Lesson 2: Making a Conversation

Adding Voices

1. Select one of the character in the scene.
   
2. Click on the Create Script button on the Functional Tool Bar, you will see four buttons in the panel.
   
3. Click the Wave File button and load a prepared audio file (*.wav, *.mp3).
4. The character will speak and auto-synching will be applied to the lips, causing them to move to mimic the phonemes from the audio file.
   
5. Select the other character and click the Create Script button again when the first character's voice ends.
6. Click the Record Voice button to open the Voice Recorder panel.
   
7. Use the panel to record a voice clip for the selected character.
8. The character will start to talk after the first one finishes its words.
   

Adjusting Lip Shapes

If you want to adjust the lip shapes to ensure the correctness, then please follow the steps below:

1. Select the character and open the Timeline (F3).
   
2. Open the Lip track by pressing the Face button and the Voice Clip drop down button.
   
3. Double click on the lip keys that you aren't satisfied with and adjust their parameters.
   
4. Click on the desired Lip Template to change the lip shape.

Puppet Editor - Full Face Control

1. Pick a desired profile from the Face Animation Profile list.
   
2. Choose a preset in the Full Face Control list.
   

Note:

If you are using a sprite-based face, then it is highly recommended that you select the Comic profile in order to use the specially designed presets for sprite-based faces. You may notice that some features in the Solo Feature Selection pane are highlighted automatically.

3. Press the Space Bar to start previewing. (Or click the Preview button and press the Space bar)
   The mouse interactive area covers the entire screen.

   Note:

   Please move your cursor to as close to the center of your screen as possible before you press down the space bar for previewing; because after the space bar is pressed, you will see a crosshair shown on the current position of the cursor, which is used as the base for the neutral status of the facial features.

4. Move your mouse to puppet. The selected face will be triggered to move with the mouse cursor. Press the Space bar again to stop previewing.

   Mouse cursor moves to the top right	Mouse cursor moves to the bottom right

5. Click the Record button and press the Space bar (or press the Ctrl + Enter) to start recording the motion as puppeteered by your mouse.
6. Once the recording stops, a clip with all the recorded expressions will be stored in the Facial Clip Track of the character.

   Note:

   Click the Play button on the play bar to view the puppeteering recording results.

Puppet Editor - Solo Feature Selection

1. Click the Clear Selection button.
   All the selected features will be deselected.
   
2. Pick the desired facial features from the Solo Feature Selection pane.
   

   Note:

   You may optionally select the Head features for rotating and tilting to be recorded as well.

3. Press the Space Bar to start previewing. (or click the Preview button and press the Space bar)
   The mouse interactive area covers the entire screen.
4. Move your mouse in order to puppet. The selected face will be triggered to move with the mouse cursor. Press the Space bar again to stop previewing.

   Mouse cursor moves to the top right	Mouse cursor moves to the bottom right

5. Click the Record button and press the Space bar (Or press the Ctrl + Enter) to start recording the motion as puppeteered by your mouse.
6. Once the recording stops, a clip with all the recorded expressions will be stored in the Facial Clip Track of this character.

   Note:

   Click the Play button on the play bar to view the puppeteering recording results.

By using the methods, you are able to create different facial expressions for the characters.