Lip Sync with Relative Shapes

Course

Character Animation Toolkit

1. Blender's Animation Tools
Overview each of Blender's animation tools and editors.
- Viewport & Timeline
  Playing 16 min
- Keying Sets & Auto Keying
  Playing 19 min
- Dopesheet
  Playing 14 min
- Action Editor
  Playing 9 min
- Graph Editor
  Playing 17 min
- NLA Editor
  Playing 33 min
- Pose Library
  Playing 4 min
- Rendering Previews
  Playing 7 min
2. Using the CG Cookie Flex Rig
Learn how to use this full-featured and flexible character rig that was built to accompany this course and to serve as a general rig for character animation in general.
- Making Characters
  Playing 27 min
- Animation Controls
  Playing 41 min
3. Character Animation Mechanics
Understand the basics of body mechanics for characters, expanding upon the basic techniques covered in the second chapter.
- The Principles
  Playing 9 min
- IK vs FK
  Playing 14 min
- Quaternion Rotations
  Playing 13 min
- Posing Tips
  Playing 8 min
- Audio in Blender
  Playing 3 min
- Planning for Lip Sync
  Playing 16 min
- Lip Sync with Pose Library
  Playing 8 min
- Lip Sync with Relative Shapes
  Playing 19 min
- Lip Sync Tongue
  Playing 12 min
- Lip Sync Polish
  Playing 40 min
- Eye Animation
  Playing 20 min
4. Beorn Leonard: Multi-camera Dialogue
This chapter follows Beorn Leonard through his workflow for animating a 2-person dialogue shot with multiple camera cuts.
- Beorn's Workflow
  Playing 11 min
- Storyboard
  Playing 17 min
- Layout
  Playing 31 min
- Reference Sketches
  Playing 13 min
- Blocking First Pass
  Playing 34 min
- Blocking Second Pass
  Playing 26 min
- Critique
  Playing 13 min
- Splining
  Playing 29 min
- Polish
  Playing 24 min
5. Nathan Vegdahl: Physical Acting
Since every artist works in different ways, this chapter focuses on Nathan Vegdahl's workflow for animating a physical acting shot.
- File Organization
  Playing 8 min
- Story Boarding
  Playing 15 min
- Layout
  Playing 31 min
- Nathan's Workflow
  Playing 4 min
- Video Reference
  Playing 9 min
- Pose Sketching
  Playing 57 min
- Blocking Poses
  Playing 1 hr 9 min
- Blocking Timing
  Playing 24 min
- Blocking Detail
  Playing 29 min
- Critique
  Playing 11 min
- Finishing
  Playing 31 min

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