Return-Path: Received: from p3plwbeout04-04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net ([72.167.218.225] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5057593 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Thu, 02 May 2013 17:39:00 +0200 Received: from localhost ([72.167.218.243]) by p3plwbeout04-04.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with bizsmtp id X3nY1l0015FgiYg013nYJp; Thu, 02 May 2013 08:47:32 -0700 X-SID: X3nY1l0015FgiYg01 Received: (qmail 9232 invoked by uid 99); 2 May 2013 15:47:32 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Originating-IP: 75.83.121.31 User-Agent: Workspace Webmail 5.6.36 Message-Id: <20130502084731.89259f98f291d771214680e8971719cb.40192518a2.wbe@email04.secureserver.net> From: "Robert W. Walker" To: "After Effects Mail List" Subject: RE: [AE] Drawing animation Date: Thu, 02 May 2013 08:47:31 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Cool.=0A=0ARobert W. Walker=0ALos Angeles=0A=0A=0A> -------- Original Messa= ge --------=0A> Subject: Re: [AE] Drawing animation=0A> From: Rob Birnholz = =0A> Date: Thu, May 02, 2013 11:18 am=0A> To: = "After Effects Mail List" =0A> =0A> =0A> I recentl= y had to do a similar effect as a transition. As I recall, my basic workflo= w was to save out a still of the first frame of video, convert it to vector= s (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 vectoriz= ed image proved handy in other ways.=0A> =0A> In AE, I used Vegas to "draw = on" the edges of the vectorized image as psuedo-strokes, then used a gradie= nt dissolve to progressively fill in those outlines with the vectorized "ca= rtoony" image. From that I dissolved in the full rez original freeze frame,= wiped off the Vegas layer, which left me a match frame to the original foo= tage (time remapped to ramp up from the dead start).=0A> =0A> Here's a samp= le:=0A> =0A> http://absolutemotiongraphics.com/ael/blueprint-to-video.mov= =0A> =0A> I'll do tutorial on this effect over the next couple days.=0A> = =0A> Rob Birnholz=0A> ABSOLUTE MOTION GRAPHICS, Inc.=0A> -digital design an= d post-=0A> Longwood, Florida=0A> www.absolutemotiongraphics.com=0A> =0A> I= f at first you don't succeed, then try shortstop.=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> On May= 2, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Peter Mock wrote:=0A> =0A> > I have a potential proje= ct that involves animating pictures in a drawing style and=0A> > then blend= ing or merging it with real footage.=0A> =0A> =0A> +---End of message---+= =0A> To unsubscribe send any message to