[Alexander Solowiow]

Yeah that’s what I thought as well, it’s just that I saw someone playing around with some plugins a few years ago and he got that traditional look but I can’t find the tutorial on YouTube despite looking for it for hours. Thx for the tips.

You are a little bit misinformed regarding the cel animation texture tho, 60 – 70’s cel animation does have this texture due to the early quality of the cameras and the texture the paper had. Here are just 2 examples I found really quick on YouTube (they are a little bit more subtle but if you look closely they are still there). I guess when I say texture I also mean the “switching images” and patterns that the old cameras give, they sort of contribute to the traditional look.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR19bbCdoc0
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYkJ0M1bUIU

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[Alexander Solowiow]

I have seen some tutorials of it in the past but I can’t find it, despite seeking for it on YouTube for almost an hour. The person was playing with different plugins and got that traditional look. I barely remember what that person did exactly, so I came on here to seek people who might have experience with that.

[Alexander Solowiow]

[Mark Whitney] “No, it’s not obvious. “

I don’t understand how it was hard to get that. My subject clearly says “Traditional texture”, and the gif represents an animation done to look more traditional (60’s – 70’s). If you watch today’s cartoons and 2D animated movies you’ll see the obvious difference, being that the texture today is usually clear while older animations have the texture integrated into the drawings since it’s hand drawn on paper. And my question was very simple: if someone could help me make my own animation look like that with the help of After Effects.

If you can’t understand and grasp that simplicity then I don’t know how else I can explain it to you.

[Alexander Solowiow]

You can clearly see at the end when he stops running and turns around, that the image “moves” as if it was traditionally drawn on distressed paper/surface. In other words, the creator of the gif has made an animation and then put texture on top of it. That is what I’m referring to, and I’m surprised that it wasn’t recognized by studying the gif.

[Alexander Solowiow]

Can you go into details more of how this can be done? I’m an occasional After Effects user.

[Alexander Solowiow]

I did but the effect doesn’t make the image smooth, rather more sharper. Doesn’t look digitalized. Any more ideas?

[Alexander Solowiow]

Oh god I feel like a fool now xD Yeah I had a tiny little space to scroll up in the timeline and the clip was on the very top.

Thanks 😛