Lip syncing via iStopMotion makes your characters look like the sounds they are making really come out of their own lips. This application will let you edit the animation on a frame by frame basis by allowing you to adjust the mouth movements of each character as it goes along. Adjusting lip sync movements can require a lot of your time and patience and the steps below will make it easier for you to achieve this.
* Selecting the View tab. Your first step is to select the tab for viewing, which can be seen at the lower right portion of the application screen. After selecting the “View” tab, select the “Rotoscope/Lip Sync” option.
* Opening a movie. Then you would need to open the movie file that you want to edit. Select the button that has the image of a round gear that brings out the browse window of your machine. Click on “Load” and select the movie file that you want to edit for this session. Be sure not to open multiple movie files at a given time since this will eat up the memory of your machine unnecessarily. Next, you need to select the “Show in Main Window” option that can be seen within the “Rotoscope/Lip-sync” menu. The movie that you selected will be displayed in the application working window that is a split screen mode of display. You will also see the live view of the camera from what you are currently working on.
* Recording your animation. Now you are ready to record your work. Select the “Record” button that is colored red and can be found under the application working window. You will notice that the next frame of your selected movie will be displayed in this area.
* Altering the mouth shapes. You can now change the shape of the mouth of the characters that you want to edit. You can do this by going to the left part of the animation window that should match the movie frame that is currently being displayed in the right part of the same window. Make sure that you are editing the right section of your movie.
Those are the easy steps on how to edit your characters. You just have to keep on repeating the steps until you are satisfied with the results. Play your work a couple of times so that you can see if the animation is smooth and appropriate.
If you are a Windows OS user, unfortunately, there is no version of iStopMotion for your operating system. This would only work for those using Mac. For best results, you should upgrade your OS version to Mac OS X Tiger with a QuickTime version of at least 7.1. Check if your hardware can run the program first before downloading the full version or making any purchases, in case you do not have a copy of this application, yet. It is also recommended that for Mac OS X v10.2 users, you should use iStopMotion version 1.5 and those who are on Tiger or newer, can use version 1.8.1 or any later releases.
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