An Automatic Lip Synchronisation plugin for

LightWave

Jennifer Matlock

Superviser: Shaun Bangay

The Problem

CGI animation booming

Character facial animation often nonrealistic

Lots of lipsynch still hand-coded

Mostly unnecessary

Animation movements given when actor records vocal track

A Recent Example: Final Fantasy

Huge budget

Amazing special effects

Great character modelling

Huge losses

Thin plot

Bad character animation

The Solution

Motion capture during voice track taping

Full-face helmet

Maximum detail

Minimum interference

Noninvasive marker system

Marker layout

Process

Movie

Plugin

Stage 1

Point

Database

Plugin

Stage 2LightWave

Extensions

Non-human faces

Full-facial motion capture [not tongue]

Extra tongue plugin

Eye tracker