This channel started because I wanted to post about this cool little EbSynth trick I discovered. Four months later, I worked up the confidence to record and edit a tutorial video showing exactly how to do it. It’s easier than you’d think! (well, assuming you have artistic talent)
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Synopsis:
- The content discusses using EB Synth primarily for traditional 2D animation, demonstrating its versatility beyond just applying painting effects to live-action footage.
- To animate, the speaker recommends starting with a clip, such as Thumper from Disney’s 1941 classic, Bambi. The process involves:
- Converting the clip into an image sequence using Adobe Premiere or Blender (which is free and recommended for its intuitive tools).
- Choosing a frame that shows as much of the character as possible.
- Loading the chosen frame into a drawing program, with mentioned options being Paint Tool SAI, Krita, Clip Studio, and Blender. Tracing and coloring is then done on this frame. The speaker prefers colored outlines for animation as they give a soft look and allow the base colors to shine.
- Shading and highlighting are done for added depth and dimension. The speaker avoids using pure black for shading and employs layers like the multiply and shine layer for effects.
- Export the finished drawing and name it according to the frame. Place it in a folder called “keys” and ensure the original image sequence is in a “video” folder.
- The actual use of EB Synth involves dragging the folders into the software and pressing the synth button. The software has gone through updates, including GPU-based rendering for faster results and a color change for its interface.
- After rendering, the output can have some artifacts but will generally reflect the details from the keyframe.
- The speaker praises the software for reducing the time required for shading, lighting, and coloring in animation. For instance, a task that previously took the speaker four days was reduced to less than an hour.
- The program doesn’t blend multiple sequences. To overcome this, sequences can be brought into another software, like Adobe Premiere or Blender, to transition between sequences. The latest version of EB Synth integrates directly with After Effects and offers an automatic opacity keyframing for smoother sequence transitions.
- The speaker concludes by thanking viewers and suggesting they subscribe for future content, which includes art tutorials, animation tutorials, and general commentary videos.
Quote: “Stay cute, bad meat.”
1:22 XD
Glad to see some recognition for my old pal, Blender.
I don't think it worked for me. 😭😭
1:37 You are a RUDE person.
Would have sent you this in mail for privacy but as it isn't possible, dropping it as a comment… You call old Disney films "boring old remaster" "nothing special though" That is a very way to refer to HARD WORK. Do you have any idea of HOW those films were made! The EFFORTS that went into them ?
//Now you can delete the comment after reading it. and it is 200 times nicer than how you are being perceived right now. WTF//
I'll give you a free pro-tip for the EbSynth smears, crank up the Video weight.
Adobe premiere isnt free
I love your sense of humor.
I mean….as a 2D animator, this is really cool, but it also isn't quite perfect yet hey :L the interpolation makes it a tad distracting – I think for a still frame it's nice, but then once it's moving the highlights and shadows aren't mapped with enough intent, and this would probos only work for slower smoother movements with less rotation (as far as I can tell)
Fun fact: this was made for Klaus.
Alternative title: how to make classic animation look like 90s bargain bin animation.
Thanks
Ironic you're using blender to blend clips together
Man, this was an awesome video, AE, PR, even B3d, all together shown. Thank you for posting this.
Just used EbSynth for the first time, and I used it to finally fix Eddy's eyes from that one scene from Ed, Edd n Eddy Season 3 Episode 1B "Momma's Little Ed", when he says to Ed, "Don't make me have to kick you out." The results turned out 100x better than I was expecting, like it was magic. Just think about what this software can do to speed up production, fix minor mistakes to make each episode seem flawless, I hope this stays free forever.
I subscribed and downloaded Blender after watching this video.. I already had Blender
idk… I know it's free, but it looks janky as fuck
Insightful and funny
i love blender
Thank you for illustrating why I should use EbSynth.
so essentially now in ebsynth you can paint multiple frames and keep them all in the keys folder? no need for manually adding each sequence separately? wow i think i found a great way to shade my grade film
Though I don't think I can use it. Thank you for this video and your reference to the free software……… Blender. I didn't understand some of the stuff in it but I suppose that others familiar with advanced animation will get it effortlessly.