Refinement: Video Series
This video series introduces the lip sync refinement workflow in DeepEditor, guiding you from assessing a vub and applying global performance controls through to refining individual mouth shapes (visemes).
The tutorials are designed to be followed step by step, helping you build confidence whether you’re refining a first draft vub or progressing toward higher-quality results.
Recommended Learning Path
If you’re new to refinement, we recommend following this order:
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Watch all videos in Part 1 to understand the interface and overall performance controls.
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Generate and review a draft vub.
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Use Part 2 videos selectively, based on the mouth shapes that need attention in your shot.
This approach mirrors real-world workflows and helps you refine faster with fewer manual adjustments.
You can access these videos and more on our YouTube channel.
Part 1: Understanding the Refinement Interface & Applying Performance Controls
Steps 1–4
This first section focuses on how to read and assess a vub inside the refinement tool, and how to use controls that affect the application of performance and driving data as a whole.
These tools are not about individual mouth shapes yet. Instead, they help you answer questions like:
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Is the vub working overall?
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Does the performance feel too strong or too subtle?
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Are jaw motion and timing believable?
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How much of the driving performance should be applied?
You’ll learn how to navigate the refinement interface, evaluate lip sync quality, and make broad adjustments before moving into fine detail work.
Videos in this section
Flawless Academy – DeepEditor Refinement Interface Tour
An overview of the refinement workspace, controls, and playback tools.
Flawless Academy – How to Assess a vub (Step 1)
How to review a vub, identify issues, and decide what needs refinement.
Flawless Academy – How to Use Interpolation (Step 2)
Learn how interpolation smooths motion and helps balance realism and stability.
Flawless Academy – How to Use Driving Data Scale (Step 3)
Control how strongly the driving performance is applied to the source performance.
Tip: Completing this section first will significantly reduce the amount of detailed mouth-shape refinement required later.
Part 2: Refining Individual Mouth Shapes (Visemes)
Step 4 Mouth shape pass
Once the overall performance feels solid, you can move into refining specific mouth shapes. These short tutorials focus on common visemes and phoneme groupings, showing how to correct articulation and improve clarity.
You should first address any issues using the Viseme controls. Watch the following videos to learn how Visemes work and how to refine each viseme. Then use our Visemes guide to learn how to assess and achieve each mouth shape using these controls.
Refining with the Advanced Lip Sync Controls
The Advanced controls are granular controls for specific parts of the face. These should only be used in cases where using the Viseme controls has not achieved the desired result.
The videos below demonstrate how to assess and achieve each key viseme using the Advanced controls. Each video is self-contained, so you can jump directly to the mouth shape you need to refine rather than watching them all in order.
You can also refer to our Advanced Controls guide for full details on each mouth shape.
Flawless Academy – How to Refine B, M and P Mouth Shapes
Flawless Academy – How to Refine F and V Mouth Shapes
Flawless Academy – How to Refine W and Oo Mouth Shapes
Flawless Academy – How to Refine S, Z, T and D Mouth Shapes
Flawless Academy – How to Refine the Th Mouth Shape
Flawless Academy – How to Refine Ch, Sh, Dje and J Mouth Shapes
Flawless Academy – How to Refine the R Mouth Shape in DeepEditor
Flawless Academy – How to Refine N and L Mouth Shapes
Flawless Academy – How to Refine the Ah Mouth Shape
Flawless Academy – How to Refine the Ee Mouth Shape