Using The Watercolor Video Plugin in Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects

AKVIS Watercolor Video turns videos into watercolor art. It applies watercolor painting effects in different styles and techniques. The plugin is compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Elements, and other video editing programs.

Learn how to use the plugin in Adobe video editing programs:

• Step 1. In the editor open a project as a composition.
  
  Composition

  Hint: For low contrast videos, you can use Curves.

• Step 2. Call the Watercolor Video plugin.

  The plugin offers two video-to-cartoon conversion styles: Classic Watercolor and Contour Watercolor; implemented as two filters: Watercolor Video Сlassic and Watercolor Video Contour.

  In Adobe After Effects: in the Effects & Presets panel (or in the Effects menu), select AKVIS Plug-ins -> Watercolor Video Сlassic/Watercolor Video Contour and drag the effect into the Composition panel.

  

  In Adobe Premiere Pro: select Effects -> Video Effects -> AKVIS Plug-ins -> Watercolor Video Сlassic/Watercolor Video Contour and drag it into the Timeline.

  

  In Adobe Premiere Elements: switch to the Expert mode, select Effects -> Video -> AKVIS Plug-ins -> Watercolor Video Сlassic/Contour and drag it into the Timeline.

  

  The result will be shown in the current frame.

  
  Watercolor Video Preview
• Step 3. You can apply ready-to-use presets or create your own effect. The AKVIS built-in presets are available in the drop-down list above the effect parameters.
  
  Adjust Effect Settings

  Adjust the Classic/Contour watercolor style settings in the Effect Controls panel.

  To reset the parameters to their default values, use the following controls:

  in Adobe After Effects: use the Reset button;
  in Adobe Premiere Pro: use the icon;
  in Adobe Premiere Elements: use the the icon.
• Step 4. You can save your favorite settings as a preset.

  In Adobe After Effects: select the effect in the panel, call Animation -> Save Animation Preset… and choose a name and a destination folder. New user effects will appear in the Effects & Presets panel under *Animation Preset -> User presets.

  In Adobe Premiere Pro: select the effect, choose Save preset… with a right mouse click, and enter its name. New user effects will appear in the Effects panel under Presets.

  
• Step 5. Save the video:

  In Adobe After Effects: select Composition -> Add to Render Queue. In the rendering window, select the destination folder, set the file name and conversion settings. Click the Render button.

  In Adobe Premiere Pro: select the clip in the Project panel and choose File -> Export -> Media. In the Export Settings window, adjust the settings, click the Queue button and complete the export using Adobe Media Encoder.

  In Adobe Premiere Elements: click Export & Share on the Premiere Elements toolbar, adjust the format settings, and click Save. Alternatively, you can use File –> Export and Share.

  Attention! Use the Posterize Time filter to set a frame rate. The recommended value for this parameter is 5-8.

  

   

  Watercolor Cartoon

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