How I Animate Frame by Frame: Animate + After Effects Workflow
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In this video, I'll walk you through my frame by frame animation process.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Research
08:15 - Study the design
13:41 - Rough animation
24:58 - Tie downs
29:48 - Clean up
34:36 - Shading
40:30 - After Effects
48:13 - Conclusion
My actual references for the samurai slash:
• How to draw a Katana
• Video
Resources:
www.shutterstock.com/
www.pexels.com/
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Saving this for any time I want to animate XD
That's great! Hope you'll animate soon! 😄
And never watch again 😂
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Excellent. I am fired up! Despite my age, approaching 70, I will pursue animations! 😂
You're such a wonderful instructor!
Hi Adam! Thanks for your comment. This has inspired me to teach more. I hope you'll pursue animation. Thanks for watching the video! 🙌
Go ! You are never to old to enjoy and create ^^
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Yes!! Go for it Sir! Wish you all the best luck!!
*For the novices of animation history:*
The caveat to tracing live-action movement is if you 1) purchased the copyright of the footage so you own it or 2) filmed it yourself (e.g. recording a friend or yourself performing the desired movements). That’s what _rotoscoping_ technique is, and has been done legally in animation for over 100yrs (pioneered by the Fleischer Bros in the 1920s, and regularly used by Disney animators)
agreed 👍
if i try to animate a scene from films and stuff then u mean i cannot directly copy the moves?
@@Nkit_1lmao yes you can who’s gonna stop you? Just don’t claim them as your own I guess
Eh ima do my own thing
@@37H662 lmao then why animate then separately, can I not just directly copy paste them and tell that this is from this movie or whatever 💀
This was a great watch! You made the information seem approachable and really helped to direct the different aspects of what creating a project looks like! Thank you for your help!
You're welcome! 😊 Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching. We put so much effort into these videos and glad that it has done it's purpose of teaching and sharing our knowledge.
Extremely well-made tutorial that doesn't get bogged down in software minutiae. Thank you so much for making this!
Hi Tom! Glad you liked it. 😊 I consider teaching as an art. It takes time and skill to arrange and structure the whole tutorial. Glad to know someone noticed it. And you're welcome! 😊
Thank you! I find the length of the video helpful, since you were able to explain each step concisely.
You're welcome! Glad to hear that you found this video to be helpful! 😊
OMG THIS IS SO HELPFUL!!!!! I would've shaded everything the long way but this made everything so much easier thank youuu!!!
You're so welcome! Glad it helped! ❤️
Man I hope this video brings you a lot more attention. What a tremendously informative video for a newbie like me. I will be watching it many more times. THANKS MARVIN!
I hope so too! And you're so welcome! Glad to know this video helped! Keep at it 👍
Thank you for sharing the steps, sometimes we lost in tthe middle and give up when we are starting. This is really useful
Glad to know this is useful 😊 Hope you won't give up 😊
you deserve a lot of recognition :) so thankful for this video, i love your style.
And thank you! 😊 Thanks for watching. We hope this video will get more views too 😄
If you wanted to texture the shadows (assuming the colour is flat) you can duplicate the layer and use an extract to essentially solo that colour then add on like a blur and a noise alpha to get a sort of grainy look.
This was just great - you packed this with so much useful information. Really well done. I love what you said about "the longest way being the fastest", it is so true, and it also seems to produce a much better result, in particular, because of how free you can be when rough sketching. I have also tried skipping the process and have gone right to starting with polished frames and I have been so focused on making them perfect, that the result becomes very rigid and void of personality. Terrific video, Marvin 👍
Glad you liked it! I've learned the hard way 😅 I've tried the long way and the shortcuts. And ironically the long way is the faster way 😄 That's why I don't skip the sketch phase anymore 😄 Thanks for watching the video!
This was incredibly informative and helpful. Thank you!
You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful. 😊
Great job, sir. Done with much enthusiasm and clear instructions and explanations.
Many thanks! Glad this helped! 🙌
You have definitely inspired me. I mainly do music videos right now but I’ve always loved drawing and I think I’m gonna dive into animation because of this video. Thank you for giving us such a good process to work with 🙏
Wow. Glad to know this video inspired you. You can do it! 🙌
still working! Thanks!
This is the best tutorial I've ever come across.. i love how you explained and inspired me to animate without fear..thank you
You can do it! 👍 Glad to know this tutorial helped 😊
Thanks so much for this! I love to watch the whole process
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
This was super worth the watch! I really appreciate the in depth explanations. I hope to achieve your loose to clean build up method in my own work but it's a struggle haha 😬 Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome Anna! 😊 You've already improved so much since you started to join the team. Just keep practicing and your drawings will start to loosen up. 😊
i am logo animation designer Do you have any information about animation logo?
"The longest road is usually the fastest". very wise words, thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience for free, excellent video. Liked and subscribed! 😀
Glad it was helpful! And thanks for the like and sub! 😄
It's a really good show of character to not only try to understand where everyone is coming from, but to also recognize your own personal flaws and how they help you to relate to a situation. Not enough people are willing to do that, so kudos to you. Edit: This comment was supposed to be sent to a different video but TH-cam is so broken that it ended up here instead. This video is great regardless lol
Hi Brad, thanks for the kind words. It's nice to be appreciated once in a while 😄 Thanks for watching the video 🙏
that is wild
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crazy how this was a misplaced comment yet its one of the most liked here
I don't animate myself personally but this is the best start to finish workflow I've seen yet, thankyou :) and perhaps I might try animation now!
Awesome! Go for it! ❤️ We would be happy to know if you actually did animate 😊 Don't worry if it's going to be bad, we all started at being bad at something, but with practice and repetitions, you'll get good at it. The important thing is you have fun while doing it 😊
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Excellent work. What a great video. Thank you. I've always been a bit afraid of frame by frame animation. This was very inspiring.
Glad to know that. 😊 Yes, frame by frame animation can be very intimidating. But it's less scary if you take it one concept at a time. Then you'll realize that it's not hard, it's just time consuming. And the more you animate, the less scary it becomes 😊
OMG! The way it was explained is sooo easy pizzy to understand ❤️ After many years I have stopped working in Animation Industry now my mind is refreshed. I literally forgot how to animate😅
Hi! 👋 Wow! Glad to know this video had that effect on you. ❤️ I hope you'll animate again soon! 😄
this is the most important tutorial I've even watched on the technical side of digital 2d animation, thank you so much for posting it
i dont think its worth to learn to animate nowadays. Sora Ai is coming soon and it will surely dominate the animators
You’re so welcome! Glad you liked it! And don’t listen to people saying it’s useless to learn animation because of Sora 😄 So here are my thoughts on that:
1. Saying sora will replace animators is like saying canva will replace graphic designers?
2. Following this logic then every person with a camera should become photographers. But not all people with cameras are photographers.
Sora is a tool. And if resolves ethical concerns it may become a good tool to use. We’re honestly not bothered by it.
So continue to learn animation! 😄
Fantastic tutorial. Now I feel I can go and conquer.
You're a great teacher @Plainly Simple! Thanks for an awesome tutorial!
You're very welcome! Glad you think so! Thanks for watching! 😊
i am logo animation designer Do you have any information about animation logo?
Dope! This inspires me to give Animate another try! Thanks for sharing!
You should! We would be happy to know if you gave it another try! 😄🙌
Thank you so much for sharing the process. You are very talented person
Thanks and welcome! 😊
Thank you, i have been having trouble on finishing an animation and u helped me in the basics...
Glad we could help! Keep it up! 🙌
by far one of the best video on workflow
Thanks!! 🙌
very nice, thanks for the information
Man, this is amazing. Thanks a lot.
You're very welcome! 😊
This is so informative. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
I didn't know anything about animation but know I feel like I can even do something decent, great video!
That’s great! Animation is a process! I hope you’ll keep at it! Good luck! 🙌
Thank you for this tutorial. I learned a lot today 🙌❤
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you for the tutorial, before I saw this I was completely confused with animate and it was way harder to use before I watched this.
You're very welcome! Glad to know this helped. 😊 And thanks for watching the video! 😊
GRACIAS MAQUINA !
Thanks to you for share your process. I love it 😊
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omg, this is so helpful! thank you for your knowledge
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thanks for the video man, just start at animation and your content is helping me a lot!
You're very welcome! Glad to know that. Just keep at it! 👍
bro actually worked holy shit
Thank you! I love your videos and they are really helpful.
You’re welcome! Glad you liked it! 😊
best video i found on precise animation i just needed it
Hi! Thanks! Glad to know this helped 😊
i am logo animation designer Do you have any information about animation logo?
This style is grateful!
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the perfect summary of my first year of animation 🫶
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Nice tutorial thank ya sir! Happy animating
Glad you liked it! 😊 Happy animating! 🙌
Thank you for posting ❤❤🎉
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thank you for this amazing video!!
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best tutorial I ever seen! Thank you so much :)
Hi!! Thanks! And you're so welcome! Keep learning! 😊
i really enjoyed your video
it gave me an algorithm of the process of animating
keep moving forward bro
Glad to hear that! You too! Keep moving forward and keep learning 😊
super informative, thank you!
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THIS IS SO HELPFUL!!! God bless you man 👏🏾✨
i am logo animation designer Do you have any information about animation logo?
fantastic!
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Thank you so much, sir. Appreciate this. Really helpful!
You're so welcome! We appreciate you too! Thanks for watching. 😊
That's such a Masterclass!! Thank you ! :)
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Exceptional my bro
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MAN! You are the best! Keep it up 🔥
Thanks! Will do! 🔥
fantastyczny materiał!, bardzo Ci dziękuję za tą widzę :)
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@@plainlysimple oh! I am :)
Thanks man!!
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Thank you for your time I appreciate
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Hi! very imformative video! also I just wanted to make the highlights effects simpler, you can just use "layer styles" and then choose "inner shadow" you can change their blending mode to color dodge or any mode you prefer, its a perfect and simpler way to get that look, plus you can use it for lighting and shadows as well! I hope this helps. I love your videos jeep it up!
Hi! Yes that's another way. That's actually a good way too! 😊 I still prefer the alpha mattes method, as you can control it more freely and even scale or distort it when needed, and it's quick if you want the mask inverted. But if you just want the highlights like the one I showed in this video, then your method is much simpler and quicker to do. 😊
just found this video thx since im have zero basic on both app nice tutoria 😁
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Thank you for watching! Cheers!
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IT'S MAGICAL MAN
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Omg thank you so much! it worked! you earned a new sub!;)
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