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Give your project a unique and fun lo-fi look by animating mouth movement on a still picture in After Effects<\/strong>. Many of you may find this look familiar, as it was used in the Monty Python Flying Circus<\/a> animations, as well as more recently in JibJab.com<\/a> online videos.<\/p>\n In this After Effects tutorial<\/strong> I’ve used a Creative Commons image of the Mona Lisa, but you can certainly apply this technique to any photo. Highlights of this\u00a0video tutorial<\/strong> include:<\/p>\n x = 0;<\/strong>![\"Mouth](\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mouth-animation-thumb1.jpg\" "\\"Mouth")
One of the main differences in this tutorial (from others that show this technique) is we won’t have to manually keyframe the mouth movement (big timesaver). In fact, by using expressions we can actually have the mouth auto animate to a audio voice track.<\/p>\n\n
\nl = thisComp.layer(“Audio Amplitude”).effect(“Both Channels”)(“Slider”);
\n<\/strong>y = linear(l,2,20,0,15);
\n<\/strong>value+[x,y]\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\nThis is an intermediate After Effects tutorial<\/strong>, so some experience working with expressions is suggested. Have fun!<\/div>\n