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CrazyTalk Tutorials

CrazyTalk animated tutorials have been created to introduce you to the application, guide you through the creation process and provide you with a few tips along the way. Each tutorial focuses on a different portion of the authoring process and will help you towards photo comedy, virtual avatar, and face puppet animation. Tutorials for CrazyTalk Previous Versions

Note:
1. The demo product used in all CrazyTalk tutorials is CrazyTalk PRO edition.  For more info about the Standard and PRO version comparison, please click here.
2. The content used in all CrazyTalk tutorials is not necessary the default content inside the program.

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Date:7/15/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Master Puppeteering Class

The Master Puppeteering Class will show you some tricks and tips to help you with using the Puppeteeting panel in CrazyTalk6. Plus, you will learn the uses of each solo facial feature and a suggested proceedure for layering puppeteeted animation.

   

Date:7/11/2009

CrazyTalk6 Live Demo - How to make an image talk (Part1)

In this tutorial, you will know the basic procedure to create a talking avatar from scratch in CrazyTalk6. Several key features are also covered in this video: Face fitting, VividEye Technology, Facial Puppeteering.

   

Date:7/11/2009

CrazyTalk6 Live Demo - How to make an image talk (Part2)

In this tutorial, you will know the basic procedure to create a talking avatar from scratch in CrazyTalk6. Several key features are also covered in this video: Face fitting, VividEye Technology, Facial Puppeteering.

   

Date:7/11/2009

CrazyTalk6 Live Demo - How to make an animated dialogue

In this tutorial, you will know how you can easily create a dialogue with multi-actor. With the revolutionary feature Stage Editor, CrazyTalk gives you 4 times of the power to control your actors interactively.

   

Date:7/11/2009

CrazyTalk6 Live Demo - How to create animated comics (Part1)

CrazyTalk6 brings you to the world of multi-character dialogue, by moving the camera and applying the text bubbles, you can even make multiple actors chat together like in a comic show. In this tutorial, you will know the tricks and tips of the "Animated Comics" project.

   

Date:7/11/2009

CrazyTalk6 Live Demo - How to create animated comics (Part2)

CrazyTalk6 brings you to the world of multi-character dialogue, by moving the camera and applying the text bubbles, you can even make multiple actors chat together like in a comic show. In this tutorial, you will know the tricks and tips of the "Animated Comics" project.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Basic Face Fitting

In this tutorial, you will learn the basics for importing an image into CrazyTalk6 and then using the Face Fitting Wizard to bring your image to life.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Perfection of Face Fitting

In this tutorial, we will go a step further to fine tune our images and animation for our imported images with detailed facial feature points.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Custom Facial Features: Mouth

In this tutorial, we will learn how to increase the realism of our images with digital teeth and mouth setting.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Custom Facial Features: Eyes

In this tutorial, we will enhance our characters with vivid eyes and eye settings to create realism.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Face Profile & Standby Motion

In this tutorial, we will learn more about face fitting by using Face Profiles to enhance the animation. Also in this tutorial, you will learn how to turn on/off standby motions and to choose different settings for the idle motions.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Separating the Character from Background

In this tutorial, we will learn how to eliminate stretching of backgrounds by masking the background. Also, we will learn more about 3 methods to mask the backgrounds from your character.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Create Your Script

In this tutorial, we will learn the various ways to create CrazyTalk Scripts (CTS) such as live recording, import audio, empty new scripts and using text-to-speech technology.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Apply Emotion

CrazyTalk6 - In this tutorial, we will learn the 3 ways to quickly add emotion to your characters.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Puppeteering Guide

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create live recorded animation for your characters to enhance or control the motions and facial emotions of your characters.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Expression Management

In this tutorial, we will learn how to edit motion clips and create custom motion clips to add to your motion clip library.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Expressions in Key Editor

This tutorial will teach us how to use the key editor to create facial animation to enhance your scripts with the Key Editor.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - SFX & Modification

In this tutorial, we will learn how to add in Special effects and use the modification panel to create unique effects for our projects.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Multi-actor Project

In this tutorial, we will learn how to add in multiple characters into your projects.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Timeline Editor

In this tutorial, we will learn the basics of the timeline editor and the functions of the various tracks. Plus, you will learn how to use Key Editor and the Puppeteering Editor to create transform. Also the Special effect of fade in will be discussed.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Stage Editor

In this tutorial, you will learn about the various functions of the stage editor including how to control character interaction and the functions of the CrazyTalk6 camera system.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Basic Export & Application

In this tutorial, we will learn how to render and export our projects in various formats to share our creations to the world, or to import into other applications to enhance our productions.

   

Date:6/10/2009

CrazyTalk6 - Create a Web Avatar

In this tutorial, we will learn about the basics of Web Avatars to customize the web avatar’s script, animation or model.

   

Date:5/25/2008

Making Music Videos in 10 mins

In this tutorial you will be asked to choose your favorite song or video and create a music video of your own in under ten minutes. Using the audio from your favorite song and CrazyTalk, anyone can become a music video director instantly.

   

Date:5/20/2008

Exporting and Embedding Flash Format

This tutorial describes how you can export Flash files and embed them into your web pages for personal or commercial purposes.

   

Date:5/19/2008

Enrich Your Machinima Movie in Second Life

This document describes how you can enrich your Machinima movies in Second Life with CrazyTalk that avatars talk with lip-sync and expressions. In this tutorial, we also provide two scenarios that can help you apply CrazyTalk for different use purposes.

   

Date:4/22/2008

CrazyTalk5 - Making Avatars Interact

Making two avatars interact or have a conversation where one avatar appears to be speaking to the other is very easy to accomplish with CrazyTalk 5.0 and almost any video editor.

   

Date:1/10/2008

CrazyTalk5 - Basic Face Fitting and Techniques

Fitting an image for use in CrazyTalk is quick and easy. In only a few simple steps you can take most any photograph from static, to fully animated. Facial animation can then be edited and polished to give your character a wide range of emotion and personality.

   

Date:1/10/2008

Crazytalk5 - Face Profile & Standby Motion

Face Profile styles are now included in the new CrazyTalk. You can choose from nine distinct styles that will allow your images to dramatically move there heads and facial features. Stand-By motions are also able to be applied to characters multiplying the amount of emotion each avatar is capable of producing.

   

Date:1/10/2008

CrazyTalk5 - Handling the Background image

There are two techniques when dealing with the background image in CrazyTalk 5.0 The first one is how to keep the background 100% static and the second is how to customize your own background image.

   

Date:1/10/2008

CrazyTalk5 - Natural Eyes and Teeth

Creating a Natural looking set of eyes and teeth is simple to do with the new CrazyTalk 5.0. Using the default attribute sliders to edit and customize the look of the pre-set templates is still a quick and easy option, but now you can also import your own images directly into the eye and mouth positions on your CrazyTalk model.

   

Date:1/10/2008

CrazyTalk5 - SFX Swap and Modification

CrazyTalk now offers a Special Effects (SFX) swap between the foreground and the background, as well as text SFX. Features such as size and displacement, along with custom text can be edited to specifications to deliver the perfect look or message for your CrazyTalk animations.

   

Date:1/10/2008

CrazyTalk5 - Puppeteering Guide

Use a mouse or handheld device to puppet character animation in real-time. Select character expressions or facial features and live puppet their behavior as you playback the recorded audio.

   

Date:1/10/2008

CrazyTalk5 - Key editing and custom script

Using the Key Editor in CrazyTalk 5.0 allows users to create key frames that control the facial features of the character. The Key Editor is divided into 3 parts. First is the Facial Feature Level, the second is the Head Rotation and the third is the Camera Operation.

   

Date:1/10/2008

CrazyTalk5 - Timeline & Emotion Library

CrazyTalk Timeline enhances pro control with key and sequencing editing. Master animation track sequences for perfect lip-sync and natural emotions. Motion Clips add instant expressions to the Timeline including full face, eye, head and SFX track performance.