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Mimic Pro not in store anymore ?

juve_satrianijuve_satriani Posts: 138
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Hi.. I`m curious where or how I can get Mimic Pro ? It seems vanished from store

If anyone have info where I can buy that software ? or there are another proper replacement for it ?

Thanks

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,334

    Daz is the only place authorised to sell. You could open a sales suport ticket, but I think that is unlikely to be productive.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,504

    You can use lip sync in the 32 bit or Mimic live plugin in 64big

    also there is the Anilip plugin I have not tried

     

  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,834
    juvesatriani_S said:

    Hi.. I`m curious where or how I can get Mimic Pro ? It seems vanished from store

    If anyone have info where I can buy that software ? or there are another proper replacement for it ?

    Thanks

    Here is a link to My video review of some lipsinc options for Daz studio:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xOSyocgvpRfrYw821IxxdYVLuQI5rALm/view

     

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,519

    I have access to Mimic Pro but unless there was a newer version ever made it is not worth trying to get in my opinon.  I got it on January 12, 2005 so that shows how old it is.  It is only in 32 bit and I am not sure if it will work with Genesis but I have not tried that yet.  There is still Mimic Pro for Carrara and Mimic lite but since this is in the DS discussion area that probably means the Mimic lite is the only option when it comes to Mimic.

  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,834

    also there is the Anilip plugin I have not tried


    My advice would be to go to the Daz store page:
    https://www.daz3d.com/anilip-2

    And watch their official promo video and decide for yourself if the lipsinc quality,on display,  justifies the $90 USD Compared to the $50 USD Mimic Live or even the free Daz Script to parse papagayo .dat files in your 64 bit DS ,that I reviewed in My video.


    It is only in 32 bit and I am not sure if it will work with Genesis but I have not tried that yet.


    Mimic Pro Will work with any genesis capable of exporting to a poser Cr2 (G1-2)
    You can load that into Mimic pro3 with some limitations as I demonstrate in my review video.

    However, being so old,  mimic pro will likely not launch under windows 10
    So unless you are a person (like myself) with more than one PC and are willing to keep a machine on windows7 indefinately ,mimic Prois not really viable anymore ..sadly. 

  • Luv LeeLuv Lee Posts: 230
    juvesatriani_S said:

    Hi.. I`m curious where or how I can get Mimic Pro ? It seems vanished from store

    If anyone have info where I can buy that software ? or there are another proper replacement for it ?

    Thanks

    I use Anilip which works great and you can really play with it and record files. I bought MIMIC live but soon returned it had no real way to save the files and  I really didn't have a need to record live--never made sense to me as a product actually.  Also hate that they sinc function is only available in 32 bit as I do full-on animations and it was a pain shifting from version to version (added hours to my already hectic pipeline)... So if you want to record and save time Anilip is a great option.

  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,834

    I bought MIMIC live but soon returned it had no real way to save the files and  I really didn't have a need to record live--never made sense to me as a product actually. 

     

     Hi Luv,
    Technically you could have used  pre-recorded audio with "mimic live" however the major caveat is it essentially requires a second computer/laptop.. I did so for  my evaluation video.

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/115371/for-my-fellow-animators-using-mimic-live

    Smart phones or other portable music players will not work with this "hack" of mine.sad

  • juve_satrianijuve_satriani Posts: 138
    Guys thanks for detail information and tricks. I've been trying lipsynch use 32bit version,and its seem ok for english dialogue. I Wonder if anyone know how to adjust visemes prestasi (dmc ?)so I can make lipsynch respons better for non english dialogue?
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,504
    juvesatriani_S said:
    Guys thanks for detail information and tricks. I've been trying lipsynch use 32bit version,and its seem ok for english dialogue. I Wonder if anyone know how to adjust visemes prestasi (dmc ?)so I can make lipsynch respons better for non english dialogue?

    Not got it but Anilip might work as it uses text and you can type that phonetically and do a matched human  vocal reading to add in post

  • wolf359wolf359 Posts: 3,834
    edited July 2019

    The Free Papagayo supports several languages
    and can be used for Daz Studio with this script.

    https://www.sharecg.com/v/88621/view/8/Script/Script-For-Importer-Files-Lip-Sync-in-DAZ-Studio

     

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  • mindsongmindsong Posts: 1,712

    I can't verify that they still have it, but toolfarm.com sold a legit version of mimic pro not that long ago ($49-ish) - and it was delivered through DAZ. If you can get it from toolfarm, I recommend that you give them your same email address you use here at DAZ (not all of us use only one email address...) and it would go into your normal DAZ account.

    I actually like it a lot, and it works with Genesis 1 for sure if you export the Genesis1 figure in the right format. (I think it wants a Poser-style Cr2 that you can export from DS). Yes, it has a pretty rough interface (old style interface and rough window management, etc.), but it's not really 'slow' (32bit) for what it's doing, and it lets you create custom DMC files of any character/figure you own - using your own morphs/visemes - if you do that sort of thing. I have a couple of Genesis1 DMCs that I switch between for different purposes (toon vs 'realistic', etc.).

    I hope toolfarm.com still sells it because it at least give you a choice. Again, I bought it there, and download it here at DAZ, so it has to be legit...

    That said, the papagayo update and "converter to poser-style" script (from sharecg.com) has me intrigued, so perhaps that's a better path to try! There's a recent thread on that in the commons.

    good luck!

    --ms

     

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