Live Puppet

You move, your character moves with you.

1 · Character

Drop a parts set anywhere
(00-cutout-meta.json + all part PNGs)

Choose parts files…

Samples Wingu

Your own character: slice a single image into a parts set in PNG Rigger, then drop the downloaded files here.

No character loaded.

2 · Driver

Use a video file…

From the video

Sound in the recording

Record from the start of the video

Face · Body · 0 fps

3 · Voice

Voice

Character

Mouth follows

Play a sound file…

Use my microphone

The voice is made on this device — your text is not sent anywhere. Directions: [pause 1], [happy] [sad] [angry] [surprised] [shy] [neutral], [wave] [raise right hand] [raise left hand] [nod] [shake head] [shrug]. With the camera or a video running, the body and eyes follow the performer while the mouth follows the voice (see "Mouth follows"). Use my microphone adds your own voice (use headphones if a video or a sound file is playing, so the microphone does not pick it up). Start recording first to save the performance with its sound.

Best results with a sound file: a clear voice in front — speech, or a song where the singer is louder than the music. The mouth listens to the range of the human voice, but loud drums and instruments still make it move.

Settings

Mirror mode

Camera preview

Show skeleton

Track body

Track face (head)

Animate eyes and mouth

Eyebrows

Face style

Soft joints (beta)

Mouth

Expression strength

Hands in front of head

Smooth hip seams

Leg movement

Smoothing

Framing

Background

Frame shape

Character size

Character position

Drag the character on the stage to move it.

Tips for best results

Step back until your head, shoulders, elbows and hands are in the frame. Show your whole body if you want the legs to move.
Keep your hands inside the frame when you gesture. An arm follows you while its elbow or hand is visible; with both out of view it rests at the side.
Face the camera with even light on you. A bright window behind you makes tracking unsteady.
Gesture sideways and up or down. An arm pointing straight at the camera holds its last angle — a flat puppet cannot show depth.
Sleeves that contrast with the background are tracked better.
If the head sits off-center, look straight ahead and press Re-center head.

Your camera image never leaves this computer: tracking runs inside the browser and this page cannot connect to the internet. Recordings contain only the puppet.