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Would you like to have your hamster, turtle, dog or cat speak in your next presentation as a digital character? There is now the new CrazyTalk 7 app, created by Reallusion so that animated, speaking 3D characters can be produced from digital photos.
Through simple facial fitting with tracking points, animators are supposed to be able to give animals their own voice in real time. A unique personality is said to be addable to a character from various selectable performance styles.
CrazyTalk7 is available for Windows PC and Mac; the standard version is available for 29.99 dollars and the PRO version for 149.95 dollars. A 15-day trial version is also available to download. You can find the Crazy-7 app here: http://www.reallusion.com/crazytalk/crazytalk.aspx
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