How to Animate Over a Video
Using animation techniques, turn a video into a stop-motion film. Based on the tutorial " How to Animate on Top of Video | Adobe Animate Tutorial" by TipTut.
Transcript:
Ready to animate the characters that only show up in dreams? Welcome to Adobe Animate 2023. In today's video, we'll break down how to make an animation over an existing video. The first step is to download or create footage for your project. To create your own footage, you can use a Canon T5i and about three standalone lighting stands. We will also be using Adobe Premiere Pro to edit this raw footage. Depending on the subject for this, adjust the color temperature accordingly. For this popcorn project, I stuck with lighting on the whiter side, around 5500 Kelvin. And for the fill light, I went towards the warmer side, around 5000K. There cannot be too much difference between the three lighting temperatures, or else it would throw off the composition. It is possible to not use a string with a moving subject, such as throwing the popcorn, but the ratio of the frame rate and what the camera is capturing the video in is very important. So maybe just try to either throw the popcorn very slowly or use a piece of clear fishing line. For this 53 seconds
project, I chose to leave the string with the subject to create the look of flying with a harness. It is necessary to use the most transparent string 1 minute, 1 second
material if you decide to use this. Not all subjects need this for this project.
It's important to keep the string around the same place as much as possible. This will make it easier to edit out in post.
Step two is to export from Premiere into After Effects. If you have several shots, make sure they are rearranged in the correct order. Then export from Premiere Pro as an H.264 264 YouTube 1080p.
Then drag this newly exported file into Adobe After Effects. You can change the dimensions of the image by going to the panel composition composition settings. In the project panel, a new composition should automatically be made for you. Once that's checked, export this and open using Adobe Media Encoder. Step three is to change the frame rate. Once you've placed your footage into Media Encoder,
click the first link in the file to open the export settings. This usually says H.264 or other file types. Export as JPEG, JPEG sequence, sometimes JPEG match source. Go to the video tab of export settings. Find frame rate and uncheck the box if needed to make it editable and change the frame rate from 24 to 15. This is just the amount of frames you're editing, so it's all based on preference. Step five, open Adobe Animate. Create a new file. Depending on the video and width and height, plan accordingly. I use the dimensions of 1920x 1080. This corresponds with the name full HD in Animate. Full HD can also be used for dimensions similar to this. Go to file, import, import to stage and find your project folder with your JPEG sequence in it. Open the folder and only click the first image and click yes to the popup regarding repeating images. All images will transfer as individual images in the Adobe animate timeline. Step seven is to convert to frame by frame animation. Left click and find the frame by frame animation button. Choose key frame every frame or every other frame.
Step six is to draw key poses. Draw key poses for each significant point in the animation, such as when the character would start to make a new movement or change facial expressions. After you make all of these key points, go to the right side of the editing panel and name each point. Then
go below the spot and click anchor. This will turn the frame orange so you can differentiate better. Select the two closest anchor points and click the onion skin button above the timeline and select anchor markers option. There should be a small arrow in the bottom right corner to get to this anchor setting. Repeat this process and everything should work smoothly. So start animating, and I think I'm going to go get myself some popcorn.