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RE: Facial Movement ... need help

jgrubbs5 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:37:50 GMT

I am running CT6.1 pro on a pc Vista 64 i7 Dell.I have printed out the manual and watched the tutorial videos. My problem is that I can't seem to force the lips to close on an open mouth human image. Also the corner adjust feature does not seem to function.

Do I have a bad install or is there something missing in my procedure?

I first import the image---use the crop tool to encompass the head -- adjust the head shape, eyes, brows, nose then lips. When I get to the lips the close mouth button is checked but NO activity and corners of the mouth do NOT adjust.

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

zuijlen — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:59:27 GMT

I had the same problem and I wanted to ask about that. I think I also found a possible cause.

I was building up a motion track using puppeteering, layer by layer, which works fine: everything that's added gets combined. I added eye-blinking to the facial layer, which worked fine: eyes are blinking properly. Now I add an other facial animation. After that my quickly blinking eyes have suddenly slowed down. So apparently the facial animations do not properly add up. I did a little test and when the blinking happens when there is no other facial animations; things are fine.

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

Peter Edwards — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:56:55 GMT

[quote][b]bblakewood (2/27/2009)[/b][hr]I am having the same problem. Can't seem to find any way to get blinking to work correctly. Others are suggesting use of a different output format but - for me - the problem occurs before trying to do any output. By this I mean, I record the blinks...everything looks good during the recording then when you play from the timeline the blinks are in very slow motion which makes the character look unnatural.

Any suggestions would be appreciated...[/quote]

Hi,

Does blinking work ok when viewing the default project that loads when Crazytalk starts or when using any of the other supplied models? If it happens with all models then it might possibly be a peformance related issue during playback.

Also what happens when you output a video of your project. Does the video still contain slow motion blinking?

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

bblakewood — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:55:15 GMT

I am having the same problem. Can't seem to find any way to get blinking to work correctly. Others are suggesting use of a different output format but - for me - the problem occurs before trying to do any output. By this I mean, I record the blinks...everything looks good during the recording then when you play from the timeline the blinks are in very slow motion which makes the character look unnatural.

Any suggestions would be appreciated...

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

Peter Edwards — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:47:37 GMT

Have you tried outputting to a different format such as WMV if you are using AVI or vice versa. Also try a smaller output size and higher frame rate if you are using a low frame rate. You should be able to see if there is any difference with the blinking and the different formats settings. It will help narrow things down.

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

anndee — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:34:21 GMT

Hi, I began working with CT5Pro today and using puppeteering. All functions well, my only problem is the eye blinking.I click for every blinking, but and can see a short blinking. But when I replay the movie, the blinking endures too long, means the eyes are closed to long. Its not a short blinking. Has anybody a hint, what I am doing wrong?

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

richardgaspa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:11:36 GMT

I am sorry to say that I have been using CrazyTalk5 ever sense it was first released WITHOUT viewing the tortorials first. I Love crazy talk5 and I have been having a lot of fun with it. I just viewed my first tortorial (puppeteers) and wow! I can see I been missing out on a lot of neat features - :DMoral of the story READ THE MANUAL AND VIEW THE TORTORIALS.

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

Peter Edwards — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:36:44 GMT

Hi Jim,

You are very welcome. I'm glad you have it sorted out now. :)

Pete

RE: Facial Movement ... need help

jhughes1 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:22:59 GMT

Peter Edwards ...

Your guidance sure helped.

Took of bit of experimenting to get what I wanted but, I did get what I wanted.

Thank you.

Jim

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RE: Facial Movement ... need help

jhughes1 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:02:57 GMT

Peter Edwards ...

Thanks for your reply and direction.

I will follow your lead & advise success.

I appreciate your guidance; take care.

Jim

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RE: Facial Movement ... need help

Peter Edwards — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:39:41 GMT

Hi Jim,

It sounds like the problem you have is that you have created a script with audio but have yet to add any facial animation to it. In Crazytalk 5 you can add your facial animation by using a few different methods.

As you have already found out, adding an Emotive will give you facial movement so that is one way. Even better would be to create your own facial animations by using Puppeteering. This will give you the most realistic animation once you learn how to use it.

You can also, if you wish use one of the supplied Motion Clips and just drag that onto the timeline (adjusting it for length). You can then adjust the Intensity Slider to make the facial animation as subtle as you want.

Take a look at the Puppeteering tutorial below for more information on this feature.

[flashvideo]http://www.youtube.com/v/VVPYOn7LZ6A[/flashvideo]

Facial Movement ... need help

jhughes1 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:13:26 GMT

Good Day ...

I hope all is well.

1. I have CT 5

2. For my model I use:

Human Profile

Profile Strength = 0.4

Motion Strength = 58%

Standby Motion is checked and = General

3. When I play my model w/my script, I get great lip movement but no other movement, like blinking eyes, smiles, nodding, etc.

4. If I play my model w/Elvis or Gump, I get total facial movement.

5. If I play my model with emotives, other than neutral, I also get total facial movement

6. My question ... how can I get more realistic facial movement, e.g., blinking eyes, smile, head movement, etc., with my model using my script ???

Thank you for your time & consideration.

Jim

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