Lip sync for stop motion isn't as complicated as you might imagine.

A great way to learn and work out mouth shapes is to simply watch your own mouth in the mirror or film yourself speaking the lines.

You can make mouths out of clay, fabric, or draw them on stickers - anything goes.

In this class we are going to cover everything from making a mouths set and making it Dragonframe compatible in Photoshop as well as going over essential lip sync tools in the software itself. There will be track reads, how to add a second character and using your dope sheet to animate with too.

A lot of good lip sync is about practice... there is no wrong or right way to choose what shapes you use. Two different people might choose a completely different sequence of mouths, that's normal and okay. So long as it reads well to you and looks correct when you play it back you are all good. Don't over-think things, simple is often best and less is definitely more :)

In this course you will learn:

How to use the audio features within Dragonframe
How to work out your own custom set of mouths shapes
Best practices for storing your mouth set
How to break dialogue down by doing track reads
How to add multiple characters in a scene in Dragonframe

You will need:

Dragonframe 4 (30-day FREE trial is fine)
A DSLR (that is Dragonframe compatible). A full list of Dragonframe compatible cameras can be found here: https://www.dragonframe.com/camera-support/
Some clay, paper or fabric (whatever you would like to make your mouths out of)
A piece of dialogue that you would like to create lip sync for

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Learn even more with my tutorials on YouTube

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Jennie Lyra

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