How to achieveGraphic Novel Style?

[Mark Petereit]

I don’t have any tutorials for this specifically, but if you go through all the tutorials on Mark Spencer’s site, you’ll pick up a lot of the techniques necessary to tackle the job.

[Stephen Smith]

So you want the Graphic Novel look and the different boxes that hold multiple drawings look like in this example? https://www.movingwithmotion.com/target-keeps-gettin-better/

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[Sacha Thomas]

That Target ad looks great. Particularly like the way the camera moves from scene to scene. It really brings you into the comic world by playing with the 2d image in 3d space. The “Pow” sequence, when she punches the air setting off a chain reaction and then jumps down from one frame to another, is well done. Kudos to the creators of that ad.

[Stephen Smith]

Sacha,
Yeah, I thought it was really cool.

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[Sacha Thomas]

One way to achieve smooth camera moves from frame frame is to select the frame (or any object you want to frame) and record keyframes while pressing the “f” key. This frames the object automatically and works great for quick camera moves. I used it on a news intro where I had 4 drop zones moving along a circular motion path and I wanted the camera to frame each in sequence. This was a great workaround, particularly because at the time I wasn’t that comfortable working with cameras in 3d space.

[Pradip Patil]

Thanks everyone for the replies and that great video.
Need to have a close look at it.

Well, I hope I am able to do something with all this help.
Will keep updating.

[Stephen Smith]

Pradip,
Let me know if that is the type of look you are after and I can give you some more pointers. If it is not please post an example of what you are after.

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[Pradip Patil]

Hi Stephen.

We are planning something on the same lines.
I would appreciate anything that you have to offer.

[Zak Peric]

have a look at this example, I am sure it will help you. https://www.digitaljuice.com/djtv/detail.asp?sid=475&sortby=&page=1&rpid=0&rvid=0&swid=0&searchid=0

[Stephen Smith]

Pradip,
To get that printed paper look I would Duplicate the clip twice so you have three, then add a Line Art filter and set the paper opacity to zero (make sure you do that to the top clip). Then add the Halftone filter to the middle clip. Set its blend mode to Overlay and adjust to your liking. Motion offers lots of ways to animate the camera. The framing behavior is really cool but have lots of fun with it.

Stephen Smith
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