

The final result exemplified iClone’s game-changing facial animation workflow for accurate voice lip-sync, puppet emotive expressions, muscle-based face key editing, and professional iPhone facial data capturing. Besides using iClone and Character Creator software, the contest also welcomed diverse entries using different renders and engines including Blender, Cinema4D, Unreal, Unity, and more. Contestants were inspired by comedy, movies, music videos, storytelling and remaking them into detailed talking animation performances. Within 3 months, there were 468 submissions documented among 60 countries. Reallusion’s 2021 iClone Lip Sync Animation Contest launched in July 2021 with the aim of delivering the best 30-second talking animations that showcase lip-sync, facial animation, and great characters.
