Make a Vintage Comic Book Look: Cartoon Effect in Premiere Pro

Cartoon effects are lots of fun to make, and even more so with the modern comic book style compositions. Making a comic book look for a video can be tough, but we have got 2 amazing ways ideal for your events, music, and story-based content. In this post from MiniTool MovieMaker (a simple and cost-free movie maker), let’s get started making your own cartoon effect in Premiere Pro.

Here, you will learn the ways to make a dynamic hand-drawn comic effect and cartoon effect in Premiere Pro. Scroll down the page to see the specific operations.

Way 1. Make Dynamic Hand-Drawn Premiere Pro Comic Book Effect

Premiere Pro does not include a native cartoon preset. However, you can achieve a hand-drawn comic book style with some effects. You will need the performer shot on a green screen and a background that matches the fine-line style to get the best results.

Add the background video and green screen clip to the timeline.
In the Effects panel, find Color Key and apply it to the green screen footage.
From the Effects Control panel, grab the Color Picker, choose the green background of the clip, and change the settings to fine-tune background removal.
Change the Scale and Position of the video to match the background.
Look for Find Edges and apply it to the green screen clip. You can click on the Invert box from the Effects Control panel for a darker style if necessary.
Search for and add Posterize to the footage; from the Effects Control panel, change the Level to get the detail level you need.
Finally, add Posterize Time and reduce the frame rate; the lower you set, the more frames will be removed, causing choppy playback.

Way 2. Use the Cartoon Effect in After Effects

After Effects features a quite impressive cartoon effect that you can use in your Premiere projects via Dynamic Linking.

Edit the background and green screen footage in the Premiere Pro timeline.
Choose the Cartoon Effect layer and navigate to File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Replace with After Effects Composition.
In After Effects, look for Keylight and add it to the clip.
From the Effects Control panel, use the Picker to choose the background color; change the other settings until you’re satisfied with the background removal.
Find the Cartoon effect and apply it to the clip.
Experiment with the settings to create the cartoon look you want in the Effects Control.
When you are satisfied, click Save (press Ctrl+S or Cmd+S) and exit After Effects, and Premiere Pro will update with the new clip.
To edit this effect, double-click on the AE Comp in Premiere Pro, and After Effects will open with the clip ready for editing.

Tips:

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Bottom Line

There are other methods to give your compositions a stylistic look, even if there is no cartoon effect in Premiere Pro. Hope this post is of help to you.

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