HALFTONE EFFECTS
For Adobe After Effects
What is it?
The Halftone Effects template gives your footage or photos the look of an animated halftone print in Adobe After Effects. In the early days of printing, the "halftone" printing process produced images composed of large dots and patterns. With this effect, you can imitate that look for your video simply by dropping in your footage. If needed, you can customize the look with easy controls.
With three custom halftone styles to choose from, this effect is perfect for newspaper and comic book animations, or any video needing some stylized or retro flare!
Turn your video footage into a halftone print animation!
Features
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Multiple Styles - Choose from three unique halftone looks: Dots, CMYK (grid of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, & Black dots), or Patterns (combination of black fill, white fill, dots, and stripes).
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29 animated paper textures to choose from
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Custom Outline Effect - Automatically add dark lines along the contours in your footage.
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Supports transparent backgrounds
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Animated Borders - Frame your animation like a comic book.
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Customization - Edit the size, shape, and spacing of dots. Adjust detail level, color, and more using convenient controls.
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Works with footage, photos, text, and graphics
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4K and HD versions included
3 UNIQUE, CUSTOMIZABLE HALFTONE LOOKS FOR YOUR FOOTAGE:
Halftone DOTS
Halftone CMYK
Halftone PATTERNS
Even After Effects beginners will be able to turn their footage into a stop-motion halftone animation.
Need to Know
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This template is compatible with Adobe After Effects, version CS5 and all later versions. Works in both Windows and macOS. No plugins required.
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Two versions of the template are included: HD (1920x1080) and 4K (4096x2160). The effects work great on photos, text, and graphics with transparent backgrounds, but it is not designed for exporting images at a higher resolution than 4096x2160.
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The halftone effect comps in this template are 10 frames per second, giving them the choppy stop-motion look seen in the demo video. The reduced frame rate also speeds up render times considerably. You can change the frame rate in the "Composition Settings" panel, or if you like the look of a reduced frame rate, but need to export at a higher rate like 29.97fps or 25fps, create a new comp with the higher frame rate, and place the halftone effect comp into that one.
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This template was upgraded and updated in 2018. The video tutorial was made prior to the update and some elements may look or work a little differently. Be sure to read the written instructions in the template, which are up-to-date.
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Footage and music in demo video not included.
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This template has been "universalized", so it will work in After Effects running in any language (CS6 and up).
The Halftone Effects template is not a plugin, so there is nothing to install. Rather, it's an Adobe After Effects project file, commonly known as a "template" because most of the work is already done and the user needs only to make their own customizations. This template is compatible with version CS5 as well as all later versions of After Effects.
Halftone Effects contains copyrighted intellectual property. The animations you create with this product are 100% yours and can be used for commercial purposes, but the sharing or online posting of project files with or for anyone other than a client is prohibited. See the Terms and Conditions for more details.
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