PapagayoLipsyncReader

From K-3D

Description

Load a papagayo lipsync (.dat) file and output its values given a time source

Plugin Status:	Experimental
Categories:	All Plugins, Experimental Plugins, Animation Plugins

Metadata

Name	Value

Properties

Label	Description	Type	Script Name
Papagayo File	Papagayo Lipsync File to Load	k3d::filesystem::path	papagayo_file
Frame Rate	Frame rate of the papagayo lipsync file. Frames are converted to time units according to this value.	k3d::double_t	frame_rate
Time	Time for the current mouths' values(should be connected to a time source)	k3d::double_t	time
Interpolate	Enables linear interpolation between mouths values.	k3d::bool_t	interpolate
Interpolation Time	Time for the transition from mouth to mouth	k3d::double_t	interpolation_time
AI	AI mouth value.	k3d::double_t	AI
E	E mouth value.	k3d::double_t	E
etc	etc mouth value.	k3d::double_t	etc
FV	FV mouth value.	k3d::double_t	FV
L	L mouth value.	k3d::double_t	L
MBP	MBP mouth value.	k3d::double_t	MBP
O	O mouth value.	k3d::double_t	O
rest	rest mouth value.	k3d::double_t	rest
U	U mouth value.	k3d::double_t	U
WQ	WQ mouth value.	k3d::double_t	WQ

Notes

This plugins was designed to be used together with the open source software Papagayo.

Tutorial

1. Once you have your character mouth or face you should create a new instance for the following sounds:
   1. AI, E, etc, FV, L, MBP, O, rest, U and WQ
2. Then go to the papagayo software and select your mouth according to your sound file.
3. Once you finished the lip synchronization you can save the .dat file.
4. Load the .dat file on PapagayoLipsyncReader
5. Adjust the frame rate to the one you used in Papagayo (not necessarily must be the same in K-3D's time source, generally it will be lower). The time will be converted according to this value to match K-3D's time.
6. Add a MorphPoints modifier to you face/mouth and add all the face/mouth targets. (I suggest using the same sounds name as in the PapagayoLipsyncReader plugin)
7. Connect the MorphPoints morph value to its corresponding value on the PapagayoLipsyncReader
8. Connect PapagayoLipsyncReader's time property to the TimeSource's time property
9. Push play!