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Well, I finally figured out how to get it to work with Studio 4.0…but no luck with Carrara 8 Pro yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asjiLMyvtiI&feature=player_detailpage

Shawn.
God bless.

You need the Carrara Pro version to use with C8.

http://www.daz3d.com/shop/software/plugins-utilities/mimic-pro-for-carrara

I have Mimic Pro for Daz Studio and have just spent many hours trying to get Lipsinc made with it into carrara but absolutely no luck.
At least - you should be able to import the Mimic ( .pz2) file into Carrara via the character parameters tab import option BUT for me the resultshave been
useless. Characters look like they have stretched mouths.

Unfortunately dont think there is a light version for Carrara - I ‘m waiting to try and get it half price or lessas $100 is too much for me especially as i paid out for Daz version.
50 % off a couple of months ago and wished I’d bought it then.

I have posted in the DAZ forum where you may pick up some info

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/viewthread/6255/#84632

I had it in the Carrara forum too but moderator removed it - If he hadnt you may have come across it

no, mimic lite pz2’s will indeed work in Carrara, ON NON-GENESIS FIGURES as they do in Poser.
you need to add the sound
I only bought pro and the Carrara plugin because they were on sale a couple of years ago, used lite before
also a duf scene from Daz studio 4.5 will bring over lipsync for Genesis, do not try to do a Genesis pz2 lipsync though, not pretty.

For Studio 4.0 I just draps Mimic Lite’s PZ2 onto Vicky 4, the gorilla, whatever…

That did not work for Carrara 8 Pro.

What is your method Wendy?

Because I really want to use V4 and add real hair to go with the lip sync.

Shawn.

God bless.

HI All

The PZ2 files from Mimic (Lite or PRO) will work in Carrara.

Place the PZ2 files into a Runtime / Poses folder,. and then load them onto a selected figure, by double clicking the file in the browser.

You can also convert and save that Mimic animation as a Carrara NLA Clip, and save it to your browser.
Note: As Wendy mentioned, this is only the Animation,. and doesn’t save the sound file you used to generate the Lip sync.
You can add the sound into Carrara, if you like,. or add it later into a Video editor.

Hope it helps

0oseven wrote :

Characters look like they have stretched mouths

This is a common issue, that’s simply due to the fact that you’ve “Customised” the face of your figure to make it different from the Default M4 / V4 etc,... and not edited / adjusted any of the Phoneme / Viseme settings.

The default DMC (configuration) file for M4 or V4, is designed to produce a range of morphs for the default figures, (in Mimic pro, you can customise these and save your own DMC file for a specific figure)
but is you ADD, morph values to the mouth, lips, eyes etc.. then those values will be added to the Mimic generated values, which can create a distorted face / mouth / eyes.

In Carrara, using Mimic pro for Carrara plug-in,. you create a set of Customised Phonemes / Visemes for your own figures, or you can Load an existing “DMC” file for a figure such as V4 / M4 etc…

Hope it helps

3DAGE - 04 September 2012 06:38 AM

HI All

0oseven wrote :

Characters look like they have stretched mouths

This is a common issue, that’s simply due to the fact that you’ve “Customised” the face of your figure to make it different from the Default M4 / V4 etc,... and not edited / adjusted any of the Phoneme / Viseme settings.

Hope it helps

Hi
Thought you had solved this for me because I had been using Modified V4 Facial but retried with V4 straight from the box with same results.

Example   http://youtu.be/Y4arXMS6E1s

File made in DS3 then bridged to mimic for DS and saved as Pz2.File then opened and played back in DS4.5 and Carrara 8.5.149

Used DS 3 because mimic will not open with DS4.5 even though pointed at mimic.exe file ( there is a button to open this option )

Anymore thoughts ??

HI 0oseven

The PZ2 from DS3, or Mimic Pro (if you have that) should work directly in Carrara without the need for DS4 / 4.5

There have been some issues with Mimic in different Beta versions, as the developers integrate Genesis into Mimic for Carrara, but AFAIK V4 has worked,.. However,. I’d suggest downloading the latest 8.5 beta version, and trying those mimic files again.

As the current beta is about to expire I’ll wait to see if there is another version being released then try again as you suggested.
BTW I’ve just had word back from support that it is unlikely Mimic for DS will be updated to support Genesis at least not in the forseeable future.