{"id":43737,"date":"2014-07-28T13:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T17:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=43737"},"modified":"2014-09-10T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T16:56:57","slug":"after-effects-video-tutorial-syncing-cartoon-lips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/after-effects-video-tutorial-syncing-cartoon-lips\/","title":{"rendered":"After Effects Video Tutorial: Syncing Cartoon Lips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"make-your-animations-more-realistic-learn-how-to-sync-cartoon-lips-in-this-after-effects-tutorial\">Make your animations more realistic! Learn how to sync cartoon lips in this After Effects Tutorial.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/07\/adobe-after-effects-all-ver.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43739\" title=\"adobe-after-effects-all-ver\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/07\/adobe-after-effects-all-ver.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever tried to sync cartoon lips in After Effects it can be a very frustrating task, especially if you are trying to make it look <strong>natural<\/strong>. Syncing lips to audio requires a lot of time and patience, but there are a few techniques you can use to speed up the entire process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lips-Moving.gif\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43740\" title=\"Lips Moving\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Lips-Moving.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the following After Effects video tutorial we\u2019ll show you how to <strong>animate the lips of your cartoons<\/strong>. For this tutorial you will need to create your own character in Adobe Illustrator. The tutorial covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Working with Waveforms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Animating Mouth Layers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Correct Mouth Positions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Importing Illustrator Files<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In order to shape your lips the right way I highly recommend checking out a few<a title=\"Lip syncing diagrams\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Lip+sync+diagram&amp;espv=2&amp;qscrl=1&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=DW3WU5q-JYiV8gHDvYF4&amp;ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&amp;biw=1143&amp;bih=583\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"> lip syncing diagrams<\/a> on the Internet. While you certainly don\u2019t need a new lip animation every frame, adding <strong>more keyframes<\/strong> will give your lips a more \u201cnatural\u201d look.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/101931706\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Need music for your next big animation project? Check out the cartoon section here at <a title=\"Cartoons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/royalty_free_music\/children-cartoons\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">PremiumBeat<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you think of this tutorial? Have any questions?<\/strong> Share in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to sync cartoon lips to voice tracks in this After Effects video tutorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":43742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30,3291,21,39,92],"tags":[5375,3040,3120,288,31],"class_list":["post-class-post-43737","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-after-effects","post-class-category-motion-graphics-2","post-class-category-tutorials","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-tutorials-2","post-class-tag-after-effects","post-class-tag-cartoon","post-class-tag-lips","post-class-tag-sync","post-class-tag-tutorial"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - 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