The right way to Add Free Animations to Dwell-action Video in After Results in 30 Minutes

Create your individual animations with this fast tutorial: you may learn to mix free characters from Reallusion with live-action inventory video from Envato Parts utilizing Adobe After Results. We’ll present step-by-step methods to obtain and add the free 2D cartoon animations to a reside motion video, in about half-hour begin to end.

To rejoice the launch of Cartoon Animator 4.5, Reallusion is providing a 50%-off Cartoon Animator coupon code for Envato Tuts+ readers, plus 12 free characters, and extra free sources. Cartoon Animator is not required for this tutorial. 

What You will Study in This Tutorial

You’ll study:

• The right way to import a 2D cartoon character into Adobe After Results
• The right way to add the cartoon character into your scene
• The right way to mix 2D cartoon characters with reside motion footage

What You will Want

To comply with together with this tutorial you’ll need your individual model of Adobe After Results and an internet account with Reallusion. To develop into a member merely head over to the Reallusion web site and create an account.

Additionally, you will want a reside motion video for the background footage of your animation. For this tutorial we will probably be utilizing the footage beneath from Envato Parts, the inventive inventory subscription service, and disco lights from Pixabay. Click on on the hyperlinks beneath to obtain:

1. Obtain Free Animations From Reallusion

Step 1

To obtain your free animations, first head over to the Cartoon Animator free property web page on the Reallusion web site and comply with the directions to create an account. You’ll not want Cartoon Animator to comply with this tutorial, however see see our current free tutorial collection about character animation with Cartoon Animator if you wish to study extra:

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Step 2

Click on on the Signal as much as Obtain button on the Reallusion web site to entry the free, clear animated movies.

Step 3

Select from the free animations out there and obtain those that you just wish to use for the challenge. For this instance we will probably be utilizing the singing character. Make certain to additionally use the 50%-off coupon code to buy the software program and content material sources if you wish to check out Cartoon Animator 4! 

2. The right way to Import Animations Into After Results

Step 1

Now that you’ve got downloaded your new animations, take a second to look by way of every of the completely different characters, results and backgrounds which can be out there so that you can use.

Upon getting chosen which characters you wish to use on your scene, it’s time to take it into Adobe After Results the place we are able to merge our cartoon characters with a reside motion video.

In Adobe After Results, import the character movies by going to File > Import > File and deciding on the .MOV video file. 

Step 2

When importing the file this can immediate a brand new window the place you could determine the way you want to interpret the alpha channel. Choose Straight – Unmatted and click on OK.

Step 3

Upon getting imported the cartoon character video, you’ll discover it situated within the Mission Panel which is normally situated on the left aspect of the display screen. Repeat this course of for another character animations you wish to use. For this tutorial now we have included the next free animations:

• 06_Aaron Soar.mov
• 07_Nerd Dance.mov

Step 4

Import the reside motion video recordsdata you downloaded from Envato Parts by going to File > Import > File and deciding on the video recordsdata. These will embody the reside band video and the disco lights.

Additionally, you will discover each video recordsdata within the Mission Panel.

3. Compose the Scene

Step 1

Create a brand new composition by going to Composition > New Composition (Management – N). 

Step 2

Within the composition settings, use the next:

• Composition Identify: Rock Band
• Width:1920 px
• Peak:1080 px
• Body Fee: 30

For the Length, this may be modified to swimsuit the size of your cartoon animation and reside motion video file.

Step 3

Use the mouse to tug and drop the video listed beneath into the composition. This can act because the background for the animation.

Step 4

Now drag and drop the characters that you just want to use on your animation into the scene. Just be sure you layer the movies accurately. So as to make the characters seem within the video it must be layered on high of the reside motion video.

 

Step 5

Choose the cartoon characters and use the Rework choices to resize and reposition them in order that they’re scaled appropriately in comparison with the remainder of the scene within the reside motion footage.

You might also must re-scale the band footage as properly in order that it matches the scale of the composition.

Step 6

To floor the singer into the scene we have to place a shadow beneath her. To do that choose the Ellipse Instrument (Q) and use it to create a form layer by clicking and dragging within the scene (just be sure you haven’t chosen any layers while doing this).

Step 7

Make the colour of the ellipse black and take away any outlines if mandatory. 

Step 8

Open up the Rework choices and cut back the Opacity to 50% after which make sure that to put the form layer beneath the character layer. Additionally, you will must reposition the ellipse in order that it seems underneath her toes.

Step 9

Give your scene a way of depth by including some results to your foreground characters. Add the next results to your foreground characters:

• Brightness & Distinction: Brightness – 138
• Gaussian Blur: Blurriness 17

4. The right way to Add Disco Lights

Step 1

Use the mouse to tug and drop the disco lights video into the composition and ensure that it’s positioned above the remainder of the layers.

Step 2

Beneath Mode, click on on the dropdown menu and choose Display.

Step 3

Use the remodel choices to scale the lights in order that they match the scene higher. On this instance now we have scaled them as much as 140% and repositioned them barely greater. Additionally decrease the opacity to 85% to make it mix into the scene.

5. Ultimate Adjustment Layers

There space a few final modifications to make to get every part wanting excellent.

Color and Distinction Correction Curve

So as to add a color correction curve, choose Results > Color Correction > Curves and plot an S-shaped curve on the graph to extend distinction. You may also use particular person purple, inexperienced, and blue channels to manage color.

Separation Layer

To provide the animation a little bit little bit of emphasis, the very last thing we’ll do is dim the live-action video barely by including a black strong layer. Head as much as Layer > New > Stable with black chosen, after which set the opacity of the strong black later to twenty%. Place the layer beneath the animation and above the live-action video.

Superior! You are Completed!

Congratulations! And that is how one can obtain free Animations and add them into reside motion video utilizing Adobe After Results. Be happy to make use of a number of characters or your individual designs and photographs to create your individual video combos.

Within the meantime, I hope you have discovered this tutorial helpful and I will see you subsequent time, on Envato Tuts+!