(To understand what I am going to say below, you first have to watch the Crazy Talk animation I created yesterday)

When my son came back from Joshua’s house yesterday, I took the very first opportunity to show him that very first Crazy Talk animation.

To say he was stunned was an understatement. He simply stood there speechless and watched while spotting a cheeky grin. When the clip finished, I showed it to him again.

This time, he replied to the animation as if it was talking to him! When it finished, I played it again and he replied to Crazy Luigi again!! And again next morning!!! Only thing is he replied differently.

Needless to say, I already think Crazy Talk 5 is money well-spent. The US$50 is a very good investment as he has already started asking for more of his favorite toys to "talk".

Only problem is, this time-strapped father needs to squeeze out even more time to produce more Crazy Luigis!

Well, there you have it!

I would say the Crazy Talk 5 animation software is not that difficult to use. I have no digital animation background and I guess if not for the fact that I wanted to choose my own image (instead of using the templates provided), the project would have been completed in less than 30mins.

What I did to produce this short clip were this:

1) Choose the image I want
(in this case, I used the image from the toy box of a toy I bought for my son recently)

2) Scan the image into my PC

3) Open the Crazy Talk 5 application

4) Import the image

5) Follow the simple instructions that follows from the Crazy Talk 5 software

6) Record my own speech & song (erm yes…..that was my tweaked voice and I sang that song..hehe)

7) Export to the medium of my choice (yes there is a "export to Youtube" resolution option)

And wala!

(Of course I am not going to confuse you with the little steps used in adding some titles and transitions. But feel free to drop me a comment if you really want to know how it was done)

I can’t wait for my son to come back from Joshua’s house to show him this crazy talk animation!

It’s time to get cr8tive!

Stumbled upon this animation software which I thought looks very easy to use. My immediate thoughts are about bringing some of my son’s toy characters to life.

Afterall, he has always urged my wife or I to make his toys “talk”.

Let me check the software out and see if I can create any meaningful fun!