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  • USER GUIDE
  • User Guide

    Here’s an overview of the use of this tool, as well as a brief introduction to help you get started.

  • Animation Catalog

    Looking for a detailed list of available animations and their corresponding code strings?

    Catalog
  • How does the animation dashboard work?

    You can use our tool to control the animations of your Digital Human, such as eye movement, mouth movement, positions, and more. While you add or alter animations, our tool will generate the corresponding code, which you can then copy and paste into your system. You can combine several animations to create an animation sequence. You'll find an overview of the added animation in the timeline.

    To visualize the full code strings, you can play a preview of the animation you created, with Mila, our Digital Human. Finally, whenever you're satisfied with your animation or animation sequence, you will be able to copy the final code and add it to your system.

  • Browse through categories

    In the dashboard you will find a series of categories you can choose from to personalize your Digital Human. You can choose various amounts of variations per category selection. When you choose one of the available variations you can edit its properties, such as movement speed, waiting time, and more in the code editor. When you are satisfied with the result, click 'Add to animation X' to add your animation to your timeline and definite code.

    When a category has been chosen, you can then choose which animation variation you want to add to your timeline. After a variation has been chosen, it will be sent to the code editor to fine-tune the animation. Note: when a variation has been chosen, it is not added to your timeline yet.

  • Choose between multiple variations

    There are several ways to personalize your Digital Human within the categories. Consider the expressions "Look at camera" or "Look left." These variations will have the default values, but if you wish to modify them even further, the variables may be found in the code editor.

    The Animation Dashboard contains the majority of the variations. However, there are a few more variations in the Catalog for the more experienced developers. Lighting, visemes, speed, and pitch are a few examples.

  • Code editor

    After selecting an animation, you could fine-tune it in the code editor. By clicking the + and - buttons, you can adjust the movement speed, return speed, and wait time. When you are satisfied with the code, you can update the code and add it to your timeline by pressing the “add to animation X” button. If you want to reset the code to its original values, you can press the reset button on the bottom right.

  • Timeline

    In the timeline you can see the animations that are added to the sequence. The complete code can be found at the bottom. This code is also the code that will be played during your preview. Not happy with the code? You can also manually modify values by editing the code string in the textbox.

    The timeline will show the order of the animations that are added to the timeline. If you want to delete the full timeline, you can press the "start again" button in the bottom right.

    If you're happy with your animation, you can copy the code by clicking the "copy code" button to implement the code into your chatbot. If necessary, you can download the PDF with the complete code.

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