Okay I’m trying to add mouth sprites on this clam in Cartoon Animator 5, do I have to make my own mouth sprites or is there someway I can attach sprite mouths to this character? If I have to make my own mouths how would I save them as sprites for Cartoon Animator. The clam is PNG
Hi…
You can add facial parts to any G3 head.
You may find it easier to start with an existing head or template head, and then replace the sprites with your own character artwork.
Please take a look at the tutorial HERE. This takes you through the process.
Please Note: The tutorial is quite old and makes reference to using G1 and G2 facial parts. In CTA5 you will only have access to G3 facial parts, but the processes shown are the same.
I just wanna drop my two cents in here, because I am a HUGE fan of lip synching.
Option 1 - You can take any character into Composer Mode and save the mouth to your Content Manager and then apply it to any other character. If the character has a 360 Head, some tweeking will be involved to get each mouth sprite accurate when the head turns.
Option 2 - You can make all your own mouth sprites. The fastest way to do this is to load one of the template characters and in Composer Mode simply swap out the existing mouth shape for your own. And dont forget, you can add additional mouth shapes to your character. Some of mine have up to 55 mouth sprites each!