When you ask a question about the way someone sounds use "what" instead of "how". So "What does this smart guy sound like?" is preferred compared to "How does this smart guy sound like?" Or you could remove the word "like". So that would be "How does this smart guy sound?" Pedantic? Yep - but correct grammar is kind of important. I realise English is likely not your first language.
@@makeitsavory9439 Yes I understood him as well. Which would have been very obvious from how I went about letting him know the correct English to use. That is not the point. There is a wrong way and a right way. Which way would you prefer to do things?
@@VestigialHead I'd rather do things the "wrong" way, then I can argue with people until they eventually realize that language is completely made up and full of flaws to begin with, and that so long as someone isn't writing a resume to freaking Google, it is sufficient for a youtube comment to simply convey a message and not care about what and English professor would think. Come to think of it, our language structure is actually an incorrect and incomplete form of old English. Try speaking that.
The voiceover was surprising at first and it was hard to recognize the things you say as english, but throughout the first minute of the video i got used to it and it was perfectly fine. Really helps to sell the content.
I love your little avatar! Some have commented that it looks off, and while I disagree, I bet a reason for that is that the jaw doesn't hinge back far enough. The jaw joint is deep in the skull, not just beyond the mouth corner, in chickens and people both. You would have to add a cheek graphic (yes, chickens have cheeks). This also gives you an opportunity to add cheek stretching physics if you like.
CaryKH did a very similar project for automatically animating videos from a sound file voiceover. I believe he open-sourced the whole thing. Check out his channel for more.
I absolutely love the guidance on how to synchronize audio with animation - definitely going to try that one myself. I also laughed way too much watching a chicken talk to me. The effect is great!
why is it always the guys with the accents you've never heard in your entire life that are geniuses? (you sound good, can't wait to watch your videos with a chicken head narrating in the corner!)
Great work! I think making the head move ever so slightly (even when not saying anything) would really sell it. Right now it's a little weird how still it is.
Very cool! I'm impressed by how well it worked to just boxcar the amplitude. I always thought it took fancier speech analysis to auto-animate a talking character.
This is awesome man. Great voice + english, and you can explain in much more detail without heaps of text. More personality in the vid too which is always a good thing
I learned something new today! As you can see from my profile picture I also like chickens, but I was not aware that the things under their beaks are called wattles 😄. The more you know!
As an animator, I find it hilarious! Next time, consider drawing several mouth shapes or phonemes, as the artists call them and replace the drawings depending on the sound. Even more important is to animate the accents. Rotate the head, make the glasses jump etc. The more expressive the point in the speech, the more pronounced should be the animation. Good luck, fellow animator!
I recommend making the audio louder when producing the next video. I had to increase my volume to 100% to understand you, while my usual volume when watching RU-vid is 30%. Glad that no Advertisement occured blasting my ears away.
yay voice reveal also, here's my thoughts. it looks good, but there should be some sublte natural simplex noise added to the head so it sways and moves slightly. the tounge jiggles a bit too much, maybe you should filter it at 0.3? But the biggest thing: You need to make your voice way louder. I had to crank my volume to max when most people sound way too loud at 75%.
@@PezzzasWork Thanks, so process wise, I'm guessing you save the audio stream from your narration into a sound file, open that into your C++ code, then produce the animation which is saved as a video file. Is there a video standard with transparent background, or do you use chroma key in your video editor?
Awesome to hear your voice :) I love your videos and really appreciate you sharing your projects Also: wattle?? Lol, always learning something from you
what about adding some wind in the chicken's air, and when there is a pause longer than 3 seconds, your sunglasses' reflects swipe from left to right this would make the whole even more lively 😎
