Tutorial for "VideoScribe makes your sketchbook come alive"
Tutorial for "VideoScribe makes your sketchbook come alive"
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Jonas Uddman
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Sat, 13 Sep, 2014 at 7:12 AM
Hi!
I was very impressed by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxzEFh8TVjs
In the comment field on youtube there seamed to be a tutorial or some hints coming up soon. What is the status? I'd love to be able to do this with VideoScribe and it would make the tool even more useful.
/Jonas
Matthew Cook
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Mon, 15 Sep, 2014 at 2:24 PM
Hi,
this video was created quite a while ago and the person who created it no longer has the assets associated with it.
I will try to find out some more information about how it was done.
-Matt
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Lisa Hamilton
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Wed, 24 Jun, 2015 at 7:18 PM
Hi,
This is what I would love to use videoscribe for, a more artistic way of expressing the lines...if there is no tutorial for this please could you point me in a direction that explains how I can manipulate artistic ( watercolour and charcoal etc) brushes so video scribe sees them as a single bezier point?
Appreciate your time.
: Lisa
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Dan B
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Thu, 25 Jun, 2015 at 5:49 AM
I would say the youtube video is more about the person than it is about Video Scribe. He is probably a talented illustrator, drew his images and than used something like illustrator to add a pat for video scribe to follow.
If you can draw, you can really make some nice vids in VS.
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Jonas Uddman
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Thu, 25 Jun, 2015 at 7:52 AM
Hi again!
There is no doubt the person who did that video is a talented artist. But my question is not about the artistic skills but how he/she made use of watercolor and charcoal pens. I tried to do the same but failed.
In the nice tutorials for VideoScribe I learnt 2 different methods of how to create my own .svg files in Illustrator.
A. Basic brush As long as I use the basic brush I can draw pretty much whatever I want. I can change size and opacity of the brush but nothing more.
B. Creative brushes If I want to use other brushes than the basic round dot (calligraphy, charcoal, watercolor) I must use a different method. I must add a "mask line" as an extra layer on top of my creative brush stroke and then let VideoScribe gradually dissolve that mask line. But this ONLY work if I never cross lines. And honestly, how often does that happen? (In the tutorial he draws a spiral where the lines never cross.)
Or maybe I need to use a new layer every time I cross lines, but then it would take too much effort. A second problem with method B is that the mask line needs to be pretty broad to fully cover my brush stroke underneath.
In the video I was impressed by, the artist have somehow managed to overcome the difficulties. He/she is using a mix of charcoal and watercolor brushes and the lines cross all the time. How is this done?
Best regards
/Jonas
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Lisa Hamilton
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Thu, 25 Jun, 2015 at 8:43 AM
I agree wholeheartedly with you Jonas, yes he may be talented Dan but thats what watercolour brushes do, they make art beautiful and easy, which is why I am so frustrated that all we have available to us in Vidoescribe are horrible black lines, or outline shapes etc, I left Videoscribe because it was so flat and uninspiring, I love the concept and have had to join again as I need the animation format. I am not a graphic or techno junkie, but a creative always needing new ways to expand without having to relearn entire programs that take weeks of my time...I think that Ian ( the guy who made the original sketchbook) as a founder of Videoscribe should have shared this knowledge as it is 2 years old already!! That means 2 years of beautiful scribes lost!!
Hi!
I was very impressed by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxzEFh8TVjs
In the comment field on youtube there seamed to be a tutorial or some hints coming up soon. What is the status? I'd love to be able to do this with VideoScribe and it would make the tool even more useful.
/Jonas
Hi,
this video was created quite a while ago and the person who created it no longer has the assets associated with it.
I will try to find out some more information about how it was done.
-Matt
Hi,
This is what I would love to use videoscribe for, a more artistic way of expressing the lines...if there is no tutorial for this please could you point me in a direction that explains how I can manipulate artistic ( watercolour and charcoal etc) brushes so video scribe sees them as a single bezier point?
Appreciate your time.
: Lisa
If you can draw, you can really make some nice vids in VS.
Hi again!
There is no doubt the person who did that video is a talented artist. But my question is not about the artistic skills but how he/she made use of watercolor and charcoal pens. I tried to do the same but failed.
In the nice tutorials for VideoScribe I learnt 2 different methods of how to create my own .svg files in Illustrator.
A. Basic brush
As long as I use the basic brush I can draw pretty much whatever I want. I can change size and opacity of the brush but nothing more.
B. Creative brushes
If I want to use other brushes than the basic round dot (calligraphy, charcoal, watercolor) I must use a different method. I must add a "mask line" as an extra layer on top of my creative brush stroke and then let VideoScribe gradually dissolve that mask line. But this ONLY work if I never cross lines. And honestly, how often does that happen? (In the tutorial he draws a spiral where the lines never cross.)
Or maybe I need to use a new layer every time I cross lines, but then it would take too much effort. A second problem with method B is that the mask line needs to be pretty broad to fully cover my brush stroke underneath.
In the video I was impressed by, the artist have somehow managed to overcome the difficulties. He/she is using a mix of charcoal and watercolor brushes and the lines cross all the time. How is this done?
Best regards
/Jonas
I agree wholeheartedly with you Jonas, yes he may be talented Dan but thats what watercolour brushes do, they make art beautiful and easy, which is why I am so frustrated that all we have available to us in Vidoescribe are horrible black lines, or outline shapes etc, I left Videoscribe because it was so flat and uninspiring, I love the concept and have had to join again as I need the animation format. I am not a graphic or techno junkie, but a creative always needing new ways to expand without having to relearn entire programs that take weeks of my time...I think that Ian ( the guy who made the original sketchbook) as a founder of Videoscribe should have shared this knowledge as it is 2 years old already!! That means 2 years of beautiful scribes lost!!
Feeling disappointed
; Lisa