Head turn with dialog

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Furpuss
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Head turn with dialog

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Hello-
I have been using Anime StudioPr0 9.5 for a month now and am excited by it's possibilities. My goal is to be able to rotate a head and to do interpolated (smooth) mouth shapes using blend morphs at the same time. After watching many tutorials, the results have been more or less hit & miss. Can anyone point me to someplace where this is explained in detail?

BTW, I have been a professional animator for over 40 years, but I am a complete novice at Anime Studio Pro.

Thanks,
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Re: Head turn with dialog

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This question (or variations of it) comes up often. Do a forum search; here are several threads from recent weeks:

So many questions, but let's start with this.
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25289

What is their secret?
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25273

turn the head of a sheep with horns
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25250

a work flow to a full details head turn
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24928

The Mad Professor!
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24838

New improved Head Turn Technique!
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15846
gwbond addition here:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15846&start=75

My own approach is here:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=24462&start=15

Also Incredible Tutorials on youtube describes a head turn rig as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYEkHP74 ... atwTRZz6WA

On the other AS forum:
Why are we so obessed with Headturns? lol
http://www.kelleytown.com/forum/animato ... IC_ID=2587

Most likely you'll come up with your own unique rig based on the degree of turn required, the character design, and your style of working. If you post an example, I'm sure folks will be happy to comment.

Good luck.
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Re: Head turn with dialog

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Thanks neeters, I'll check out all these threads!

Furpuss
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