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Cartoon Effect from video stream?
This thread originally stated in the Premiere forum, but perhaps the experts in the AE Forum have a better understanding of current techniques.
Does anyone know how the Charles Schwab “cartoon-look” ads are done — or who created them?
The cartoon effect was also used as single frame transitions in the 11/21 episode of the NBC Program “Las Vegas”. -
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It’s a mix of video and traditional animation. A lot of people on this forum have been asking about this “effect”, thinking it was a plug-in.
Nope, unless elbow grease is a plug-in!
Check this link out, it’s from a movie called Waking Life, and it’s a few years old. A very compelling visual style, but good things take time. On the website, it says that each minute of video took on average 250 hours to animate.
https://www.wakinglifemovie.com/rotoscoping.html
Good luck!
Jon
TreeLine Productions
Fort Collins, CO USA -
Jon beat me to it.
Try googling “Bob Sabiston” — he’s the head animator for Waking Life, and I’m pretty sure it was his own software that was used. Essentially they shoot the footage on digital video (cheap, easy format) and he rotoscopes over each frame. -
You can get a quick version with 2 layers
Layer 1: apply Cartooner (to get the strokes)
Layer 2: apply median (for flatter color)work with your blending modes and see what you get.
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