Matamata Studio
Easily create lip-synced animations
Installation
Windows
- Download and run the Windows installer from the most recent release, then choose one of the following options:
Automatic Install
- Launch the app, and click the
Install Requirements
button, then install each component there.
Manual Install
- Follow instructions here to setup your python environment.
- Install Docker Desktop
- Pull the Gentle container:
docker pull lowerquality/gentle
Ubuntu
- Download and install the
.deb
file from the most recent release, then choose one of the two options below:
Automatic Installation
- Launch the app, and click the
Install Requirements
button, then pressinstall
.
Manual Installation
- Install the python requirements:
curl -OL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Matamata-Animator/Matamata-Core/main/requirements.txt
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
- Pull the Gentle container:
sudo docker pull lowerquality/gentle
Mac
Sadly, we are currently unable to support Macs. We recommend dual-booting Windows or Ubuntu, or setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine.
Usage
Character Configuration
- Drag your character image in the first option
- If it loads as a small square, drag the image again, it will load this time
- Drag the blue slider change the mouth size
- Click and drag the mouth to the correct position on your character
- Rename the Pose Name
- Set
Faces Folder
to the absolute path to the folder containing your pose images - Press
Add Pose
- Now you can drag in a new pose image, change the
Pose Name
, and pressAdd Pose
- Now you can drag in a new pose image, change the
- Save your character file
Timestamps Creator
- Drag your audio into the timeline
- Press
space
to play and pause the audio - Press
New Marker
key create and name a new pose marker - Click on a timestamp marker to rename it
- Use the slider to zoom in or out of your timeline
- Press
Animate This
if you want to create an animation now, or press save if you want to save the timestamps file for use later
Video Render
- Press on an option, and select the proper file
- You can set a default value for any of the options through the
Adjust Defaults
panel in the bottom right - Once you have chose selected your options, press the
render
button - That's it, have fun animating!