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2D Baker Lip Sync (Basic)

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  • Software:Blender 2.79  ·
  • Difficulty:Intermediate

Rules of the Exercise

  • 1
    2D Baker rig is used for the animation.
  • 2
    Mouth animation is good and it syncs with the audio clip.
  • 3
    Blinks are present and supportive of the lip sync animation.

This exercise is directly tied into the "Demystifying Lip Sync Animation" course. You'll need to download the project source files from the downloads tab on this page in order to get the 2D Baker rig. The starting file for this exercise is in shots > 01-2d-lip-sync.

In this first pass of the 2D baker animation, you're animating the mouth and eye lids to sync with the provided audio clip. Reference the lesson as guidance during the exercise and begin bringing this character to life!

When you're done animating, render out a video, post to YouTube, Vimeo, or Wistia, and submit for grading!