• Adobe After Effects

  BEST WAY TO MAKE VIDEO APPEAR TO SKETCH ON

  Posted by Lori Newman on September 11, 2007 at 3:19 pm

  Hi,

  I have video of a talking head, and I need to sketch on his face. Outside of
  using the pen tool and drawing in vector paint or paint, does anyone know
  of any filters or tricks that help to do this well?

  Thanks!!
  Lori

  Malcolm Desoto replied 18 years, 11 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andy Ford

  September 11, 2007 at 3:51 pm

  Sounds like you are talking about a write-on effect, like Stroke. This effect uses masks for each stroke and animates your drawing underneath the masks to make it look like it’s being drawn on by hand. I’m pretty sure there’s a tutorial on this effect, and also one on using the scribble feature if you want your sketching to look rougher. Both might be by Aharon.

  You can make your complete sketch that you want drawn on in Photoshop, and then bring it into AE and mask the strokes and use the stroke effect if you want the solution to be “outside of using the pen tool or paint.”
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  Malcolm Desoto

  September 11, 2007 at 4:25 pm

  Your CAPS lock key hurts my eyes.

  By writing on video, do you mean making seperate elements appear until they complete the original frame?

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