Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5057558 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 02 May 2013 17:09:30 +0200 Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=JqNzXbEC c=1 sm=0 a=MYIdP0RYBkqG+Tzz9zp75g==:17 a=e5KqeWh6ElcA:10 a=0_W4_Jd4tm4A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=O_RjZzbmAAAA:8 a=-OaeeuOdZd8A:10 a=ar7_mbbEAAAA:8 a=QXK1reW37ALXIG-ZcuMA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=S1MLFhTO56oA:10 a=MYIdP0RYBkqG+Tzz9zp75g==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 184.89.78.212 Received: from [184.89.78.212] ([184.89.78.212:49824] helo=[172.27.35.125]) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 08/C7-16585-EA382815; Thu, 02 May 2013 15:18:06 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Subject: Re: [AE] Drawing animation From: Rob Birnholz In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 11:18:06 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <91F1E1C0-BE60-4EC6-8C9C-C4970729B672@birnholz.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) I recently had to do a similar effect as a transition. As I recall, my = basic workflow was to save out a still of the first frame of video, = convert it to vectors (I used Vector Magic, but Live Trace in = Illustrator would work) and saved that image. My thinking was I'd create = mask shapes I could animate strokes with. Turns out I didn't need the = masks at all, but the resulting vectorized image proved handy in other = ways. In AE, I used Vegas to "draw on" the edges of the vectorized image as = psuedo-strokes, then used a gradient dissolve to progressively fill in = those outlines with the vectorized "cartoony" image. =46rom that I = dissolved in the full rez original freeze frame, wiped off the Vegas = layer, which left me a match frame to the original footage (time = remapped to ramp up from the dead start). Here's a sample: http://absolutemotiongraphics.com/ael/blueprint-to-video.mov I'll do tutorial on this effect over the next couple days. Rob Birnholz ABSOLUTE MOTION GRAPHICS, Inc. -digital design and post- Longwood, Florida www.absolutemotiongraphics.com If at first you don't succeed, then try shortstop. On May 2, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Peter Mock wrote: > I have a potential project that involves animating pictures in a = drawing style and > then blending or merging it with real footage.