Animation Tracks for Character Heads

There are three Master Tracks that belong to a character's head. They are the Voice Clip, Facial Clip and Face Motion tracks. You may show them by clicking the Face button on any character.

ClosedVoice Clip

The Voice Clip master track stores the voice file from the Create Script panel. It contains two sub-tracks, Voice and Lips.

  • The master track stores audio data in Clip form. You can Break, Loop or change the clip Speed.

Voice Track

  • This track stores audio data in Wave form. You may only view the wave of the voice without any editing.

Lips Track

  • You may manually add lip-synching keys to this track by double-clicking on the cells in this track.
    ( Watch Tutorial - Lip Sync Basics )
  • Please note that if there is a clip in its master track (Voice Clip), then the lip-synching keys within the clip range will be overridden by the lip-synching keys added later on.
ClosedFacial Clip

The Facial Clip master track stores the facial expression clips from the Puppet Editor - Face Puppet Editor panel. It contains three sub-tracks, Head, Face and Eye.

  • The data in these three tracks can be set through the 2D Motion Key Editor - Face Key Editor.
  • Please note that if there is a clip in its master track (Facial Clip), then the Head, Face, and Eye keys within the clip range will be overridden by facial expression keys added later on.
  • Double-click the cell in these three tracks to open the Face Key Editor.

A. Head Track

  • You may add head Rotating and Tilting data in this track.
  • Select the Head controls in the pane and drag in the pane to set a Head Key.

B. Face Track

  • This track stores the facial expression keys.
  • Select the Facial Features on the face dummy and drag in the pane to set a Face Key.

C. Eye Track

  • This track stores the eyes rolling and scaling keys.
  • Select the Eyes and Eye Scale buttons on the face dummy, and drag in the pane to set an Eye Key.
ClosedFace Motion - Sprite-based Heads Only

The Face Motion master track stores the clips grouped from its main tracks; Face_Transform, Face_Sprite and all the T (Transform) and S (Sprite) sub-tracks.

ClosedTransform Main Track and T Sub-tracks
  • You see all transform data of the Sprite-based facial features in these tracks.
  • These keys support Move, Copy, Paste and Delete functions.
  • Double-click the cell or the keys in these tracks to open the Face Key Editor - Transform Tab.

Face Transform Main Track

  • The keys in this track are only tokens, implying that there are transform keys under its T sub-tracks on the same time frame.
    *Please note that the T sub-tracks are for the versions only.
ClosedDeform Main Track and D Sub-tracks
  • In these tracks, you see all deform data of the Sprite-based facial features.
  • These keys support Move, Copy, Paste, and Delete functions.
  • Double-click the cell or the keys in these tracks to open the Face Key Editor - Deform Tab.

Face Deform Main Track

  • The keys in this track are only tokens, this implies that there are deform keys under the T sub-tracks in the same time frame.
    *Please note that the D sub-tracks are only for the versions.
ClosedSprite Main Track and S Sub-tracks
  • You see all sprite switch data of the Sprite-based facial features in these tracks.
  • These keys support Move, Copy, Paste and Delete functions.

Face_Sprite Main Track

  • The switches in this track are only tokens, implying that there are switches under its S sub-tracks on the same time frame.

S Sub-tracks ( only)

  • The switches in this track are generated by manually switching elements in the Sprite Editor. Please note that these switches are re-editable.
  • There are other types of switches, there is a mark implying that the switches are produced from the Voice Clip, Lips tracks and sub-tracks of the Facial Clip track. You can only edit these marks by editing the keys in the referred tracks.
ClosedNote:

Please refer to the Clip and Key Priority section for more information.