• Adobe After Effects

  Draw progressively?

  Posted by Bobby Kay on January 5, 2017 at 1:05 am

  I’m working on a video which I’ve imported to PS and added a blank layer on top which I draw on. So far it’s been effective that i draw on one frame and then move to the next frame and start fresh, but now I’m trying to achieve something else and want to know if it’s possible.

  Can I start drawing on a frame, then move to the next frame and have what I started still be there so I can add on (not an onion skin reference, actually be there). This way during video playback, you actually see the drawing happen over time?

  Walter Soyka replied 9 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Greg Gesch

  January 5, 2017 at 1:18 am

  Hi Bobby, how exactly are you drawing? If you use the Stroke effect you can draw the final shape path and then have it draw on over time – or do you have a particular look that you are going for?
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  Bobby Kay

  January 5, 2017 at 2:21 am

  So far I’ve been exporting to photoshop and drawing freehand using a wacom tablet on a separate blank layer.

  I was hoping to continue a process similar but just have the frames progress. Is that how it would work with the stroke effect?
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  Walter Soyka

  January 5, 2017 at 7:25 pm

  After Effects has paint tools. Start here:
  https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/paint-tools-brush-clone-stamp.html

  Walter Soyka
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