Animated mould tool face

[salaam]

I had this idea of animating vector faces using the mould tool. This way all one would have to do is draw the initial face and then split it into parts and apply a mould envelope to each part. All the parts of the face would be able to move around the movements of the lips to create a realistic animation.

I couldn't be bothered wasting long hours trying to draw a face (especially since I have never attempted it before) so I traced a photo (and even that was hard work).

[Ron Duke]

Awesome, Salaam!

[salaam]

Thanks Ron,
Here is the face broken up more clearly showing each quarter inside a [default mould envelope]. The original photograph showed the mouth as closed.
As you can see from the 2 (lower) jaw envelopes, the images have both been adjusted (i.e. the default envelopes are no longer rectangular) in order to open the lower lips and lower the chin. The top 2 envelopes have been adjusted only slightly in order to move the rest of the face.
This example animation is rather crude as I wasn't too sure it would work.

Does any one know why I can't see this or any other XX flash movie in my Firefox browser although I can see others in Firefox and I have no proplems in IE?