? Can I take a picture of my brother and add these expressions?

Rookie question here...

ESROTU — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:24:32 GMT

Will I be able to copy the copy/transfer the program to my laptop (coming X-mas)? Will I be able to transfer my progress back-n-forth between the computers?
(hey...I'm old...these dang 'puters are confusing sometimes).

Project Length???

gabbill — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:16:42 GMT

Hello,

Hello to everyone. This is my first post in this forum. Hopefully an easily answered newbie question.

I've got a script that's roughly 75 seconds in length. My project in Crazy Talk 6 Standard is showing at 1 minute and 5 seconds. The video stops natuarally before the script ends.

How do I change the project length to match the script?

Thanks in advance for any help,

Bill

combine iclone and crazytalk for lipsync.

j.wijers — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:34:08 GMT

Dear ... !

We are wondering if we can use iclone to create an animated char. and have it lipsync by using crazytalk?
WE will use the ODDCAST TTS engine where we send our applications output too to get a audio stream back. This stream should ideally be spoken by the char. with lipsync.

Thank you!

JW

3D Title - cheap & easy

gordoTalk — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:32:06 GMT

I'd like to generate a fairly simple 3D title to use with my CrazyTalk movie,
which I'd assemble with my video editor.

Something, cheap (or free) and mostly easy.

I just want to some text, make it 3D, and have it spin.

I see Xara 3D is only $29 for a download, but this is fairly simple task and maybe
there is public domain stuff available. So I could save money for some facial expressions ;)

What do people recommend.
Remember - easy :cool: and cheap :D

high quality tts voices for crazytalk 6?

mark.stille — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:00:44 GMT

Hi there

Does anyone know how I can get at&t and neospeech tts voices integrated into my crazytalk 6? This is a very important feature when used as a web avatar. Also are there any api's for controlling speech from javascript/actionscript after the model has been exported to flash file?

Mark

Unable to upload to Youtube

david.moxon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:46:22 GMT

I can no longer upload to either of my Youtube accounts. Was able to before. It goes through the motions, the videos appear to upload, I get the upload complete message but when I go to the Youtube site, nothing appears anymore.

Facial objects?

waarangel — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:06:49 GMT

Friend of mine has Crazytalk 4.5. I was so impressed with it, I came online, researched the latest version, and bought it immediately.

I'm still impressed, make no mistake.

But something I see in his version that I can't figure out in the latest is sunglasses, and other objects that appear over the facial animation layer.

This is perfect for a character of mine that has sunglasses I don't want to be part of the animations.

Can I import custom objects onto a layer over the face?

If so, how?

Thanks.

custom eyes and teeth

gordoTalk — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:10:34 GMT

I know we can select eyes and teeth from the included custom templates.

But, can we create our own teeth or eye templates, or modify the .jpg or .png images
which make up the included templates.

I'm just curious how much control we could possibly have with version 6.

Card Pack and Crazy Talk v6.1

tglass0000 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:53:43 GMT

I have Crazy Talk v6.1 Pro and am interested in buying the Card Pack from the store, but I noticed on the site that it says Crazy Talk 4.x.

Will it work with my Version?

Thanks in advance,

Tim Glass

Look at website

jason731209 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:06:53 GMT

Can anybody direct me to there website so i can have a look at what they did with crazytalk?

Saving error CT6 Pro

alcop — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:12:52 GMT

hi,
I'm using vista P2 family premium and upgraded from CT to CT 6 Pro.
I wanted to save a file I just opened, made NO modif, just clicked "save", same name, same file, same folder, but got message : "error saving project file- pls check your access right to the file, or change the temporary folder path in preferences settings".
I tried that, but still doesn't work. I changed the filename, no difference.
Most of my other files are being able to be saved, some aren't
any idea
thks
alain

autoplay

alcop — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:54:56 GMT

hi,
how to prevent the flash file generated with CT 6 pro to autoplay in a web page?
thks
alain
ps: once again I love it!:P

Nobody have a website??????

jason731209 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:39:55 GMT

Is there nobody in this forum that created their own website and used crazyTalk characters in it??

Help with WMV export

memfis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:55:32 GMT

Hi All,

I've been working on a project with multiple chapters and stages for an animated comic. It works well, and looks great on export- the only problem is the unscripted motion (for character not 'doing' anything) is incredibly fast and 'clicky'- almost like they are in fast forward. The script appears fine on playback prior to export.

At first I tried to amend the issue by creating an empty script for each character, and manually entering all their movements, but with 4 characters, multiple stages and over 20 minutes of presentation, it's really time consuming.

I thought it may have something to do with the framerate, but I can't drop it down from 30fps on WMV export, and I'm unable to export in MP4 at the moment, due to reallusion's server upgrade and not being able to authorise my license.

Ideally I want to export in WMV as I'm putting together an entire presentation with transition effects in windows movie maker.

I purchased the PRO version of Crazytalk 6.1PRO yesterday, and it's absolutely sensation. I followed all the pdf and video tutorials and have a pretty decent presentation.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this is a Uni assignment, due tomorrow evening, so I have to have it done by then!

Cheers,

Luke

Which Crazy Talk 6 puppeteering input devices are there

doodnine — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:23:09 GMT

The manual says that the mouse is the "default" device for puppeteering. What other devices / data sources are available to control face movement?

Model Lip Syncs on Timeline - Not on Stage

tglass0000 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:14:10 GMT

Hi,

I'm using two characters and I double clicked on the first character in the script so that I could go in and edit some of the lips. I made my changes and they look good on playback in the TimeLine, but when I click back to the Stage view and hit play, I hear the audio track but my model doesn't animate at all. Freeze frame. No emotives. Nothing.

I'm concerned that I may have moved the script once on the stage view, and it stripped it of all data? Is there a way to copy and paste what I have on the TimeLine, or make some other selection so that it will reactivate the animation on the Stage?

Thanks.

Tim

G'day :-) Can you do me a favour and let me know what you think of this koalas mouth

christina8_683 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:36:06 GMT

G'day from Australia, this is Christina and I am a newbie :-) Could you kindly do me a favour? I just made this cute koala, but I can't get the mouth wire straight as I tangled it all up. This is my best shot so far- what do you think of the mouth? Could youse kindly let me know if I should try and fix the mouth some more, and should I move the teeth or lips? Youse are the best! Here is a link to the youtube video I made of him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIQfdO0d3qY

Ps- for some reason in between sentences, he looks like a druggie having a fit- does anybody know why he does that?

Background cropped on zoom out - help!

stevecap — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:29:56 GMT

Hi, everyone. Newbie here so please be patient with me!

I've made a project and I want the camera to pan in from the left, then track right out at the end. My background is sufficiently large to do this.

All seems fine when I preview the animation within CrazyTalk. But when I render the finished movie, the background is cropped to an area just around the head, with white space all around it. Can anyone help me out here?

Creating a script in CT6 with a series of different photographs.

matdoyle — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:47:38 GMT

Can anyone help please? I'd like to create a CT6 script which is not based on just one pic, but on a series of several different pix. I am not wanting to create multiple models, just have transitions from one pic to another and so on with the voice script being lip-synched across the series. Thx in advance. Best wishes.

When testing movement of character... see traces of head...

davidmdonaldson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:55:43 GMT

Hello all, Just purchased the program a few days ago and loving it so far. I am having an issue with the background when I test the initial movements using the calibration button. I have masked around the head but when i test it i see traces of the head still "stuck" to the background when the whole head is moving. I see it most when the calibration gets to "tilt left, tilt right and some natural movement (head swings)"

I am using still photos... not images with white backgrounds.

If someone could help me out... that would be great. Thanks for your time in advance.

Crazy Talk V 6.12

Ok...having a problem here...

ESROTU — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:25:18 GMT

I can't save videos correctly. They won't save to Youtube and if I try to save to my computer there is a whole other problem.
For the "save to my computer" issue...here's what I get...

The video "sounds" fine and the mouths/faces, etc move well also. but they all look like this (see pic)

Faces are (obviously) off to the right. What am I doing wrong?

Length of project...

ESROTU — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:43:39 GMT

Is the length of all projects maxed out at 60 seconds or is there a way to increase the size? If so, can you tell me which tutorial will show me how to do this? Thanks again.

Problem after installing update patch on CT6 Pro

charmed — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:05:48 GMT

I appear to have a problem after recently installing the 6.12 update PATCH

I am now unable to open or save profiles !

My computer now freezes & after a while this message appears

Encountered an improper argument

the programme will then not close properly.

All was fine before, I just installed this latest update patch.

Now it looks like I will have to uninstall to remove the patch.

Not too sure quite what to do

Any Help.

Wondered if anyone else has had the same thing happen.

Live realtime puppet

clist — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:56:30 GMT

I am interested in taking a live audio broadcast and applying it to a character in realtime. Is this possible with Crazytalk 5 Pro?
Thanks

Creation of Multi model images for Crazytalk 6

stevenbarre — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:51:23 GMT

I have just recently started using Crazytalk 6 within our school. Albeit the program is great I am having a bit of a problem.

When we import our own images and use the transform movement tool within puppeteering panel to move the image around the stage, a copy of the original image remains in its original place. It works great if you just want a static image with just facial and head movements but if you want to move the character around the screen then it does not work.

It would appear the images we import are layered in some way. We have been using Photoshop and exporting the files in various formats including PNG, TGA and BMP but with no luck whatsoever.

I wonder if anyone else has tried this and faced similar problems, or if anyone is aware of a solution and good give us any advice.

Thanks for any help

Incredible....

ESROTU — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:00:19 GMT

I just want to thank you for this CrazyTalk 6...I'm usually on the computer about 5-7 hours a day and I haven't had this much fun in a lllooonnnggg time. Every day I find something "even cooler" that I can do with this. Thanks again!

p.s. I'm still going to be asking a lot of questions though...haha.:w00t:

Looking for info on using CrazyTalk with Camtasia Studio 6

sfitalian — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:32:03 GMT

Has anyone had any experience with exporting a CrazyTalk character and using it with Camtasia Studio? I only have a trial version of CrazyTalk, so I can't export or save anything and then test it with Camtasia. I'd like to know if this is even possible before I buy the product.

It anyone has attempted this, I'd love to get their input on this and an example if possible.

Thanks,

GMAN