Launching Facial Expressions in CrazyTalk

Export into CrazyTalk

  1. Pick an actor and go to the desired frame to start speaking.

  1. Go to the Animation/Facial Animation/Modify page, scroll to the Facial Animation section to import a CrazyTalk script or motion clip, scroll to the Import Voice/Add Emotion section to record your voice, to import a wave file or to utilize TTS to create the actor's voice.

  2. Optionally, select any one of the Expression Style templates and then set the Expression Strength of the expression you have applied.

  3. You may even choose one of the options, Puppet or Face Key, to create or fine tune expressions.

  4. If you want to import your facial expressions from iClone to CrazyTalk you can click the Launch button in the CrazyTalk section.

  5. Feel free to edit the script in CrazyTalk and add it to the Custom Template.

Expressions to Export/Save

In the timeline you may have several clips in different tracks. You may decide whether to export an individual clip or to export the entire timeline.

  1. Have some clips either in the viseme, expression or facial layer tracks.

  2. You may select and highlight an individual clip in the timeline to export into CrazyTalk.

  1. Or you may select nothing and export everything in the timeline into CrazyTalk. This will export everything in all three tracks, viseme, expression and facial layer.

  2. By using the same methods, you can add the expressions to the Facial Animation's Custom Template.

  3. Once you apply the saved Templates to the timeline, both the viseme and expression tracks are applied with the same clip.