| Which techniques do you use to animate him?
I use spline{} statements.  To voice sync, I load up DDClip, and the .wav
file.  Set the framerate, and look at whan the sounds are produced. Then I
plug in the frame number and how open and wide the mouth should be for that
sound. (My shiny-dandy mirror comes in handy for this...) For instance:

#declare Spline1 = //Mouth
spline {
cubic_spline  
//"I just can't understand this stuff." 
//frame rate = 20fps
000,0       
002,0
004,0
006,0
008,0            
010,0   
012,1/2     
013,1/8 
014,0  
016,1/4   
017,0
018,0 
021,1/3   
023,0       
024,1/3 
026,1/5     
027,1/4    
030,0
033,1/4  
036,1/7     
037,1/5
040,1/7      
041,1/6        
042,1/2      
045,0  
047,0 
049,0    
051,0       
053,0   
055,0    
057,0     
058,0
}
//In this case, 1 is completely open...

I then use this:
#declare MouthOpen = 0+Spline1(clock*120).x
to declare the lips.  This can be used to comple any number of frames.

To see the end result, go to p.b.a. There's a anim posted there of the
character saying, "Hello, there....fine day for it."


Hope this helps.

H.E. Day
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