Some features are for CrazyTalk 5 PRO Edition only. For more information, please see Version Information.
Copy a special effect then paste to another
place on the track.
Double click the pasted special effect and change to another modifiable special effect.
Drag the latter special effect to come close to
the previous effect.
Create a blink special effect by choose any
special effect and making the Opacity value to zero.
Drag the blink special effect forward and cover
the front, the latter will replace it.
You can create CrazyTalk model by importing the
32 bit bmp image or TGA files, and use CrazyTalk to change the
background. This will totally prevent the background moving while character
is
talking.
Remove the background in your image editor
(like Adobe Photoshop) and save as Targa file. Then Import the .tga file in
CrazyTalk model page will let you see the result.
Use the 32 bit BMP file. On the Alpha
Channel, to replace the background with black and replace the front
with white. Then, import the bmp file on CrazyTalk model page will let you see the
result.
The procedures to create a perfect Special Effect with mask are all the same.
Prepare the sequence images animation and make sure that the image size is same.
Using the external editor (like Adobe Photoshop) to edit the mask is suggested.
Choose a modifiable Special Effect and press Modify, then click Import to import the sequence images.
To make sure that the order of the images is the same as you prepared you
can select the last image and continue to press Shift and then select
the first image to import.
The maximum images are 36 in numbers. Extra
images will be dropped. You can separate to other special effect. Then using
CrazyTalk to merge it.
The imported image will be arranged in one
image and this image size has 1024x1024 pixel limitation. If the exceeds the
maximum size. It will be stretched.
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Create a noise image by click Filter
on the menu bar of Photoshop. Press Noise > Add Noise
and then the noise will be added to the effect.
Change the Hue from Image >
Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Then save three images with
different Hue value.
Open CrazyTalk and go the Script
page, add a Special Effect. Select Template>Modifiable
and choose Full Screen , choose A-Full
Press Modify tab and press Image Import, choose
the three image and press Open on the file dialog. Then click Preview button
will see the result.
Create a Model and copy the model image and
enhance it as a Full Screen Special Effect.
Original image | Invert image |
Edit the script by using Surprise
expression.
Then Import the invert image as a Full
Screen Special Effect.
Making this effect flash two or three times
quickly by using empty effect.
Play it you will see the magnified shock effect.
After you import a WAV file for the speech or use the TTS engine to create the speech, you can choose an Emotive for the complete message. Double-click an Emotives icon and it will add complete facial expression morphs based on the theme of the emotive to your message. Some emotives have comic effects included with them for additional effect. Switch to Timeline mode to see the result of the Emotives. Use the expression strength slider to adjust the intensity of the Emotive.
Double-click anywhere on the Face track or right-click on the Face track to add facial expressions. Double-click anywhere on the SFX track or right-click on the SFX track add special effects.
The Undo and Redo buttons on the right side of the Emotives and Timeline tabs as well as on the left of the Model viewing pane. CrazyTalk5 keeps a history of the last ninety nine (99) actions. Use the Undo and Redo options to cancel or redo your actions and avoid mistakes.
After you adjust facial expressions, special effects, or movements of the head, eyes or shoulders, you can use the Timeline editing tools to repeat the result anywhere you want in the timeline.
To copy an effect, select the icons for the effect from the timeline and click Copy or press Ctrl + C. Then move the cursor to a different location on the timeline and click Paste or press Ctrl + V to duplicate the effect .
Click and drag while holding down the mouse button to select the effect icons on the track.
Alternatively, click the start position and then press the Shift key and click the end position to select a part of the timeline.
Drag the selected icons of the effect to the new position.
Using the template facial expressions, select a facial expression template that is closest to the template you want to create and then click Modify. Use the Facial Features and Muscles tabs to adjust the facial and muscular movements to create a new expression. Press the Add button to add the new expression to the custom expression gallery.
While recording sound or importing a WAV file, make sure that the speech is voice only and try to reduce the noise as much as possible.
Do not include any background audio or sound effects; use the background audio feature for this.
Use the zooming tools to zoom in on the voice track and then use the Lips track to select the appropriate visemes or lip sync movements to achieve perfect results.
Only models using the CrazyTalk virtual eye library
will be able to see the animated eyes. You can add animated eyes to any model,
but this may require that you edit the facial fitting to fine-tune the eye
outline. Use the Eye, Head, and Shoulders
tracks to adjust eye movements for greater effect.