A CreativeCOW After Effects Video Tutorial


Creating a Cartoon from Video- A Creativecow.net Video Tutorial by Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz Aharon Rabinowitz
New York, USA

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In this 3-part tutorial, Creative cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explains the process of converting video to cartoon by using only After Effects and Adobe Illustrator CS2. While the tutorial spans 50 minutes and covers a wide range of topics (some in depth and some in general), after you have gone through the process once, you will find that it's easy to adapt the Cartoonification technique to your own needs.


Part One: Preparing the video in After Effects
Topics covered: Dealing with interlaced footage, Basic Color and Image Correction, Creating Outlines, Rendering an Image Sequence.
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Part Two: Converting Illustrator CS2
Topics covered: Altering Illustrator Scripts, preparing presets and color palettes with Live Trace, Batch processing using Bridge.
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Part Three: Compositing your footage in After Effects
Topics covered: Importing an image sequence, Using layer blending/transfer modes, Motion Tracking, Hold Keyframes, changing and forcing frame rates.
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This tutorial is also available as a podcast. Click here to find it and many other AE podcasts.




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