EbSynth
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About
EbSynth is a tool that brings paintings to animated life. It allows users to stylize videos by using painted keyframes. The software is currently in beta and free for commercial use. It exports png sequences, which can be converted into a video using video-editing software. The tool provides various tutorials for beginners and advanced users, covering different use-cases such as 2D animation shading, cartoon animation, painterly 3D renders, VFX aging effects, video manipulation, and colorization.
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Task
Features
• video stylization
• alpha channel support
• keyframe blending
• animation from paintings
FAQs
IS EBSYNTH FREE?
Yes. The beta version downloaded from this website is free for commercial use. We‘re working on the final professional version that will come up with a license and will be paid.
HOW DO I GET STARTED, ARE THERE ANY TUTORIALS?
Sure there are! Here's EbSynth 101 for beginners: * TUTORIAL: [INTRODUCTION TO EBSYNTH](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RLtHuu5jV4) And here are a few more advanced ones in case you're specializing in a particular use-case: * 2D ANIMATION SHADING: [video 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%5FQEbnTWBqC8), [video 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fILG1J6gMBs) * JOEL HAVER'S CARTOON ANIMATION: [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq%5FKOmXyVDo) * PAINTERLY 3D RENDERS: [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkCxwt81U1Q) * VFX AGING EFFECTS WITH FACEAPP: [video 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq5Khsalhc0), [video 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOhAJ18V4nA) * VIDEO MANIPULATION: [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FN7fKlJcPE) * COLORIZATION: [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMIoHwOA8jQ)
WHAT DOES THE ADVANCED SETTING MEAN?
Higher mapping encourages the output strokes to appear at the same location as in the keyframe. If the mapping is lower, EbSynth is allowed to rearrange the input features to appear at different places in the output. Good values are between 5 to 50.
HOW SHOULD I ADD MORE KEYFRAMES?
Always start with one painted keyframe and run the synthesis. After a while you‘ll see the output frames start to get messy. That‘s the time to add more keyframes. You‘ll create one by picking one of the messy result images and fix it by painting additional brush strokes over it. That way you make sure that all keyframes are consistent which is essential for the natural looking of the final blend.
HOW DO I BLEND MULTIPLE KEYFRAMES?
After the synthesis is done, you can hit the „export to AE“ button and your project will be loaded into After Effects as a new composition. It will be already composed and blended. If you don't have After Effects, no worries! You'll just have to blend your output sequences manually in any video editing software that supports crossfades. You should have a sequence of output images generated from each keyframe in a range specified in the time interval boxes in EbSynth GUI. By default, these sequences overlap and it is up to you to set a cross fade transition during this overlapping interval.
HOW DO I CREATE A VIDEO FROM THE OUTPUT?
EbSynth Beta exports png sequences. You can use video-editing software to convert them into a video.
CAN EBSYNTH WORK WITH ALPHA CHANNEL?
Yes, you can paint your keyframes on a transparent background and feed it to EbSynth. Possible leakage out of the alpha borders can be fixed by matching precisely the painting with the reference frame. You can also rotoscope the foreground and add the alpha mask sequence as the mask input in the EbSynth GUI.
WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT ERRORS OR CRASHES?
EbSynth crashes unexpectadly Check your input file names. Make sure that the numbers contained in the names have 9 digits tops. If that doesn't help, please shoot us an e-mail with the recorded process, we might be able to find another bug and fix it.
MY OUTPUT IS BLACK OR EMPTY, HOW DO I FIX IT?
Black output usually indicates that the GPU has run out of memory. Try smaller resolution or disable GPU acceleration in the 'Advanced' tab.
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