Lips

Most of the time, characters in photos smile. However, the mouth shape may not be as natural as you might expect when characters talk in Cartoon Animator. This is because the height of the lip corners. You may use the lip settings to lower the lip corners and keep the mouth line as flat as possible.

After you apply a virtual mouth, you may modify the corners of the lips.

ClosedLeveling the Lip Corners
  1. Click the Teeth Settings button on the Create Face Bar to access the Teeth Settings panel.
  2. Choose the Lips radio button.
  3. In the Lips corner section, adjust the position values of the Left Corner and Right Corner.

    Before adjusted

    Lip corners are adjusted

ClosedClosing Actor's Mouth

If the character in the original image is with opened mouth, then you may need to close it with the Force to Close feature.

  1. Make sure that the control points for the open lips are correctly specified when adjusting the wire frame.
  2. Activate the Force to Close box to close the character's mouth.

    Original Image

    Force to Close: ON