AJ Velez is an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop, Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Hello, how are you? I have posted a new animated cartoon, The Sketch Boys in "San Frisco" by AJ Velez. You can check it out here:
Windows (9 m)
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?videos=321632&T=6595
Mac (35 m, sorry!)
http://www.foreordained.org/mov/sanfrisco.mov
First I want to thank everyone who made suggestions about my last cartoon "Ice Cream"
Windows
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=456912&T=5603.
Mac
http://www.foreordained.org/mov/icecream2.mov
How I Did It.
I started out by writing a funny script between the two "Sketch Boys" characters. When I was done I put the cordless
headmicrophone on so I could move around while I was recording and really get into the part. I recorded the vocal bits into
Sony Acid Pro 5 and exported each one as a seperate .WAV file. Then I listened to each .WAV file to see what I really said
and I transcribed that with the help of the script into corresponding .TXT files, one for each .WAV. The reason I did this is because
DAZ3d Mimic 3 only accepts .WAV files and it uses the .TXT files for additional accuracy. I imported each .WAV and .TXT
set and applied them to a model face. I tweaked the facial parameters in DAZ3d Mimic 3 to get some funny expressions, then
saved the file and exported a .PZ2 file. This is the file that Curious Labs' Poser 4 Pro Pack uses to create the animation.
I imported each .PZ2 file and applied it to a model, then I made some cool camera angles and motion. I used the Curious Labs'
Poser 4 Pro Pack sketch designer with the colored pencil setting. I brought the background density to 0 as well as the
outline. The I exported each file as an .AVI file to a folder. In Adobe Premiere Pro I imported the entire folder and also
some sound effects from Sony Screenblast and Sony 1,001 Sound Effects CD, like the car door and the engine running. I
mixed the sound and exported from Adobe Premiere Pro as .WMV, .MOV, DVD MP2, etc. I also used Adobe Photoshop 7 to create the layers for the opening
splash screen and Adobe After Effects 6 to create the motion graphics. I encourage you to make suggestions as to what you
would like to see in the future!
AJ Velez
