<p>To create video from hand drawn images, you will need to prepare yourself for drawing a lot more images, as you likely need one for every frame, which you then photograph as a single image. When there images are combined you get the effect of movement. </p>

<p>It's a lot like the old fashioned flick books we used to draw at school- with a slightly changed picture at the corner of each page so that when you riffle the pages you get the effect of continuous movement. </p>

<p>There are some video packages that will let you build a virtual model and overlay your images onto the model so you can animate it etc. But you will be talking big bucks, and steep learning curves. </p>

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2012-11-13T08:26:18.273Z
2012-11-13T08:26:18.273Z
Dr Mayhem
<p>Here is a fast and basic workflow using Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, basic knowledge is needed.</p>

<p>Convert your cartoons or artworks to vectors first, probably in Adobe Illustrator. Then select the paths and copy them.</p>

<p>In Adobe After Effects create a new composition and a new solid layer (any color). Select your solid and paste (Cmd or Ctrl + V) your paths. This will create masks on your solid layer and your solid layer will look like your Vector graphics.</p>

<p>Select your solid and apply <code>Effect &gt; Generate &gt; Stroke</code>. In <code>Effect Controls</code> panel you need to modify some of the Stroke Effect's parameters:</p>

<ol>
<li>Check <code>All Masks</code> option</li>
<li>Check <code>Stroke Sequenially</code> option</li>
<li>Select <code>On Transparent</code> under <code>Paint Style</code>.</li>
<li>Edit the <code>Color</code>, <code>Brush Hardness</code>, <code>Opacity</code> and <code>Brush Size</code> parameters to meet your taste.</li>
</ol>

<p>Now you must add keyframes to the <code>End</code> parameter to animate your illustration. On frame 0 (or 1) add a keyframe with a value of 0%. Move a few seconds (or the length of your desired animation), set another keyframe with a value of 100%.</p>

<p>Your illustration is now animated.</p>

<p>If you need the hand, you can either find a stock footage or take a photo of your hand holding a pen. Cut it out in Photoshop/GIMP etc. Then you can animate it in After Effects.</p>

<p>You have many options to do that animation but if you are a novice, there are no easier methods to create an OK result.</p>

<p>Edit: By the way, if you need to scale your illustration up, your layer's <code>Continuously Rasterize</code> switch should be turned on to maintain the smoothness. It's that sun like icon, I can not add a screenshot at the moment :)</p>

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2012-11-19T21:50:33.130Z
2012-11-19T21:57:44.577Z
2012-11-19T21:57:44.577Z
Inan
<p>If you look carefully, you'll see that the hand it's not actually drawing. The effect is acomplished by several images from the hand in distinct poses, following the lines as they are painted.</p>

<p>Images like <a href="http://www.rgbstock.com/images/writing%20hand" rel="nofollow">these</a> could be used as a layer on top of the drawing.</p>

<p>Then the areas of the drawing could be successively cut to diferent layers and then hidden or shown as needed to give the ilusion that they are being drawn on the paper.</p>

<p>You could try any image editing software, then import the key frames to any video editing tool, and tweak each key frame time duration to give the right speed to the hand</p>

<p><strong>Update:</strong></p>

<p>Most video editing tools would give the option to move only the hand following a path between two key frames, wich could make things easier</p>

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2012-11-20T05:23:24.663Z
2012-11-20T05:48:39.123Z
2012-11-20T05:48:39.123Z
rraallvv
<p>Well!! This is my first video that I created through paper drawings.</p>

<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hi7_o9v-Aw8?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p>I used 3d max for character animation, which took 1 day since rendering takes time. I snapped my drawings and highlighted their boundaries in Adobe flash.</p>

<p>But I believe this process is bit length for people like me who are not professional in flash, photoshop etc.</p>

<p>So I found another software <strong>VideoScribe</strong>. You take snap of your drawings and import them in to video scribes thats all. It'll put sketching effect, coloring effects by its own. However, I still miss Flash since motion, animation are not possible with VedioScribe.</p>

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2014-05-16T15:16:23.497Z
2014-05-16T15:16:23.497Z
Amit Kumar Gupta
<p>I have a hand drawn image. How can I create a video out of it like this?</p>

<p><div class="youtube-embed"><div>
                <iframe width="640px" height="395px" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v2U-nyTpHDY?start=0"></iframe>
            </div></div></p>

<p>What other options would you recommend? I want to create a presentation</p>

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2014-04-07T14:52:46.473Z
@Adel - I don't see any posts talking about using fonts.  Generally this uses strokes which would be whatever you drew in to it.  It could go in any direction you want.
AJ Henderson
<video><time-lapse>
create video from hand drawing
Ryan
# create video from hand drawing

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-11-13)

I have a hand drawn image. How can I create a video out of it like this?

What other options would you recommend? I want to create a presentation

**Tags:** video, time-lapse

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: @Adel - I don't see any posts talking about using fonts.  Generally this uses strokes which would be whatever you drew in to it.  It could go in any direction you want.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-11-13. Score: 3

To create video from hand drawn images, you will need to prepare yourself for drawing a lot more images, as you likely need one for every frame, which you then photograph as a single image. When there images are combined you get the effect of movement.

It's a lot like the old fashioned flick books we used to draw at school- with a slightly changed picture at the corner of each page so that when you riffle the pages you get the effect of continuous movement.

There are some video packages that will let you build a virtual model and overlay your images onto the model so you can animate it etc. But you will be talking big bucks, and steep learning curves.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-11-19. Score: 3

Here is a fast and basic workflow using Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, basic knowledge is needed.

Convert your cartoons or artworks to vectors first, probably in Adobe Illustrator. Then select the paths and copy them.

In Adobe After Effects create a new composition and a new solid layer (any color). Select your solid and paste (Cmd or Ctrl + V) your paths. This will create masks on your solid layer and your solid layer will look like your Vector graphics.

Select your solid and apply `Effect > Generate > Stroke`. In `Effect Controls` panel you need to modify some of the Stroke Effect's parameters:

1. Check `All Masks` option
2. Check `Stroke Sequenially` option
3. Select `On Transparent` under `Paint Style`.
4. Edit the `Color`, `Brush Hardness`, `Opacity` and `Brush Size` parameters to meet your taste.

Now you must add keyframes to the `End` parameter to animate your illustration. On frame 0 (or 1) add a keyframe with a value of 0%. Move a few seconds (or the length of your desired animation), set another keyframe with a value of 100%.

Your illustration is now animated.

If you need the hand, you can either find a stock footage or take a photo of your hand holding a pen. Cut it out in Photoshop/GIMP etc. Then you can animate it in After Effects.

You have many options to do that animation but if you are a novice, there are no easier methods to create an OK result.

Edit: By the way, if you need to scale your illustration up, your layer's `Continuously Rasterize` switch should be turned on to maintain the smoothness. It's that sun like icon, I can not add a screenshot at the moment :)


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### Answer by username_4 on 2012-11-20. Score: 1

If you look carefully, you'll see that the hand it's not actually drawing. The effect is acomplished by several images from the hand in distinct poses, following the lines as they are painted.

Images like [these](http://www.rgbstock.com/images/writing%20hand) could be used as a layer on top of the drawing.

Then the areas of the drawing could be successively cut to diferent layers and then hidden or shown as needed to give the ilusion that they are being drawn on the paper.

You could try any image editing software, then import the key frames to any video editing tool, and tweak each key frame time duration to give the right speed to the hand

**Update:**

Most video editing tools would give the option to move only the hand following a path between two key frames, wich could make things easier


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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-05-16. Score: 0

Well!! This is my first video that I created through paper drawings.

I used 3d max for character animation, which took 1 day since rendering takes time. I snapped my drawings and highlighted their boundaries in Adobe flash.

But I believe this process is bit length for people like me who are not professional in flash, photoshop etc.

So I found another software **VideoScribe**. You take snap of your drawings and import them in to video scribes thats all. It'll put sketching effect, coloring effects by its own. However, I still miss Flash since motion, animation are not possible with VedioScribe.


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