Reallusion Launches CrazyTalk on the Apple iTunes Store
CrazyTalk allows iPhone and iPad users to puppet and record
their animations by simply touching, shaking and talking!
San Jose, CA
June 3rd, 2013) —
Reallusion, the award-winning leader
of 3D and 2D Cinematic tools, has introduced the mobile version of CrazyTalk to
iTunes Store. CrazyTalk is unique. Unlike other talking app programs, CrazyTalk
allows you to directly interact with characters in an instinctive way by
providing you with truly natural controls over characters. It lets you animate with the power of your
voice, fingers and wrist movements.
Users are able to puppet projects, add automatic lip-syncs, generate
volume sensitive performances, save their projects and directly share on
YouTube, Facebook and through emails.
In the last 6 months, Reallusion has
won two renowned Mac awards for CrazyTalk. Reallusion’s CrazyTalk7
(CrazyTalk desktop version) won “Mac
App Store Best of 2012” and “Macworld Best of Show 2013” on its first entry
into the Mac market. Now Reallusion have turned this award winning technology
into an iPhone and iPad app. Every user can now experience the new wave of
animation creation.
What Makes CrazyTalk
Different From Other Talking Apps- Touch, Move and Animate
There are many talking apps in the
market. Most of them are just click and playback pre-designed animation, or
they mimic your voice with basic lips movement. Reallusion make the animation
truly different based on your own unique control. Reallusion focus on intuitive animation. With
very few buttons, on the user interface, CrazyTalk app can generate very
natural animation based on your MOVE, your VOICE, and your TOUCH.
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Intuitive design for one
thumb touch and slide: Stream lines the creation process for the
non-animator with few buttons and options to clutter up the stage. Its layout
is based on the iPhone’s ergonomic design, making users feel immediate response from actors once they lay a thumb over
the screen. This allows users easily create brilliant animation with one hand.
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Make the most of built-in
motion sensors:
The iDevice’s built-in motion sensors are also put to good use, allowing
CrazyTalk users to shake and tilt to make their characters follow, look-at,
sway, pop and bounce. The muscle-based animation technology also lets users
slide to animate by simply tapping and dragging their fingers over the
application’s puppet grid which contains references to an actor’s facial parts
and expressions.
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Voice to animate: Real sound lip-syncs are
also automatically generated by recording your actual voice and letting the
built-in phoneme library animate mouths accordingly. The audio technology also
analyses the strength of your voice in order to determine the intensity of the
animation. A whisper might generate a subtle character motion, while a loud
yell would make the character react in passion.
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New content for new
possibilities:
Content add-on packs will include new, dramatic characters each with their own
personalities for use in different scenarios. These characters perform unique
idle motions when left untouched, and react to sound with their own Auto Motion
styles. The character-embedded Auto Motion styles behave differently in each
actor, mimicking their preset moods and attitudes - making them ideal for use
in different situations.
CrazyTalk Is Not Just an
App!
CrazyTalk is a new way to enhance
media communication and social interaction.
It's a natural visual revolution to the intuitive iDevice which already
comes with touch, motion sensor, even in the future for Siri voice recognition.
The CrazyTalk app aims at being one of the most intuitive, simple, yet powerful
companion in anyone’s pocket; delivering fun, form, functionality and fantastic
life-life results every time.
Additionally, CrazyTalk marks the
beginning of a multi-platform animation ecosystem that allows users to create
content on their desktops, upload to a cloud server, to later animate and share
on their iDevices; making CrazyTalk one of the best paired applications
today.
CrazyTalk users will enjoy future updates for both
function and content to enhance the CrazyTalk mobile experience. Function packs will be available to unlock
additional features including Voice Morphing, which allow users to instantly
morph their voice to many different options; Puppet Recording feature, which will
enable users to create and layer their very own unique motion detail by
touching, swiping and shaking. Content
add-on packs include new, dramatic characters each with their own personalities
and their own Auto Motion styles for use in different scenarios.
The CrazyTalk app is powered by the
same high-tech engine found inside the CrazyTalk7 desktop version, available
for both Mac and PC, making project and actor sharing an upload away. http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/crazytalk.aspx
For
CrazyTalk7 Mac Standard purchase, please access Apple’s Mac App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crazytalk7/id551903255?mt=12
Pricing
and Availability:
CrazyTalk is available on the Apple
iTunes Store for free and in-app purchase at USD$0.99. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crazytalk/id606708369?ls=1&mt=8
Visit Reallusion’s website for more
info and videos:
CrazyTalk App -
Introduction
CrazyTalk App - Additional Features
CrazyTalk App - Create
Custom Content
