lipsync

[JoelOtron]

If you have R8 you should be able to scrub.

[chrleon]

bummer.. I have r7.. :(

[prayas]

R7 can only put the sound to the animation in the rendering.
R8 should also play it as preview. But how does it work?
Would be cool if anyone can help us to solve this problem.

P..:

[flingster]

http://www.motion-gimmick.com/
speech plugin dunno what version for though.

then theres magpie pro plugin...unfortunately can;t find link...but its supposed to be v good.

[JoelOtron]

Originally posted by prayas
R7 can only put the sound to the animation in the rendering.
R8 should also play it as preview. But how does it work?
Would be cool if anyone can help us to solve this problem.

P..:


1. add a loudspeaker object

2. add a "sound" time track to it in the timeline file menu

3. make sure the sound track is unfolded, then right click in the space below the track. This creates the track.

4. In the A.M. under sound poperties, click the elipses button (3 dots) and find a wav file.

5. Now the tricky part. In your Animation menu (main menu) make sure Play sound is checked.

Scrub away!

[JoelOtron]

Originally posted by flingster
http://www.motion-gimmick.com/
speech plugin dunno what version for though.

then theres magpie pro plugin...unfortunately can;t find link...but its supposed to be v good.

Magpie is pretty cool--but it actually animates the facial gestures/morphs of a head model based on the soundtrack. Usually integrated with Poser I think. I think the Motion GImmick plug is pretty much the same--but not sure.

[AdamT]

Originally posted by JoelD
Magpie is pretty cool--but it actually animates the facial gestures/morphs of a head model based on the soundtrack. Usually integrated with Poser I think. I think the Motion GImmick plug is pretty much the same--but not sure.
And of course I wouldn't be Kaydara employee of the month if I didn't point out that MB also does this.

Kidding--it only *seems* like I work for Kaydara. :love:

[JoelOtron]

Speaking of which I just got mine delivered yesterday. The one thing that struck me right away was the awsome fold out full color KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS CARD.

[AdamT]

Originally posted by JoelD
Speaking of which I just got mine delivered yesterday. The one thing that struck me right away was the awsome fold out full color KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS CARD.
Nice isn't it?

[JoelOtron]

Havent had a chance to install yet--and I probably wont till the weekend--but the card is nice :)

The package came with 3 disks but the double cd jewel case was partly shattered, and the single cd jewle case was broken off its hinge. My only complaints so far.

[That Adrian Guy]

So what then, is the final answer for us XL7 Users?

Didn't computerarts.com have a tutorial for us?

[JoelOtron]

What i did Adrian, when I was in R7, was to bring in the wave file which shows up as a waveform--and you can play it form C4d --you just cant scrub.

I would then have the file opened in a sound editing program and would play the sound file while comparing the waveforms I'd then add tags in the c4d timeline to where specific words or sounds occuured.

I would then add the same sound file to my AE project in post. Tedious but you get used to it and it works.

[AdamT]

I think XL7 can import markers on a sound track, so you may be able to tag the phonemes in your .wav editor.

[JoelOtron]

Originally posted by AdamT
I think XL7 can import markers on a sound track, so you may be able to tag the phonemes in your .wav editor.

I believe thats a PC only function though--not sure.

[chrleon]

JoelD: What audio program did you use. I want a small and efficient program with a very small foorprint, and not one that clutters my c4d interface too much. Any tips?

Thanks for all the help folks! Really appreciate it!

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