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Creating cutout animations using Auto-trace

Creating cutout animations using Auto-trace - After Effects Tutorial

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Creating cutout animations using Auto-trace

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- Keeping a coherent and consistent language is important in order to help your audience easily follow your message. This is true in real life as well as in motion design. So let's say that you want to add some live video action footage to this composition. Now, I must admit that this is already a busy comp with lots of elements. But since this is aimed towards a younger audience, which are arguably faster and can handle more information at the same time, I think it can actually help you. So first I want to show you our starting point as we are picking up from the same place with the same project I've used in the first chapter of this course. (fast drums and cymbals) And this is the clip that I'm going to use in this movie. I think it will be a good addition to the story since we have in the main comp a big golden ring in the middle of the screen. And I wish to give it some purpose by adding this video of a skateboard jumper and maybe even make this guy pass through the golden ring at…

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