| Getting Started
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Exporting Media Files CrazyTalk now offers the useful
feature of exporting your model and animation scripts to various
types of multimedia formats. CrazyTalk now supports AVI, Real
Media (RM), BMP, WAV, TGA, Sequence BMPs, Animation GIF and
Windows Media (WMV) files.
Note: If you want
to export WMV file format from CrazyTalk, you need to install
WMVEncoder9 first from the Microsoft website.
To export media, do the following:
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Select a CrazyTalk model for your media file
and specify its facial features, type of motion, expressions,
etc.
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Create a CrazyTalk script to specify the animation
and speech for the media file.
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Click the Media tab
under Output to start exporting to multimedia.
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A red crop box is displayed on the model. Using the moving
tools, move it over the image to decide which portion
of the image is exported. Resize the box to specify the
output frame size. You can also resize the cropping frame
using the Output Size
option.
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Scroll through the Format
drop-down box to select the output media format. Various
formats such as AVI, RM (Real Media streaming format),
WMV (Windows Media), Sequence Image (BMP or TGA), Animation
Gif or audio (WAV) are available.
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Check the Export Selected
Sequence if you want to export the selected part
of the timeline to media format.
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Check the Original Resolution
option if you want to retain the same resolution
as the source file.
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Check the Target Resolution
option if you want to specify your own target resolution.
Select the required resolution from the drop-down box.
You can set the resolution for DVD or VCD with PAL or
NTSC formats as well as select various other resolutions
for Windows media formats.
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Check the No Crop
option if you want to display the complete talking image
without any cropping from the sides.
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Check the Crop
option if you want to crop talking image on the sides.
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Click the Background
Color box to select the background from the
color palette.
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Specify the dimensions of the output frame by entering
the height and width in pixels under Output
Size.
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Enter the frame rate in frames per second in the
Frame Rate box.
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The HTML options are available if you select a RM file
from the media format.
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Check the Produce
HTML Page to create an HTML page with the media
content (RM and WMV format only) embedded in the file.
The HTML file is saved in the same location as the
media file.
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Check the Preview
HTML Page to preview the HTML page before
exporting.
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Click the Export
button to export the selected talking image to multimedia
format. Specify the name and location of the exported
file and click Save when done.
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