Benefit from a major gain of time and animation costs as well, with a 24h turnaround for each episode.
Keep complete control on the artistic and technical aspects.
Implement lip assignment in any digital or traditional animation pipeline.
Syncmagic provides you lip assignment (mouth positions) on your cartoon productions - TV series and feature films, in pre-production stage.
We work with studios of any size, with small, medium and large teams of animators, in co-productions between Europe, Asia and America.
Our track read work is manual, yet assisted by computer, which allows us to combine advanced precision and reliability with efficiency.
-Traditional X-sheets
-Digital 2D animation softwares : Toon Boom, Flash, After Effects, Dragonframe, TV Paint...
-3D/CGI animation softwares : Maya, Softimage, 3ds Max...
In a first stage we process a serie of free tests based on one or more character files (Flash or Toon Boom scene, etc.) or mouthcharts, and on a scene sound sample.
We provide you videos that allow you to preview lipsync style and set it according to your specifications for the whole project.
We can correct and adjust the lipsync following your comments and requests until the test matches your specifications.
In the production pipeline, for each episode or film sequence, you send us the audio files, the animatic, the scene list (Excel file or EDL) and the dialog script. Our track read will be based on these elements.
Within one single day you get the lips files in the format you need as well as a control video if needed.
In a first stage we process a serie of free tests based on one or more character rigs (Maya scene, etc.) and on a scene sound sample.
We only need the lips positions, you don't need to send us the complete rig.
We provide you videos that allow you to preview lipsync style and set it according to your specifications for the whole project.
We can correct and adjust the lipsync following your comments and requests until the test matches your specifications.
On the production pipeline, for each episode or film sequence, you send us the audio files, the animatic,the scene list (Excel file or EDL) and the dialog script. Our track read will be based on these elements.
Within one single day you get the lips animation curves as well as a control video if needed.
We adapt to every software evolution, providing an updated plugin for the version you use. The lip files integration is an easy and quick process.
Documentation is also provided. The visualization and selection among mouth libraries is very simple (mood, face position).
Our system has been developed to integrate latest PoseLib updates so animators can use our lips files and manage poses in an intuitive environment.
We can process lip assignment in any language, here are some of the productions we work on :
A 26 episode lip assignment processed within 24 hours instead of a full week for an animator.
Corrections and retakes can be integrated in the shortest turnaround.
Several episodes can be delivered in a week, so the lip assignment is easy to insert in the initial planning stage.
You can preview and modify the artistic choices at any stage of the production.
The tests offer you various options of lipsync style among which to choose.
Videos available to preview lips output if needed.
Compatibility with any software upgrade, keeping the lip assignment and files structure unchanged.
Customization of the output files according to the animators needs.
We have been working with many European and international studios and we run long-standing collaborations since our beginning.
Here are some of the studios using Syncmagic lip assignment.
