Insanely Easy Lip-Sync Animation in After Effects

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In this video we go over the easiest way to create a mouth rig for lip-sync animations in After Effects.
A new tool called SF Caddy helps skip the complicated mess of expressions and slider controllers and simplifies and stream lines the whole process to a couple of steps. In this tutorial I show how to create your character rig, and set up your lip-sync so its ready in just minutes.
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@willieblgnaut54 11 ай бұрын

Keyframe assistant > Sequence layers... I have been using After Effects for 13 years and I was today years old when I learned this.

@EdaliaDayCreative 2 жыл бұрын

This is great. Just downloaded it. It's saving me so much time.

@HotraOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Maryamkhan-md9ej Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial

@liucanjung8183 3 жыл бұрын

thank’s man!

@dumplingduppy1502 3 жыл бұрын

loved this video thanks man the lip sync at the end felt off tho

@lenishkhatiwada 3 жыл бұрын

thank you buddy need more video like this

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

You got it!

@henriquecardoso4722 Жыл бұрын

it's amazing =D

@korujaa 3 жыл бұрын

great tool

@arboldigital6310 Жыл бұрын

awesome!!!!

@vishavaroraYT 3 жыл бұрын

thnq sir.. i've been wanted to learn this for so long

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad today was the day you finally learned....hopefully!

@vishavaroraYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy yeah i learned it but to practice i need to buy the plugin but i got demo version from aescripts.... will try practicing using that.. thanks alot

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

@@vishavaroraYT Awesome! If you have any questions hit me up and I'd be happy to help!

@vishavaroraYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy sure sir

@tsukune.onoderatompntchewo4480 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video it’s will be useful for me, I need to do that for blender (3Dsoft) lego

@tristanbradleymusic 2 жыл бұрын

That’s very cool! Do you happen to know if there’s any similar plugins for motion?

@olorinmobius18 3 жыл бұрын

Hay quá thầy ơi !

@jamesowens-darkcurvstudios Жыл бұрын

Slight aside question based on your final animation - I'm guessing youre using Joysticks and sliders to get the head turning but what do you do with the mouth comp as part of the JSAS set up? Are you simply scaling and repositioning the entire mouth comp? Does this not cause distortion to the mouth lines?

@princemjprasanth8954 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the helpful video bro.

@buunhu317 3 жыл бұрын

thank you !

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@liucanjung8183 3 жыл бұрын

it's great video and great tool. Just bought it last night coz of this video! I just wondering how you rigged the hand so smoothly? you change the hand pose seamlessly. do you use Limber or Duik or another tool? I'm lil bit frustrated with making dialogue animation like this. Thank you Buddy

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I actually used SF caddy for that hands as well! Its all about knowing when to switch that hands to make it look smooth.

@omelettedoodles 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! :)

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@motionworld9863 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. This one is very helpful tutorial. Have a question Did you took 12 FPS for all the composition you are using this project or just the mouth composition??

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

12 fps for everything

@GabberHeadzNL 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy Dear and respected Mr. Keyframe Academy ,first let me apologies is what am about to say is for a completely another video but here is what i would like to do and please you are welcome to give any input or guidelines... Hope you are familiar with an old school cartoon called "smurfs" in there is one character called "Grumpy Smurf" and what i would like to do is to edit this Grumpy Smurf to say certain phrases in his own voice?! Thank you in advance for your kind and unselfish help on this matter wish you all the best

@anupkaushik9370 Жыл бұрын

Have you parented face with mouth for animation in final render ?

@strangelord6657 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man can you make a video of how to make a character in illustrator which can be suitable for rigging and animation? It would be really really helpful! Love your videos!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, while I don't have a video about an entire character design in illustrator, I do have a video about how to design the limbs for your character here:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrSjZ82KkrmWg4E.html creating proper limbs is like 90% of what you need to know anyway.

@strangelord6657 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy okay that's helpful too!! Thanks alot!!

@denzzzxxz 2 жыл бұрын

Woow thankss.. 👍👍👍God joobbb

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome 😊

@judgeworks3687 3 жыл бұрын

when in a hurry I've also used character animator, loaded mouth shapes, imported audio, had computer analyze audio, it automatically then chooses the mouth shapes for the dialogue but you can then go into the timeline and finesse the mouth key frames, export as png sequence or alph chanel movie then import to AE.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, character Animator is definitely an option. But again, that requires some time investment to learn everything. And I think, depending on your knowledge and skill level in AE, the time investment in some of these character tools can be less than learning Character Animator. The lip-sync tool is cool, but can be kind of janky sometimes.

@Toebiscuit 3 жыл бұрын

RE: using Character Animator - sounds like taking 8 steps to save 1. Additionally, your imported PNG sequence isn't scalable like Shape Layers. But, I dunno. (small cough)

@judgeworks3687 3 жыл бұрын

@@Toebiscuit Hey otterpops- I've already succesfully done it. Exported as a video w/ alpha, moved anchor, attached to full body/puppet that I'd already animated (in AE, not character). worked fine. If I needed to make changes (but typically I don't export the lip synched head til I'm happy with it) can replace easily. But it's good to know all the different ways that work for different folks. People may have more skills in one software or section of software over another and therefore it's actually faster for them than what you describe as '8 steps to save 1'. I certainly have used the regular lip sync process in AE but when in a real hurry and no time to super scrub the audio and set all the mouth shapes I like the option to have character animator scrub the audio and place the phenomes--then I can easily and quickly fine tune and change what mouth shapes aren't hitting right. Depends on the deadline and the style of animation being done--obviously no good for drawn. To each their own.

@judgeworks3687 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy yes that's true. Learning one software after another can feel overwhelming and take away from getting deeper into one. I've only used the process I described as a speed thing when under a deadline (& I know enough in Character that it saved time).Within Character they've improved the ability to read the track & assigned mouths but then very easy to fine tune and add or eliminate mouth shapes. It'd be great if the 'read audio track' option in Character would be available in AE, without having to jump between softwares, to directly access that in AE. Love the tuts--thanks so much for making and sharing.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I wish they'd either bring all the character animator features natively into AE, or bring some key AE features into character animator. Having to jump between two different applications turns me off.

@nicklegostava 2 жыл бұрын

Please somebody make this for Lego mouths & a bonus would be usable in Sony Vagus Pro 14.

@arielenriques 3 жыл бұрын

How to make the character's head turning, how many draws we need?to make for example the character look front, left and right? is there some tutorial to do this?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but I would use a script called Joysticks n' Sliders to do that instead. I have a couple tutorials on my channel about how to set that up.

@chahak376 3 жыл бұрын

As I have never used after effects before

@chongpeikay4081 10 ай бұрын

why i was unable to find the load items like what you had done in the video

@zaouiamine6475 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks u so much just wanted to ask and i hope u reply please When u animate with duik or rubberhose Is there a way to add depth to an arm moving easily Example at 7:37 the hand animation is easy but At 7:41 the forearm shape changes wich gives depth but its harder each time to do it... Is there an easier way

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I'm using a tool called Limber that allows me to do this. You can watch this video where I go more into it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8l1fLdhmLPWqp8.html

@zaouiamine6475 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thank u sir

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

@@zaouiamine6475 no problem

@MsBougon 3 жыл бұрын

Ok !

@khuzairimohamad 3 жыл бұрын

besides sf caddy , what can i used for free?

@davidbulambo6332 2 жыл бұрын

How did you ungroup?

@chahak376 3 жыл бұрын

sir I want to know if we name the layers properly in illustrator only, will it be required to rename in After Effects again?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I believe it will transfer it over

@chahak376 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thanks!!!

@jitenpandey5184 3 жыл бұрын

Get a series om duke, bro

@joanafrc 3 жыл бұрын

Is there another way to do the Alt + right bracket? I'm trying but it doesn't work :( thanks for the video!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Not that I know of

@liucanjung8183 3 жыл бұрын

you can drag the timeline of all layer btw, to set the duration only 1 frame or any duration that you want

@Gmoney9 2 жыл бұрын

How did you get he mouth to move where the head went in the end animation?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

A script called Joysticks and Sliders

@adam-sj6sq 2 жыл бұрын

this is difficult making animation in after effects still could not make out i dont understand those video this hard

@hijabcreation 3 жыл бұрын

good understand voice,connect with me thanks

@jcodyg 3 жыл бұрын

Hey man, what is the setup you use for your workstation? (PC, monitor, speakers, headphones, etc... all the gooods)

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I have a self built computer. Ryzen 7 3800. 32 gb of DDR 4, GTX 1070. My monitor is the Samsung 49' ultra wide. I forget the exact model number. Desk is from Ikea.

@cedricwilliams6229 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy shoes by Adidas...

@suzanneslattery219 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to auto-analyze the audio or is this a manual process? Thanks!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

No in After Effects, but you can do this in Adobe Character Animate

@DarthKegX 3 жыл бұрын

I've been doing just the mouths in Character Animator and it's been a game changer. I know people complain that C.A. is a pain to rig, but you can just edit/redraw a pre-existing character's mouth using "edit original" in C.A., and then you just disable all the other body/head layers until you isolate the mouth. IMO it's worth learning.

@suzanneslattery219 3 жыл бұрын

@@DarthKegX thank you! This is super helpful. I see that CA is a really good option now.

@adrainbroadus1310 3 жыл бұрын

How do you bring the shapes into after effects as shape layers I’m trying but it’s not really working

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

we have a video about this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLVpZ7lo08WupIU.html

@adrainbroadus1310 3 жыл бұрын

Keyframe Academy thank you!!

@eclair6910 3 жыл бұрын

How do you open the SF-Caddy Feature?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

its a script you must purchase and install

@stormproductions9155 Жыл бұрын

Why don't we want the layers sequenced upwards?

@EpicEren 2 жыл бұрын

What about 60 fps?

@kokapapaskua7666 Жыл бұрын

are this plugin free can you tell me bro

@Starrytchi 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a good free alternative like this? This is right up my ally but I can’t afford it.

@alejandracalderon2196 3 жыл бұрын

I found Mouth Shapes. Is similar but it doesn't show the graphic of the mouth in the button you use.

@Starrytchi 3 жыл бұрын

@@alejandracalderon2196 - Thank you!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I've never looked into mouth Shapes but it looks promising. You can also search youtube for lip syncing using slider control. There are a few tutorials out there that will show how to do it without a plug in, (though it does take some technical know-how) The advantage of tools like SF caddy is that it makes the process super simple (which is why it isn't free unfortunately) But yes it can definitely be done manually.

@seanmaynard7417 3 жыл бұрын

Do you ever use Adobe Character Animator for lip-sync

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Nope.

@palomaagustin800 3 жыл бұрын

What should I do?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I would reach out to the makers of SF caddy and see if you're experiencing a bug.

@amargaming5658 2 жыл бұрын

how to enable Sf-caddy penal ?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

You have to purchase it. There is a link in the description

@angelosstory6565 3 жыл бұрын

i dont know how you got the ruler its not there for me

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

You got to enable it first. It's in a drop down menu in the composition window

@emelio6928 9 ай бұрын

This method is good, but I think it's only good for flat, simple characters. If you're about to animate a more realistic 2D character, with lots of details/ shadows etc...The mouth won't look natural, but very robotic so it won't match the detailed character appearance well enough.

@xLinggx 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, not sure why when I click "Load Items" in SF Caddy it keeps popping out this message: "Please select composition with maximum 100 frames". Can somebody help?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

The composition that you are pulling your mouth layers from is too long. You need to shorten it to less than 100 frames long.

@xLinggx 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy thank you so much!

@heshan66 3 жыл бұрын

Can't this be done for videos?

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you mean...

@Imblu95 4 ай бұрын

Aaaa yes... plug in that u have to buy...

@reemanfahaad 2 жыл бұрын

the alt + ] part doesn't work with me lease helppppp

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have your layers selected when you hit alt+ ]? if nothing is selecting it will not work. You can also just click and drag the end of your layers until they are all 1 frame long.

@reemanfahaad 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy yes i did select all the layers

@palomaagustin800 3 жыл бұрын

Sir, it doesn't let me to download the mouths in load items! I have followed your steps but it doesn't work!

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

What happened?

@palomaagustin800 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy in the end I didn't know what to do ;w;

@balls6906 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm... the keyframe time remap way of doing mouth shapes is pretty old and buggy. The panel seems to speed it up slightly, but I still don't think this is a great method.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Which method do you use?

@balls6906 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy I do mouth shapes as a group in a shape layer, and I use an expression to toggle transparency for the mouth group corresponding to the mouth shape... so then it becomes a similar process but instead of a frame number it's a number on a slider in a null. No precomps and no bugs with the wrong mouth showing up, which I used to get a lot with the time remap method

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

@@balls6906 Hmmm I've never had that issue with the time remapping, but I'll take your word for it.

@balls6906 Жыл бұрын

@@TheKeyframeAcademy Well you still can't animate the mouths if they're one frame long

@dumpsky 3 жыл бұрын

ideally... align upper teeth ;-)

@Renangoo 2 жыл бұрын

Has anyone ever told you you sound like Morty?😂

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Nope

@rohanpatel9899 2 жыл бұрын

Pics art

@yumnaash5526 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please help me sir i Want to make yummy action tounge licking animation for my cooking channel intro

@theboysstudio4572 2 жыл бұрын

Bhai ye sf candy kya he😅😅😅

@meyqool 17 күн бұрын

lol all this for a tool that doesn't auto-analyze the audio and place the mouths accordingly ! 🤣

@funkahontas 3 жыл бұрын

tbh it looks random in this video

@TheKeyframeAcademy 3 жыл бұрын

Still practicing.

@24yrukdesigner 2 жыл бұрын

I mean its fast :) But the mouth shapes aren't even close to real lip sync shapes.

@TheKeyframeAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

Well hopefully you can manage to do better

@361degressvr7 Жыл бұрын

I Dont understand ? all the different mouth are placed automaticaly on Animate CC ! It s generate with the audio you import ! Stop using AE and GO on ANIMATE friends ! So ,, bro try to learn ho to draw shoulder and back on a charcter .... :D what s the F