Photoshop will only let you do this if you rename it something other than Background. Now you need to move and resize the lower layer. Use the Move tool to drag the chin down a little from its original position, as if the mouth is open. Press Shift-Command-J (PC: Shift-Control-J) to cut-and-paste the chin selection onto a new layer. STEP 4 Cut-and-Paste Selection into New Layer In Photoshop, choose File>Open and navigate to your two images: one of a closed-mouth face and one of an open mouth with teeth and a tongue.Ĭhoose the Move tool (V) and drag-and-drop the closed-mouth image onto the teeth and tongue image.Ĭhoose the Lasso tool (L) and make a selection of the chin and lower lip of the closed-mouth layer (Layer 1). Once you’ve saved the WAV or MP3, you can close out of Audition.

In this example, we accepted all the defaults. The Options button reveals controls for fine-tuning the export. Choose the WAV format for uncompressed (highest quality) sound or MP3 for a smaller file size (but still a pretty good sound for dialog). You can always export the sound at a lower quality later if necessary.Īfter speaking into the mic, click Stop, then choose File>Save As to save the sound. When Audition displays the New Waveform dialog, choose high-quality settings (e.g., a Sample Rate of 48000, which is DVD-quality sound). Make sure you’re working in Edit view, and click the Record icon. Plug a microphone into your PC and launch Audition. With a little know-how, we were able to craft a chatterbox faster than you can say “Spam.” In this tutorial, we’ll take you step-by-step through the process, beginning with the sound recording in Adobe Audition, moving on to the image prep in Adobe Photoshop, and ending up in good old Adobe After Effects, where a little Expression magic saves the day. So there was no time to keyframe the mouth movements. Recently, we needed to create a Monty Python-style talking head in Adobe After Effects and, as with most of our projects, the deadline was yesterday.

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