Adding a Motion Clip

In CrazyTalk, there are plenty of motion templates ready for use.

Applying a Motion Clip

Follow the steps below to add a wink at the beginning of the talk performance.

1. Press the space bar to playback and pause where you want to add a motion clip.
2. Switch the Content Manager to the Motion Clip tab, and drag and drop a suitable template to the working area.
3. Press the space bar to play it back a couple of times. You may find a need to trim the motion clip to a different length.

Trimming the Clip

1. Click the Timeline button (Shortcut: Windows - F3; Mac - fn + F3) to access the Timeline panel.
2. Drag the play head to the time frame where the target sentence starts (referring to the audio waves), and then click the Actual Size button (Shortcut: /) to focus on the clip. You may manually move the clip to a desired starting frame.
   
3. Click the Function button or right-click on the clip and select Break (Shortcut: Windows - Alt + B; Mac - ⌥ + B). The motion clip will be divided into two halves, and you can then delete the unnecessary one.
   

Note:

To locate the motion clip, you may Type-in the frame number in the Current Frame field to jump to the target frame. Click the Fit to Window button (Shortcut: *) or use the Zoom In (Shortcut: + or Shift + "=") and Zoom out (Shortcut: -) buttons to locate the motion clip. Press the "," button to go back to the start frame; press the End button to quickly go to the end frame.

Using the puppeteering tool, you may create a custom motion clip for the actor. To access the Face Puppet panel, click the Face Puppet button (Shortcut: P) on the tool bar.

Previewing

You may preview the puppeteering results.

1. Press the space bar to playback and pause where you want to add a motion clip
2. Pick 1_Male from the Face Animation Profile list for a human face.
3. Click the Preview button and press the Space Bar to start previewing.
4. Move your mouse to puppet. The selected facial features (as displayed on the dummy image) will be triggered along with the crosshair. Press the Space Bar again to stop previewing.

   Selected facial features - both eyes, eyebrows and eyelids	Actor's eyes and surrounding features move up along with the mouse cursor

Recording

Follow the steps below to create a gentle head nod for an affirmative end.

1. Click the Clear Selection button to unselect all of the highlighted facial features on the dummy image to only make a head nod.
2. Press down the 3D Movement button to puppet the head with a 3D perspective view.
3. Click the Record button and press the Space Bar to start recording the motion.
4. Move your mouse up and down slightly to tilt the head. Press the Space Bar again to stop recording.

   	Actor's head moves down along with the mouse cursor

5. Press the space bar to playback. You may find a need to change the speed of the motion clip.

Changing the Speed

1. Click the Timeline button (Shortcut: Windows - F3; Mac - fn + F3) to access the Timeline panel.
2. Drag the play head to the time frame where the target sentence starts (referring to the audio waves), and then click the Actual Size button (Shortcut: /) to focus on the clip. You may manually move the clip to a desired starting frame.
   
3. Press down the Speed button and drag the end (right edge) of the clip to the left to speed it up. The shorter the clip, the faster it is and vice versa.
   

Note:

To locate the motion clip, you may Type-in the frame number in the Current Frame field to jump to the target frame. Click the Fit to Window button (Shortcut: *) or use the Zoom In (Shortcut: + or Shift + "=") and Zoom out (Shortcut: -) buttons to locate the motion clip. Press the "," button to go back to the start frame; press the End button to quickly go to the end frame.