This article explains how to make a character's mouth move in sync with a voice-over using Powtoon's Lip-Sync feature. This feature is available for supported character families, including Character Builder characters, Boho, Rhapsody, Cosmo, and Duo characters.
Certain Powtoon characters can now be synced with individual audio tracks, giving the impression that the character is speaking in sync with the audio track. This process is called Lip-Syncing.
Which Characters Support Lip-Sync?
You can use Lip-Sync with the following character families:
- Characters created with Character Builder
- Boho characters
- Rhapsody characters
- Cosmo characters
- Duo characters
How to Add a Voice-Over to a Character
- Select the character you want to animate.
- Click the Voice icon
- Choose how you want to add the voice-over.
- Upload an audio file.
- Record your voice.
- Use any other available voice-over option in the Voice menu.
- The voiceover is now added to the character. It may take a few moments to a few minutes to fully render the mouth motion in sync with the audio.
Additional audio customization for character with lip-sync
Once you have added an audio track to a character, you have some additional customization options to work with.
- Select a character, and click on the Voice icon
- The Audio Control will open and you will be able to make some minor changes:
- Swap the audio track.
- Delete the audio track.
- Volume control.
- Preview the audio track.
Identifying a character with an attached audio track
Once you have added an audio track to a character, you will have some convenient visual reminders to let you know which character has lip-synced to an audio track, and which ones have not.
- The Sound icon will appear blue.
- The duration of the attached audio file will appear on the timeline when selecting the character.
- A microphone icon will appear on the character thumbnail below the timeline.
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