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1. Introduction: The role of content
creation within the creative
industry is a way to experiment and try new things without the need of any
clients or any briefs. Just for you to be
able to create with complete freedom and then
express it to the world. Hi, I'm Smash Mystery a multi disciplinary creative
including videography, illustration, animation,
and content creation. I'm really excited
to teach this class because for me it's
allowing me to combine two of my
favorite disciplines, video and illustration. In today's class, I'm going to be running you through
how you can use procreate dreams to elevate
your social content. We're going to be taking a video which we shut out in the city. And then we're going
to be going through Procreate Dreams and adding
in our own animations. In this class, we'll
be starting off by importing our videos
into procreate dreams. Then we'll be working
on a few transitions, one using the flip
book function, and then another
using key frames. And then we're going
to be rounding it off by adding some moving
Pters in the end. Then by the end, you'll
have a piece of content to post using animation
and your video skills. I think this class is perfect for anybody who's
making content, whether that's food, fashion,
or even illustrations. And you just want
to add a little creative flair to your work. For me, Procreated
Dreams has helped my content creation mainly
by speeding up my workflow, but also allowing for
my creativity to grow. By the end of this class, you'll have a better idea
of how you can incorporate your
illustration and animation along with
your video content. Okay, you're ready to take
your content creation game to the next level.
Let's get started.
2. Import Videos and Create Layers: Let's get started on making
this piece of content. I'm going to start by
importing the videos that I've already shot into
Procreate Dreams. I'm just going to
create a new movie, use the template
that's already there. Before I import my
content, I want to change the dimensions
of the stage. You can do this by going on the movie title and settings, on Properties, and let's
just change this back to HD. Now to drag in our content, I'm going to have
the photos app open. I'm going to go on Select, select my three videos, hold, and then with
my thumb drag up, click on Procreate Dreams, and then just drag it
into the timeline. Now I'm going to rearrange
my clips in the right order. Let me show you the video first, and then I'm going
to walk through why I chose to record
it in this way, and then I'm going to
go through the type of animations that I'm going to be adding on top of the content. You like some content,
but speaking in public may feel like you have to be all these
different characters. Being in a big city like London, I feel to stand up and try, I need to gain some confidence. Why I embrace all the different
characters that make you. As you saw what I
was recording this, I was doing things
with my hands and the way that I was walking
in and out of frame. Let me explain why I chose
to record it this way. With this beginning shot, when I'm talking about being all these different
characters on camera, the first thing that came
to mind was I wanted to have a rotoscope or flashing frames of different types of illustrations over
my silhouette, which represents
different characters. Then some talking
about characters, the transition that
I want to create in between video 1 and video 2 was a clapperboard coming in and then out of frame. Then in the second video, you may have saw after I
finished what I was saying, I pretended like I was
throwing something, I had nothing in my hand. But with this, this leads on to the second transition
where we'll be using the flip book and
keyframes to almost represent a ball coming out of my hand into the next scene, where I'm talking about being all these
different characters. The way that I shot
this video was, I want to make sure
the sky was in the shot just so that I can
place the characters there. So when I lift my arms up, I'm going to have the
characters appear from behind the building in the sky. When shooting your content, it's important to
bear this in mind, have the idea of what type of animations you want to
incorporate in your content, just so when you are out and about or if you're in
your room filming it, you can incorporate
certain things to create the interaction between
video and animation. I'm going to go in now
and just trim some of the clips just so it
flows a bit smoother. I think at the end
of this first clip, you can see there's
no sound waves there. But I want to leave
enough space for me to animate the other
characters that are going to appear on the screen. You like some content,
but speaking in public may feel like it to be all these
different characters. I think just as I look down, I'm just going to
hold the edge of the content, let's drag it in. Then move the second one along, and then just trim the
start of the second clip. Being in a big city like
London, [inaudible] confidence. Then I want to trim this one, but I'm not going to trim
too much because I can always trim it later once I've added the animation on top. Finally, let's just
move the third video. Why don't embrace
all the different characters that make you. Perfect. Before I
go in and animate, I want to make sure you
choose a color palette just to make sure all
the animations that you add into your
piece of content are uniform throughout
the whole piece. Let me show you the color
pallet that I've selected. This was mainly based on
this last video that I shot, the scene where
the bus comes in. I really like the colors
that are on this bus, and I think it'll tie the whole piece of
content together. Let me show you the color
pallet that I chose. I'm going to create
a new track and I'm going to draw
them on the screen. These are the main
three colors that I'm going to be
using the animation, mainly just because
I like the way they look with this final clip, and those are the
colors that I want to use for the characters
in the end too. Go in now, import your videos, whether you're using the
ones that are down below in the class resources or your own, import them into
Procreate Dreams and choose your color palette. In the next lesson, we're going to get started
with the animation. We're going to be using the
flip book function to add different characters to the silhouette of the first video.
3. Discover Flipbook Trace: Let's get started
with this first one. We're going to be using
the flipbook function. We're going to be creating
a silhouette of my body and then we're going to be adding in flashes of different characters. Let's get to it. I'm going
to find the point in the video where I
mentioned characters. [inaudible]. Okay. Perfect. One thing to bear in mind when I was
recording this video, I had to make sure I
was standing as still as possible just for
this part to work. I'm going to go in by
creating a new track. Firstly on this new track,
I'm just going to go around and create a
silhouette of my body. I've gone through
and I've created a silhouette of my body. I'm just going to
hold on this frame, fill duration and then just end this where the
two clips end. Click on the Play head,
edit, and then split. Let's delete that part. I
think I'll move ever slow, slightly to the left, so I'm just going
to key frame that. Click on the playhead
move and scale and then go to the end and let's
just drag it over ever slow, slightly then change
the easing to linear. This silhouette that
we created is going to be used as a clipping
mask on the track. Below is where we're
going to add in our illustrations
to duplicate this, just so we can use
it as a background. Then I'm going to draw something on this and then
turn this into a layer mask. I'm going to drag this
out to fill the duration. I'm going to hold each of these different animations
for around six frames. Let's split this clip. Let's just see what
that looks like. It may be too quick
or maybe quite slow. Let's have a look. I think
I'm happy with that. Let's go in and let's start
adding in our illustration. With this first
one, I want to have the silhouette filling
up with water. I'm going to go in, select
my brush, select my color. I'm going to enter
into flip buck mode. I'm going to turn on
my onion skinning just so I can see where my
previous frame is. I'm going to start
midway getting filled. Don't worry that it's going
outside the silhouette. Once we've created
all six frames, we're going to
group him and then add him to the layer mask. The way I like to do
it when trying to represent or imitate
water filling up is just to imagine a sine wave and imagine you just
shifting it ever so slightly in one direction as the frames go on here
I've got a sine wave. I'm just going to imagine like the top part here
is just over here. Then the bottom
part is over here. We've got two more
frames to add in. Now this is a little
bit too quick. What I'm going to do is
we're going to expand this by going on
the timeline edit, and then striking
this out 12 frames. Then I'm going to
move these frames along and then hold each
one for two frames. Then because I want to imitate
my silhouette filling up, I'm just going to
move each frame a little higher
than the previous. Then I can just go in and cover the rest of my silhouette. Now if we play this
back, I'm going to fill the timeline with
what we just created. Perfect. I'm going to group
all these together now, drawing over all the tracks. Hold and then group. I'm just going to
name this water. Let's highlight that blue there. We've got one type
of illustration. I'm going to go through
and add two or three more just to fill out
the rest of this video. I'm going to duplicate
the one that we just did. Let's rename this
one in two shapes. Let's change the
color to an orange. We want to keep the layer
mask that we added. Let's delete the frames
that we drew on. Let's change the
background color. I'm going to go on the
drawer and paint tool, select another color.
Just drag that on. Now for this one, I
just want to have some shapes moving around
inside of my silhouette. To do this just on
a new track straw a shape and then we're
going to be using key frames to move them around. Let's create a new track
for the other shape, then feel free to do whatever
you like with these. I'm just going to be
moving them around. Let's start by
extending the tracks, then starting with
the pink rectangle, let's add a moving
scale key frame. Let's drag that to the end
and then let's just move it. Let's change the easing
to ease in and out. Perfect. Then let's do
the same for the circle. Then let's just move it down. Let's group the yellow
and the pink shape and then place them both
underneath to lay a mask. Just now they're inside the silhouette deplete
these empty tracks. Let's see what that
looks like back now. Perfect. Let's go in
and add a third one. Now I'm going to duplicate the previous that we did,
use that as a base. Let's change the
name to squiggle, so let's delete the group that we added to the previous one. Let's start off by changing
the background color. Then with this one,
I'm just going to add in six frames, again, holding each one for two frames, just squiggling
around the screen. Hold that for two frames. For this, we can
turn off the onion skinning just if it's
a little distracting. Let's just move our
clips just because I think this one
overlapped a little bit. Let's move this one just so it ends where the
next clip starts. I want to change the color of these a Little bit. Okay, so let's watch that
back to see what we've made. Okay. You're going to
make some content, but speaking in public may feel like it have to be all
these different characters. Being in a big city like
London, that's perfect. Okay, so now that we've added in the animation to
the first video, in the next lesson we're
going to be moving on to creating a key
frame transition using a copper board.
4. Create a Keyframe Transition: So in this lesson I'll
be teaching you how you can create transitions
using key frames but the good thing
with Procreate dreams is it allows for
your creativity to flow in between two clips any type of transition
you want to make, whether that's using key
frames, the performing tool, I think having them
within your clips adds a little bit of extra creative
flare to your content. Now that we've gone in and
used the flip book function to add in different illustrations
to our silhouette, I just went in and polished
off my illustrations. Now we're going to be moving
onto a key frame transition, so I'm just going to scrub to where the last illustration
was and then on a new track, I'm going to start drawing a clapperboard for the transition. So I'm going to do this
in two parts firstly, the top section and then
the bottom section, each one on different
tracks and then we'll be grouping them so I'm
going just select my brush. For this I'll go to draw it much bigger because I
want the clapboard coming in and covering the entire frame and then
coming out of frame. For this I'm going
to switch into flip book mode just so I can see the stage
a little bigger. Let's start off with
the top portion and feel free to use
any other object that you'd like with your video, don't feel like you have to
use the clapper board too. Now for the bottom half, I'm going to create a new track and then draw the
bottom half too. Then I'm going to go add some details
and textures to both parts so I'm going to
create another track above it, hold the track go and mask
and then clipping mask. Let's do the same for the
top as well so slip the top, new track and then let's
just start drawing on there. Let's turn this track
into a clipping mask too. Let's group each of
those individually, and then we'll group
the whole thing so clicking on the
timeline, edit, swipe over the two
for the bottom first, hold the tracks,
and then click on Group and then let's group
these two together as well. Group, let's put the
bottom underneath the top and then let's group
both of those as well. Let's expand these to fill the rest of this
clip and overlap with the next clip as well so
I'm just going to expand all the groups and then
with the timeline edit, select them, and then
just drag them out. By the time the
next clip comes on, we'll be pulling the
clapperboard away so firstly, let's animate that closing and then we'll animate the
group of it pulling away. Firstly, on the
top, let's change the anchor point and then let's move the whole thing
down, that's perfect. In the center where the two clips merge that's where you want
to add a key frame for the clapperboard
closing so tap on the play head move and scale and then let's go to the beginning and
let's add a rotation. I've watched that
back. Let's change the easing to ease in and out. Extend that a little bit, just so it's on frame
for a bit longer. Now let's animate
the entire group so I kind of want to
have it rotating and clapping at the same time. Let's start off here and
then when it closes, let's move it and rotate
it so it fills the frame. I'm going to scale the whole
thing up just a little bit, let's get rid of the key
frames that we added. Perfect so either
way that looks. Let's extend our group just a little bit
more just so it gives us enough space to move out a frame to reveal
the second clip. Now on the group
again, let's add another key frame and then
let's just move that way, so if you watch that back. Let's move this key frame just a little bit more, perfect. I'm just moving the clapper
board around because I want the clapper board to shut on the previous
illustration that I did. Now we're just need to trim my video clip and then we're going to move
the second one along. If you watch that
back, we have to be all these different characters and being in a big
city like London. That's how you can
use key frames and illustrations which
you've either made in Procreate Dreams
or you can import them from Procreate and use key frames to
animate them to create transitions in
between two clips. In the next lesson,
we're going to be using the performing tool to do another transition
between two clips.
5. Create a Performing Transition: In this lesson, we're
going to be using the performing tool to
create our next transition. With this video, I
wanted to make sure that the animation and
transition that I was creating was
interacting with the video. When I was recording this clip, I made sure, or I pretended
like I was throwing a ball. Let me show you. Being in
a big city like London, I feel to stand up and try. I need to gain some confidence. Let's go in. I'm going to
draw a ball on another track. Then let me show
you how you can use the performing tool to create this transition
into the next clip. Let's find in the clip
whereabouts we want to start. Let's say around here. I'm going to draw the ball to
fill the frame first, and then we'll shrink it down. On a new track, above the clip, I'm going to go on the
Draw & Paint tool, and then let's change
my brush and the color. I'm just going to enter
into flip book mode just so I got more space. Then great thing I like about adding illustration and
animation on top of video content is
that you can let a different part of your
creativity come through. I like the contrast between the polished videos and the
rough and ready animations. I like the way it
works together. I'm going to exit
flip book mode and then hold the content,
fill duration. With three fingers, I'm just swiping to
adjust the width. Then let's end that just as
we enter into the final clip. I'm going to click the playhead, Edit, and Split. Let's hold and delete that. Let's find in the track
whereabouts we want to start. Let's say around here. Let's add a keyframe. Let's scale that down. Now with this, it will take
some time and some practice to match the motion because
with the performing tool, as the video is playing, I've got to follow my hand
as I'm throwing the ball. We'll take a few tries,
but let's give it a go. I want to have the ball almost look it's curving
and then I want it to come across the frame from the left side and
then to the right, and then as it
goes out of frame, it'll transition
into the next clip. I'm just going to watch
it a few times just to get used to the motion that I'll be doing with
the performing tool. It looks like it goes out, and then I want to move
it across the screen. I'll have to keep the
stage off to the side. I have space over
here to play with the performing. Let's
try that again. I'm just going to modify
the smoothing just a little bit just so it doesn't track
all of my tiny movements. See what that looks like.
I like the way that looks. Let me try it one more time. Let's try to keep
the ball in frame. Give myself a bit more space
to use the performing tool. After we've done the position, we're going to be playing
around with a scale to look like it's coming
towards the camera. What we can do, we can go
in and we can play and add a few more keyframes just
so it matches the hand. Let's turn off the
performing tool. This one, it's still in my hand. There's one more. I think
it moves a bit too quick. Let's move this
one in a tiny bit. Perfect. Let's scale it just a little bit down
at the beginning. Now let's play around
with the scale. Let's drag the playhead to
the beginning of the content. Again, with the performing
tool, I'm going to click it. As the ball is traveling
across the screen, I want it to look like
it's coming closer. As the motion of the ball
goes through the frame, I want to get bigger, so I'm going to drag one
of the red dots outwards. Now we need to play around with the position of
this last keyframe. I'm going to turn off
the performing tool and let's drag that off-frame. Let's extend this a
little bit just to make it a bit more smoother. Right now, it looks
like the ball is coming straight to the camera, then moving it off to the right. I'm going to make
it look like the ball's going that
way a little bit, and then off the frame. I'm going to expand
the keyframe track. Then I can see the individual keyframes that have been made. With these here,
I want to change the x-axis just a little bit. I'm going to delete the
ones that are there, drag this one into the
center, and see what it does. With this keyframe that's
been put on the x-axis, let's move it a bit to the left so it looks like it goes off, and then it goes
across the screen. Let's watch that
back. Let's speed up that last section
just a tiny bit. Let's drag in these
four keyframes. Perfect. Then all we have
to do is trim our clip, then the transition
works at the right time. Let's make sure our
frame is filled. We need the clips
to overlap here. Perfect. Now, let's go in. I'm going to add a
rotation key frame and I'm going to use the
performing tool for this. Let's tap the track, performing, and then let's just
add a rotation. Perfect. Then on
the track above it, I'm going to go in
and add some texture. Let's stop the performing tool, let's add a track. I'm going to scrub to when
it's about to fill the frame. I'm going to go on the
Draw & Paint tool. One thing to bear in mind, in the video I shot, you can see the sun is coming in from
the right hand side, which is why the right hand side of my jump has been lit, so I'm going to take that into consideration when adding
shadow to the ball as well. I'll now add a shadow
on the left hand side. Let's turn this into
a clipping mask. Then let's keyframe
this as well. Perfect. If you watch that back, let's see what it sounds
like and looks with audio. One of the trick that I like to do is to
kind of add to this effect, is to add a Gaussian blur to the video clip to
make it look like the camera is focusing on the ball that's
coming towards you. To do this, let's find where
the ball starts moving. I'm going to go down
to the video track, click on the playhead, and then I'm going to add a filter, just a Gaussian blur, and then scrub to the end, say around here, and then
let's blur the clip. Then to add to this effect, I'm going to perform
the motion of the video track and add
a little shape to it. To do this, I'm going
to tap on the playhead , move and scale. Then just for this
little section here, I'm going to go on
the performing tool, going to Modify, I want it to track all of my
little movements. I'm turning the motion
filtering all the way down, and then I'm going
to shake my stylus. Then as you see, there
are little white sections on either side of the stage. To get rid of this, I'm
just going to scale the clip up as the
ball comes closer. Let's turn off the
performing tool. If we watch that
back now, perfect. In this lesson, I showed
you one way that you can create transition in
Procreate Dreams. But let your imagination fly
and think of different ways that you can create animations that interact with
video content. In the next lesson,
I'll be showing you how you can use
all the skills that we've learned so far and have some characters popping
up from the sky. I'm really excited to see
what transitions you create. Don't forget to share them in the project gallery below.
6. Finish Your Moving Character Illustration : Okay. In this final lesson, I want to have characters
popping up from behind the building
and filling the sky. So what we want to do is create a layer mask of the track
that we've already got. This is so we can have
the characters behind, and then when we
animate them up, we don't have to worry about cutting them from
around the building, as it'll be within
the layer mask. To do this, I'm just going to duplicate the
final video track. So now that I've duplicated it, let's drag it on
top of a new track. Then on a track above, we just need to color in the part that you
want to stay on top, so in this case, it's going to be the building and myself. With this, you'll
need a smaller brush just so you can get all
the little details. I'm going to enter into
flipbook mode just so I've got a bigger screen to draw
around the building on. With this part, take your time as the more detailed
you are with this, the more convincing
the effect will be. Let's exit flipbook mode and let's drag this to
fill the video track. I'm just going to hold the
content, fill duration, and then with this top
layer that we just drew, let's turn the mask
into a layer mask. Now that anything we put
below the layer mask. Say if we draw here,
you can't see it, but then soon as you draw here, you can see it in the sky.
This is what we want. Now, we can animate
the characters coming up from
behind the building without having to
worry about cutting them out frame by frame. Let's go in and let's
draw our first character. I just want to track
below the layer mask. I'm going to go on the
drawer and paint tool, choose a color for
my first character, I'm going to have
a orange circle. I'm just going to move this
out just so I can see them. Then on a new track, I'm going to draw in
some of its features. What I'm thinking
whilst drawing this is whereabouts on the screen
I want to place them. I'm going to have them
on the right-hand side, just over here. So I'm putting the eyes over to the left just so it looks
like he's looking at me. On another track, I'm going
to add in some eyebrows, and then on one final track,
I can add in the mouth. Okay, perfect. We've
got Character 1 now, I'm just going to go in and create the other
three characters, and then I'll show you
how we can animate them. Before I group them, let's fill the duration
of the rest of the track. I'm going to go on
a timeline edit, hold, fill duration. Now, let's group
these four layers. Group, perfect. So I've gone and created two more characters,
let me show you them. Here's the characters
that I've created. I've created them
all in the same way, having different layers for
different features just so I can go in and animate
each one separately. Let's start off with the
orange character that we drew. I'm going to animate
the features first, then animate the whole group. Let's find the spot
in the video where I put my arms up to
reveal the characters. So why don't you embrace all
the different characters that make you you? So just around here. Let's start off with our
eyebrows, and then with this, I'm just going to perform having the eyebrows going up and down. Let's see the rest
of the timeline. We watch that back.
Perfect. Now, let's have this character coming up from
behind the building. Initially, I'm going
to collapse the group, add a moving scale keyframe, place it behind the building, and then I'm going to add a keyframe where I want
the character to pop up. Now, I can go in and play
with the speed a little bit/ Let's change the
easing to ease in and out. I just added one final keyframe, so it looks like the character popped up and then settled. Then with the eyebrow
performing that we did, pops up, and then he starts
raising his eyebrows. Then one final thing
that we can do to this is add a rotation. I'll do this using
the performing tool. Firstly, let's change
the anchor point to where we want to rotate from. I'm going to say
roughly around here. Selecting the performing tool. We watch that back. We got
the character popping up, rotating, and then
raising its eyebrows. I'm going to go in
and do the same for the other two
characters as well. There's a few different types of animation that you
can add on top of this. Now that we've got a base of the characters coming
up and filling the sky, we can either put an animation in front
of the layer mask, whether it's a hand which looks like it's
holding the building, or we can add some sparkles to the characters just
to add to the motion. Here's a hand that I've
illustrated already, and I've imported it
into Procreate Dreams. Because all the characters
are behind the building, we want to make sure this is
on top of the layer mask, just so it looks like he's holding the edge
of the building. If you have all the
characters out, I'm going to move this around just so it's in the
right position. Then as the blue
character comes up, I just want the
hands coming down, so around here, I want to have the
hand on the building, and then let's have
it coming down. We trim our clip. If
you watch that back. Now, if we change the
easing to ease in, let's change that to ease out. I think I like the quicker at the beginning and then slower. Let's just play around with
the position of that track. Let's see what that looks like. Nice. Then finally, I'm going to go in and add a few sparkles. Let's
create a new track. I'm going to go on the
draw and paint tool, I'm going to use a studio brush. Let's just draw it
off here on the side. I'm just going to draw across, and then let's round
the corners on the inside and then
hold the content, fill duration, and
let's animate this. We want to have the
illustration spinning, increasing in size,
and then decreasing. Let's add a few keyframes. Let's add the rotation first, let's make sure the anchor
point is in the center of the cross. Add a rotation. Now, let's add a scale to this. We want to, in the middle, for it to be the biggest, we
can add a keyframe there, and then at the
start, shrink it, and then at the end,
let's shrink it again. Let's hold and expand, and let's see what the rotation is doing. Let's hold this and set the easing of the
rotation to linear. Now, let's trim this content. Now that we've got this sparkle, we can just drag
it in and about in different groups and place
it on the characters. Let's collapse the
keyframe track. I'm going to duplicate this, and then let's open up one of the groups and let's
just drag it in there. I'm going to drag it on top. Because we put it in
the group, it should follow the motion,
which is perfect. Now, you can just
move it around. I'm just going to
go in and do the same for all the
different characters. Let's add one to
the blue character and one to the yellow one too. I'm going to offset them just so they're not sparkling
all at the same time. Then the final one that
we drew initially, let's drag that into
the blue character. Let's expand the keyframe track. I'm going to delete the x and y just so we
can move it around. Then the scale, I'm just
going to change that. Let's move around,
let's see what we made. Make you, you. So now that I'm happy
with the characters that have animated in the sky, let's play back the whole thing and let's see what we created. You want to make some content, but speaking in public may feel that you have to be all
these different characters. Being in a big city like London, that feel to stand out and shine and need to gain
some confidence. Whoosh. So why don't you embrace all the
different characters that make you, you? There you go, you created
your first piece of content combining
video and animation.
7. Final Thoughts: Congratulations on
completing your first piece of content using
Procreate Dreams, where you combine
video and animation. We explored a lot of
different techniques that you can use within
Procreate Dreams to elevate your video content
from how to use the flip book function to create a burst of illustrations. How you can use the performing and keyframes to add motion, to add illustrations
or characters which you want to add
into your video content. I know I showed you one way in which you can use each function
within Procreate Dreams. But feel free to explore, have some fun different
ways that you can interact with the animations
and your video content. I'm really excited to
see what animations or transitions that you created
and added to your own video, or if you followed
along and used mine, do share it down below
in the project gallery. I hope you enjoy
this class and use all the techniques that we
covered in your own content. Can't wait to see what
you make. Bye-bye.
Smitesh Mistry, Illustrator & Designer
