# My first animation with synfig(finally)

**URL:** <https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-first-animation-with-synfig-finally/12478>\
**Category:** Artwork\
**Tags:** linux, projects, animations\
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-first-animation-with-synfig-finally/12478 "2021-08-30T05:30:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 9, 2021, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/my-first-animation-with-synfig-finally/12478/8 "2021-10-09T08:10:12Z")

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OK  
Here is the download link

> **[Release Version 1.11.0 · DanielSWolf/rhubarb-lip-sync](https://github.com/DanielSWolf/rhubarb-lip-sync/releases/tag/v1.11.0)**
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> //github.com/DanielSWolf/rhubarb-lip-sync/releases/tag/v1.11.0

Download the win32 version and extract it to a folder  
It’s very better if you read the Readme here  
Before you start it shows what lip shapes you need to darw (plus some stuff about how to use the program)

> **[GitHub - DanielSWolf/rhubarb-lip-sync: Rhubarb Lip Sync is a command-line tool...](https://github.com/DanielSWolf/rhubarb-lip-sync)**
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> Rhubarb Lip Sync is a command-line tool that automatically creates 2D mouth animation from voice recordings. You can use it for characters in computer games, in animated cartoons, or in any other p...

Sadly I don’t have windows installed so iam telling this based on the linux version

Rhubarb is a cli (terminal) program so it dosent have a graphical user interface (you can’t click stuff) so at first it may look like a little unfriendly

The files you need for the program are :

A voice file (I highly suggest it to be in ogg format (for converting between formats use a program like audacity ))

A duiloge file in txt format this file contains the text that is spoken in the voice file

Copy this files in to the folder that you extracted at first

So now for giving all this files to the program you need to :

Search and open CMD from start menu  
The with the use of cd command you need to navigate in to the folder that you extracted at first you can use the tutorial in this website to learn to how to use the cd command

> **[How to Change Directories in Command Prompt on Windows 10](https://www.howtogeek.com/659411/how-to-change-directories-in-command-prompt-on-windows-10/)**
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> One of the first things you’ll need to learn as you become more familiar with Command Prompt on Windows 10 is how to change directories in the operating system’s file system. There are a few ways you can do this, so we’ll walk you through them.

Afeter navigating to the folder you can use this command to generate the lipsync file (change the file name to your own file names )

rhubarb.exe -f tsv -d dilog.txt Voicefile.ogg -o output.tsv

It will take a few seconds to a minute and then you will have a .tsv file that you can import to synfig

After importing a group with the name of your .tsv file will appear at synfig in that group there are other groups named I guess from A to F and a X that you need to put your mouth drawings in them after that it’s all done

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