WINDOWS ONLY
With the unfortunate inability to support Mimic Pro software into 64 bit Daz Studio (licensing issues?) animators wanting lip sync methods have to seek out other possibilities.
Well, if you're a fan of how Mimic Pro worked, you may enjoy trying Anilip 2, by Dobit.
From the description and demo video (as well as tutorial/instructional videos that are accessible once the software is purchased) it appears that Anilip is incredibly similar as to how we use it, but with many additional advanced features.
Features for customizing the translation from text and/or speech to the rig/morphs of the figure resemble a similar workflow to Mimic Pro but with more robust options and possibilities.
I already Love using the augmented viseme controls to assist in shaping Rosie's personal facial musculature movements. Their use is incredibly beneficial to me!
Compatible Figures:
Genesis
Genesis 2 Female, Genesis 2 Male
Genesis 3 Female, Genesis 3 Male
Genesis 8 Female, Genesis 8 Male
Anilip now supports a wide range of input sources as 'Speech Recognition', 'Text to Speech' or 'Cloud Services'.
With Anilip 2 different speech styles can be realized. An entire organ register of possible parameter settings makes the characters whisper, mutter, speak, recite, sing or scream.
SSML tagging is now supported for the TTS input. SSML is a W3C markup language to customize the output of the speech synthesizer (Pronunciation, speed, pitch, amplitude, breaks, etc.).
Speaking has never been so realistic. And never before have artists had so many design possibilities in language animation. Through open interfaces, external voice sources can be integrated. But even your own characters can learn to speak with Anilip 2, because the configurations for all figures are provided in an XML file.
To enable a quick start to the world of lip animation, we provide 4 video tutorials in addition to detailed documentation and sample files for each input source.
Anilip 2 is maintained constantly. The newest release 2.1 offers many new features and bug fixes.
Please note that this plugin does not work on Mac. This product is WINDOWS ONLY.
Anilip 2
Voice Sources:
Windows Speech Recognition (SAPI 5)
Windows Text To Speech (SAPI 5)
AWS Polly
AWS Transcribe
JSON Interface
Supported Figures:
Genesis 8 Female
Genesis 8 Male
Genesis 3 Female
Genesis 3 Male
Genesis 2 Female
Genesis 2 Male
Genesis
Victoria 4
Michael 4
The Girl 4
Dog 8
Big Cat 2
Horse 2
Dragon 3
Daz House Cat
Pounce the Puma from Lady Littlefox
Ping the Ringtail from Lady Littlefox
Scamp The Fox from Lady Littlefox
Precious Unicorn from Lady Littlefox
Hein from Nursoda
XML configuration file for additional figures
Support of W3C SSML Tags for TTS
Tested Languages
English (United States)
English (UK)
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Russian
Chinese
Korean
Supported SAPI Voices
Microsoft
Ivona
Cepstral
Nuance Vocalizer
IPA Phoneme Set Support
Sample Scene:
Sample Voice Recordings
Sample JSON Import
Sample AWS Polly Export
Comprehensive Documentation
Video Tutorials:
Introduction and Text To Speech
Speech Recognition
Viseme Model
Viseme Animation
Parameter Settings:
Overall Animation Strength
Jaw Strength for G8
Lip Strength for G8
Jaw Zero Value
Lip Zero Value
Co-Articulation Rules
Viseme Ascent Time
Viseme Descent Time
Viseme Ascent Time After Pause
Viseme Ascent Time After Vowels
TCB Spline Viseme Start
TCB Spline Viseme Apex 1
TCB Spline Viseme Apex 2
TCB Spline End
Revised Set Of Viseme Properties Genesis 8:
AA Jaw Only
AA Lips Only
AO
AO Jaw Only
AO Lips Only
EE Jaw Only
EE Lips Only
EH Jaw Only
EH Lips Only
ER Jaw Only
ER Lips Only
F Jaw Only
F Lips Only
IH Jaw Only
IH Lips Only
IY Jaw Only
IY Lips Only
K Jaw Only
K Lips Only
L Jaw Only
L Lips Only
M Jaw Only
M Lips Only
OW Jaw Only
OW Lips Only
S Jaw Only
S Lips Only
S0
SH Jaw Only
SH Lips Only
T Jaw Only
T Lips Only
TH Jaw Only
TH Lips Only
UW Jaw Only
UW Lips Only
W Jaw Only
W Lips Only
Dog 8 Visemes:
Mouth A
Mouth CH
Mouth E
Mouth F
Mouth M
Mouth O
Mouth SH
Mouth TH
Mouth U
Tongue L
Tongue T
Anilip 2 Intro Video Scene (.DUF)
Video tutorials: (.AVI)
Tutorial Anilip 2 Speech Recognition
Tutorial Text To Speech
Tutorial Viseme Animation
Tutorial Viseme Model