Indie-Genre Animation using the Stroke Effect in After Effects (Powered by Transit)

EXTENDED TUTORIAL: http://www.dbfilms.ca/watch/?M=v&C=5&V=0
(find out how to make the blueprint background)

Music by Jason Shaw @ http://www.audionautix.com

As a huge thanks to you guys who voted for our "Powered by Transit" video for the ITF 2010 contest, here's a tutorial on how to make those sweet blueprint effects you saw in the video.

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[RidvanDuzey]

Great work on this video, however I have a very stupid question cause all of this video I can do except one part… The cleaning up images in Photoshop, which tools did you use for that ??

[DevynBrugge]

@RidvanDuzey A simple way is to grab the Magic Wand tool and delete the negative space around your drawings (the white parts in my case). You may end up with a few specks of black from dirt or sharpie marks, so just use the Erase tool in Photoshop to get rid of those, and then save the file as a transparent image, like a .PNG. In my tutorial, I don't actually do that... I used a White paintbrush to get rid of the specks, saved as a .jpg and in AE changed the Transfer Mode > Multiply (or Screen).

[12pointdeath]

wow a lot of work good stuff!

[DevynBrugge]

@12pointdeath Thanks for the comments everyone. I may do more of these in the future ;)

[Jarviautio]

love u guys!!!!



[okwiBoy]

7:30

[yorisakb]

:)



[dzikxxx]

yooo guys, where you guys found the effect like stroke and invert ? i am using AE cs4 and can't found it in deafult software... :>

[roboboro]

that guy with the glasses look perfect for a "hipster meme"

[boogy81869]

you guys are the best keep doing more nick and norah type animations please! and tutorials for them

[julyjones]

thanks so much for this - really helpful!

[JabutiTV]

Thanks man this is great!!