Monday, March 2, 2009

Lip Sync: Blend Shapes: Phonemes & Visemes

Lip Sync Tips: http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_lipsync.htmlfrom centre for animation & interactive media.

"The phonemes are the smallest, distinguishable unit of sound used in spoken language."
"The Visemes are the basic visual unit of speech that corresponds with the phoneme."
Eric Allen & Kelly L. Murdock Body Language: Advanced 3D Character Rigging
Here is a nice illustration of some basic phonemes and visemes.
http://www.garycmartin.com/mouth_shapes.html

http://www.garycmartin.com/phoneme_examples.html

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/mouth_shapes_01.html
** "Great animators start with the body before the head., In fact you can tell what a person is saying more by their body language than anything else." Eric Allen & Kelly L. Murdock Body Language: Advanced 3D Character Rigging

Websites to find audio tracks for Lip Sync
http://moviewavs.com/
http://www.moviesoundscentral.com/
http://www.rosswalker.co.uk/movie_sounds/
http://wavcentral.com/movies.htm
http://www.freeaudioclips.com/categories.php?cat=8&cat_name=Movies%2FTV


Keith Lango on Lip Sync

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