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| Cool. Robert W. Walker Los Angeles > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AE] Drawing animation > From: Rob Birnholz <absolutemotion@birnholz.com> > Date: Thu, May 02, 2013 11:18 am > To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> > > > 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. 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 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. > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
