how to make auto lip syncing more natural?

[RyanSurrey]

I am completing a 3 minute animation every 2 days and the only thing being left is the lip sync which I have no time to work on. So i am using the auto lip sync. but that is making the character look like it is done with 2 frames in flash. is there any way to make it a little more natural? like Manga or anime cartoons do? I mean look at this:



All they do is like what auto lip sync does. but it looks way natural.

[neeters_guy]

The Doraemon example is an interesting one because the voice recording was likely dubbed over the existing animation, so the task really fell to the actor to achieve a natural-looking lip sync.

I'll only mention that auto lip sync (which typically uses 10 phonemes) usually results in a busy looking lip sync. You can get by with fewer shapes as recommended in Dermot O' Connor's blog:
http://www.angryanimator.com/word/2010/ ... -3-dialog/

If you want the best results, you really need to set the lip sync keys manually.

[exile]

O'Connor's tutorial is fascinating. Another possible approach including faster and slower methods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKjMvlP4CE

An auto-sync script that seems to work better than Papagayo is available for $10 here: https://sellfy.com/strider2000 It works with the standard 10-11 phonemes, the script can be tweaked.