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\itemau{Kawamoto, Shin-Ichi; Yotsukura, Tatsuo; Anjyo, Ken; Nakamura, Satoshi}
\itemti{Efficient lip-synch tool for 3D cartoon animation.}
\itemso{Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds 19, No. 3-4, 247-257 (2008).}
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Summary: We propose a set of algorithms to efficiently make speech animation for 3D cartoon characters. Our prototype system is based on blendshapes, a linear interpolation technique, which is widely used in facial animation practice. In our system, a few base target shapes of the character, prerecorded voice, and its transcription are required as input. We describe a simple technique that amplifies the target shapes from few inputs using a generic database of viseme mouth shapes. We also introduce additional lip-synch editing parameters that allow designers to quickly tune the lip movements. Based on these, we implement our prototype system as a Maya plug-in. The demonstration movies created with this system illustrate well the practicality of our approach.
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\itemut{lip-synch tool; cartoon animation; facial animation}
\itemli{doi:10.1002/cav.250}
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