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[mookiestarhh]

How do you do facial expressions? Can you make the character change expressions to angry and happy, sad etc, using anim8or, and how!??

[mak]

morphs

[Kubajzz]

Here's a longer version of what mak wrote:

You have to create a basic "neutral" shape of your character's face, then create several morph targets and finally animate the morph targets in the scene editor.
See http://www.anim8or.com/manual/3_object_editor.html#morph_targets

[johnar]

 This tut will also explain, (i hope),  a basic theory about using morph targets.
 The only difference is that, instead of morphing a cube you would be applying the principles to a face, and its expressions.

 

[mookiestarhh]

Thanks for that!! , can you use this for speech?

[mak]

yes, but to give you a tip; make about 5 or 6 morphs ahh, ooo, eee, oh, vvv, umm, most of these you probable wont want to give a morph value grater than 1. but then youll want a few that you will only move along  one axis at a time(X, Y, Z)
 example; select all the points that make the top lip
then; build>morph targets>new>name it (somthin like Tlip=Y)
move those up along Y axis only.
and move on to X and Z moving each along theyer named axis. then repeet for the botom lip, eyebrows and dont forget the nose. i hope this makes sence and helps.

[hihosilver]

Use what are called phonemes, which are basically the most basic sounds in speech.  This diagram gives a good representation of how you can use them.  So you would create a different morph for each one, and match it up to the sound clip.

[mak]

how are you doing with this?

[neirao]

hi mookiestarhh,

i make a Little tool Software called of "PAPAGA8OR"
for be used with .an8 files.

is for to maker AUTOMATE SENTENCE/SEQUENCE OF MORPHS
AND PHONEMES, use to SPEED ANIMATIONS WITH MORPHS

see in: http://www.anim8or.com/smf/index.php?topic=1692.0

OK! 

[mookiestarhh]

im just using the anim8or prgram to create bones, and then im making an object, and adding the object to the bones.
Is there an easier way? Or is this a good way to animate anything?

and thank you for that neirao