Admin Rodney Posted June 26, 2004 Admin Share Posted June 26, 2004 The Art of Animation:Master (Online) Please add your exerices to this topic and others will join in. The Art of Animation:Master is being completed on a continual basis in the New Users Forum. Meeting deadlines can be an important skill to master early on but this course is self paced to allow each person the flexibility they need to learn the basics of Animation:Master. The course can be completed in as little time as necessary or as much as is needed by each participant. Note: You may want to download the videos first. All available Video Tutorials related to TAOA:M can be found on one page: The Art of Animation Master Video Tutorials The Art of Animation Master Part II: Modeling MODELING TAKES TALENT 8 - Customized Car 9 - Flower Power 10 - FW-190 Fighter 11 - Giraffe (No available video tutorial) 12 - Lip Poses 13 - Show Some Backbone (Adding a Skeleton) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exercise 12: Lip Poses ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- View Online: Web (13.6MB) Download: Zip (13.9MB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animateden Posted April 5, 2005 Share Posted April 5, 2005 Name: Den Dotson Exercises Completed: Twelve Date Completed: Tuesday April 5, 2005 Instructor: Rodney (don't give me any lip) and that guy on the web tutorials Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: No comment. Here is a link to the 12th completed exercise: http://homepage.mac.com/animateden/hash/Lip_Pose_O.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/animateden/hash/Lip_Pose_A_I.jpg Thanks Rodney, -Den Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 5, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 5, 2005 OOooooo..... Aaaaaaaaa! Good Job Den! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Ooo & aaa from the project I'm still working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted April 6, 2005 Share Posted April 6, 2005 Here's the ooo... sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 8, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 8, 2005 Good job Dhar! You must know I have a soft spot for Keekat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted April 9, 2005 Share Posted April 9, 2005 Good job Dhar! You must know I have a soft spot for Keekat. Oh yeah? Just wait till you see him perform in this number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyj1112 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Name: Tom Jansen Exercise: #12 Lip Poses Date: April 28, 2005 Comments: "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 29, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted April 29, 2005 Go Tom! You are at the home stretch now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevernameless Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Name: Tenez Waggoner Excercise Completed: 12 Lip Poses Date Completed: May 25, 2005 Remarks/Suggestions: Smooth sailing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwaslen Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Name: Paula Waslen Exercise Completed: #12 Lip Poses Date Completed: Jun 18, 2005 This was a quick one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted June 18, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted June 18, 2005 You guys and gals are even getting some poses into this one. Now that is Eddie... with attitude! Good Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Name: Leo Mitchell Exercise Completed: # 12 Lip Poses Date Completed: 25 June 2005 Instructor: web tuts and manual Remarks: I did this one a while ago, but things have been crazy and I haven't been able to touch Master for a while, but now I am back on track and looking to finish up and move onto better things. [attachmentid=14592][attachmentid=14593] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 10, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted August 10, 2005 now I am back on track and looking to finish up and move onto better things. Leo, Glad you are back. I'm looking forward to seeing the 'better things' you are working toward. The exercises can certainly seem to be a distraction from the projects that we all hope to create but they have definitely proven their worth. While you are always welcome to post in the New Users Forum I hope you will consider posting in the Work In Progress forum. It is always fun to see projects progress step-by-step toward completion. Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zowat Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Name : Erik Kirschberg Exercise completed : # 12 Lip Poses Date Completed 9/15/05 Instructor : Web Tutorial and Manual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elissa Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Name: Melissa "Elissa" Heldenbergh Exercises Completed: 12 Date Completed: Oct 13th, 2005 Instructor: A few years of A:M use, the book, and web tutorials, plus also doing the mentor program with Paul Daley. David Rogers book... Jeff Lew's DVD. Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: Time traveling Eddie ran into himself! Lip Posing can be fun, I forget this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madfox Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I try the lippose for another model, and as far as I followed the instructions I can't overcome the problem that sometimes the magnetic mode works, and sometimes not. This is quit irrittating, because I can't trace the failure. First times after following the exercise it worked quit well. Then , when in magnetic mode, the programm just keeps moving one clipnode.(?) Sometimes the surounding ring appears, sometimes not. When I wait, I still get the same message:Translate controll points What do I do wrong, because I just follow the same acts as in the exercise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhar Posted October 30, 2005 Share Posted October 30, 2005 Name: Dhar Jabouri Excercise Completed: 12 Lip Poses Date Completed: Apr 5, 2005 Instructor: Online Tutorial Remarks/Suggestions: Re-admitting my previous work for the certificate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odog2020 Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Names: James Owens Exercises complete: 12 Date completed: 20 October 05 [attachmentid=10699] [attachmentid=10700] lipposes.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kuep Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Name:John Kuepper Excercise Completed: 12 Lip Poses Date Completed: Nov 9, 2005 Instructor: lots Remarks/Suggestions: lesson12.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noewjook Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Name:Marc Vancouillie Exercise completed #12 lip poses Date completed 11/24/05 Instructor:t.a.o.AM book and reading in this topic what people have done before me. Remarks:I had some problems with the decals that I have aplied on the t shirts.When I safe and re open the project the decals are not visible on the models and the choreography anymore.However the decals and the stamps are showing up in the project workspace.I can overcome this only by removing the decals in the pws,reload them and re aplying them before I do a render to disk. Strange. [attachmentid=11638] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted November 25, 2005 Author Admin Share Posted November 25, 2005 Remarks:I had some problems with the decals that I have aplied on the t shirts.When I safe and re open the project the decals are not visible on the models and the choreography anymore.However the decals and the stamps are showing up in the project workspace.I can overcome this only by removing the decals in the pws,reload them and re aplying them before I do a render to disk. Strange. Strange indeed. Are you saying they don't show up in realtime *and* in final render? If you would care to upload the project file we could have several people test it out and post their results. In TAoA:M News - I like the toy concept that you have the Ed twin's in. Rodney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noewjook Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Remarks:I had some problems with the decals that I have aplied on the t shirts.When I safe and re open the project the decals are not visible on the models and the choreography anymore.However the decals and the stamps are showing up in the project workspace.I can overcome this only by removing the decals in the pws,reload them and re aplying them before I do a render to disk. Strange. Strange indeed. Are you saying they don't show up in realtime *and* in final render? If you would care to upload the project file we could have several people test it out and post their results. In TAoA:M News - I like the toy concept that you have the Ed twin's in. Rodney Hi Rod. Everything is fine now.There was a problem with the image that I have made in photoshop.I have remade the "o" decall in photoshop for testing and it works. I have made a 24 bits transparent tga image and a 32 bits transparant with alphachannel. AM works perfectly with that.My first decal was not transparent,may be that was the problem. Greetings Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splinesmith Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Name: Splinesmith(Kurt Lange) Exercises Completed:12 Instructor:the manual and the video tutorials. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: N/A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkarpp Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Name: Douglas Karpp Exercise: Exercise 12: Lip Poses Date Completeed: December 19, 2005 doug [attachmentid=12426] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMZ_TimeLord Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Name: Jody Krivohlavek Exercise Completed: Exercise 12 Date Completed: January 2, 2006 Instructor: AM Handbook, Video Tutorial and everyone that's ever posted to these forums. (Been around since the Playmation days ) Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: The "O" came out a little creased in the cheeks, but otherwise they are okay. LipPoses.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossk Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Name: Ross Klettke Exercise completed: #12 Date completed: January 22nd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert-Jank Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Name: Micah Jank Exercise completed: #12 Lip Poses Date Completed: Well ive done this one sooo many times it didnt take long at all... remarks:.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomike Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Mike Dalton Exercises Done: 12 Completed: March 6th 2006 Comments: This one could probably be removed from the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobkoonce Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Exercise 12 completed Name: Bob Koonce Exercise Completed: Lip Poses Date Completed: Instructor: Individuals on forum, TAoA:M, Video tutorials, and other material. Remarks/Suggestions for improvement: None at this time Any comments or constructive criticism will be appreciated. Thankx, Bob Koonce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Good job Bob. Would've liked to see the 'O' Pose though. Keep going Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobkoonce Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Exercise 12 dosn't specify the "O" pose, but I'll send one this way. Exercise 12: Lip Poses - "O" Once again thanks for the input Leo. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkyu111 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Name: Stephen Molloy Exercise #12 Date: March 29, 2006 Instructor : web video Name: Stephen Molloy Exercise #12 Date: March 29, 2006 Instructor : web video i fixed the hand on the lower boy in #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Stephen, Good job. I like how you made the scene fun. You are really flying through these. Keep going, it only gets better Leo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted March 29, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted March 29, 2006 Mike Dalton Exercises Done: 12 Completed: March 6th 2006 Comments: This one could probably be removed from the book. I'm curious what you would suggest might replace it. Also what is the primary rationale for removal? I think it could be enhanced or even merged with the dopesheet or pose slider exercises but it's pretty essential information for anyone that wants to set up thier own characters with lipsync. I could easily see an exercise detailing how to use the FACE setup being added to TAoAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomike Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I think it can be eliminated because it teaches no new concepts. It's CP manipulation, which is done in many, many other exercises. One could argue that the purpose is to create a natural looking face despite CP manipulation, however "Eddie" is an extremely poor model for this type of work. As for suggestions for replacement - use a different model. I think even "Shaggy" would be a better choice for good looking mouth manipulation. Since you mentioned the dopesheet exercise, that one can disappear too. Does anyone use the dopesheet? Any of the Fellows? It's an inferior way to do animation, and it's like teaching someone to walk with defective crutches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I think it can be eliminated because it teaches no new concepts. It's CP manipulation, which is done in many, many other exercises. One could argue that the purpose is to create a natural looking face despite CP manipulation, however "Eddie" is an extremely poor model for this type of work. As for suggestions for replacement - use a different model. I think even "Shaggy" would be a better choice for good looking mouth manipulation. Since you mentioned the dopesheet exercise, that one can disappear too. Does anyone use the dopesheet? Any of the Fellows? It's an inferior way to do animation, and it's like teaching someone to walk with defective crutches. Eddie seems like he needs some changes to the spline layout to make facial posing better. I imagine that a character from TWO will be used in future versions of this exercise. As far as dopesheets go, I think they can be used effectively...just not the way people have been using them. I think Jason Osipa's method is the best way to go, but, if you set up a dictionary correctly it would shortcut some of the lip sync in some circumstances (like initial blocking). You would need to put phonemes in the dictionary and not type in the dialogue as words, but type them in as the phoneme (using the same method of determining which phonemes as you would visemes). You would also need to make each phoneme pose as extreme as it would ever be (or make three or four levels of each phoneme), then after typing in the string of phonemes/sentence going back in and turn the percentages down to the level you want them. Finally, you make another pass or two to get rid of anything that looks mechanical or doesn't fit the delivery about the movement. I haven't tried it, but it works in my head...and it's probably less work to just use visemes. Maybe instead of just having the exercise about making a mouth pose, making it about animating a sentence of dialogue? Of course the problem I would run into is that the method I use is in a book that Jason Osipa sells...that's the problem with any proprietary bit of information, it's tough to do anything except say "buy the book" or "buy the tutorial". Sorry, just thinking with the keyboard a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Name: John Booker Exercise Completed: 12 Lip Poses Date Completed: April 05, 2006 Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: O and gum A I [attachmentid=15762] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo73 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Excellent John. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted April 5, 2006 Author Admin Share Posted April 5, 2006 Since you mentioned the dopesheet exercise, that one can disappear too. Does anyone use the dopesheet? Any of the Fellows? It's an inferior way to do animation, and it's like teaching someone to walk with defective crutches. I guess were gonna haffa demonstrate effective use of dopesheets one of these days huh? The exercise (Exercise 7 that is) hits the basic usage of dopesheets. Only the artist can decide whether the tool works for them. If you don't even get introduced to it I think it would effectively remove the tool from the toolbox. While 'the majority' might not use it the few who do have to know how to find it. As far as Eddie is concerned. I can't say why he was chosen but I'd guess because it forces new users to keep it simple. A more articulate model wouldn't allow for that. Note that I'm not saying we shouldn't go that route but building from simple to more complex would be the ideal. We'll get there eventually but wishing it to be so isn't an option... someone's gonna haffa build it. I'm not the one to get 'er done at the moment however. Thanks for the input Mike! I may disagree with you about the usefulness of dopesheets but I do highly value your opinion. If those that have been working in animation for awhile don't use Dopesheets and build their own lip poses I imagine new users won't care to do it either. To be effective we have to demonstrate the tools usefulness. I think Dopesheets are perhaps one of the most undervalued (and therefore underused) features in Animation:Master. In other news and reviews... John (Booker), Personally I'd like to see an 'ewwww!' lip pose. Nasty gum chewers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuboos Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Name: Sam Wiley Completed: number 12 [attachmentid=16363] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArgleBargle Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Since you mentioned the dopesheet exercise, that one can disappear too. Does anyone use the dopesheet? Any of the Fellows? It's an inferior way to do animation, and it's like teaching someone to walk with defective crutches. I guess were gonna haffa demonstrate effective use of dopesheets one of these days huh? Thanks for the input Mike! I may disagree with you about the usefulness of dopesheets but I do highly value your opinion. If those that have been working in animation for awhile don't use Dopesheets and build their own lip poses I imagine new users won't care to do it either. To be effective we have to demonstrate the tools usefulness. I think Dopesheets are perhaps one of the most undervalued (and therefore underused) features in Animation:Master. Personally, I'm having trouble imagining it some other way. I simply can't imagine doing my current project without them and not add a year to the schedule. I've got total running time of about 70 minutes of video, and there is dialog during about 95% of the total time. That a lot to lip-sync. For better or worse, I think I've learned almost every in-and-out of dopesheets. I've got my own procedures that are quite different than in the basic tutorials, but they've proved effective. Oh, and I get to do whole collection again, only this time around, in Spanish. (Didn't someone once ask if the phoneme dictionary was available in Spanish? Ask me again in a couple months.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neu_Type Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Name: James M Glover Exercise Completed: Exercise 12 & 13 Date Completed: 27 July, 2006 From my WIP thread: Can this count? it still needs a lot of cleaning up [attachmentid=18797] Man, its hard to get video with sound under a meg... I feel its still too rough to upload anywhere else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Name: James M Glover Exercise Completed: Exercise 12 & 13 Date Completed: 27 July, 2006 From my WIP thread: Can this count? it still needs a lot of cleaning up [attachmentid=18797] Man, its hard to get video with sound under a meg... I feel its still too rough to upload anywhere else... That's some very cool extra effort, James! It could be more extreme, but, this is a beginning exercise...it definitely exceeds the requirements as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not the one to make that determination. As far as file size, if you have Quicktime Pro you could use H.264 video compression with AAC audio. Without any trouble at all I got your clip down to 586k without any apparent loss of quality. Congrats on the exercise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neu_Type Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 That's some very cool extra effort, James! It could be more extreme, but, this is a beginning exercise...it definitely exceeds the requirements as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not the one to make that determination. As far as file size, if you have Quicktime Pro you could use H.264 video compression with AAC audio. Without any trouble at all I got your clip down to 586k without any apparent loss of quality. Congrats on the exercise! Thanks, and thanks for the tip... Unfortunately, I run win xp x64, and the latest QuickTime breaks compatability. And their offical stance is they don't support x64. I read their new installer wont even run on x64, but haven't tried it for myself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Exercise 12: Lip Poses John Bailey August 22, 2006 A O [attachmentid=19903][attachmentid=19904] Exclusive release! First time Ever! Finally Keekat reveals his long kept secret to an amazed Eddy. http://media.putfile.com/Exercise-12-Lip-Poses JohnnyB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LurkerAbove Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Exercise 12: Lip Poses Name Glen Clarkson Date Completed: 8/22/2006 Observations: No one has made a joke about Eddie's O face yet? Surely the office space reference hasn't been missed for all this time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torak Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Name: Shane O'Sullivan Exercise Completed: Exercise 12 Date Completed: September 25, 2006 Instructor: None / Manual and Online Video tutorial Remarks/Suggestions for Improvement: [attachmentid=20890] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tralfaz Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Name: Al Dinelt Exercise Completed: Exercise 12: Lip Poses Date Completed: October 22, 2006 Instructor: TAoA:M A couple of lip poses, an A-I pose and an OOO pose. I was watching an old war movie last week with Robert Vaughn in it and noticed that as he talked, even his lower eye lids moved. Since then I have been watching people talk and have notice all sorts of facial movement, like their noses bobbing up and down and nostrils flaring. Tried to incorporate some extra sublte facial movement in my poses, like in the 'Home Alone' OOO pose, like bringing in the cheeks a bit. [attachmentid=21631] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Name: Caroline Begbie Exercise: Exercise 11.5 & 12 - Face and Lip Poses Date Completed: 6th November 2006 This is my son Robin. I'm not posting the original, in case someone accuses him of having a wonky spline. (The one thing I've never accused him of. But wait... maybe...) So all wonky splines are mine. As I couldn't find anywhere to post 11.5, I thought I'd play with lip poses on it. It's interesting that when I came to animate it, some of the splines were in completely the wrong place. So that's something to remember when building models. Al is absolutely right, that in doing an AI, the whole face under the eyes move. Is there any limit on how many CPs you can move in a pose? The eyes are Colin Freeman's amazing Uber-Eyes. I found DeskPins useful for keeping little reference photos on top of A:M. [attachmentid=22015] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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