Breaking up with Adobe

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The story of Adobe CC, and a broken man.
I've been working on this for a couple months, and as luck would have it, people are p*ssed about the new Adobe Creative Cloud 2020 update. Can't believe it's been a year since the last Nox.
Tarboy is trending at the moment. Do you ever just type out long strings of text and fill it full of keywords? I do. Nox. Blahlbahblah. I sure hope this video ends up alongside related videos. Alongside some 2D Animation. Maybe next to other videos about Adobe Creative Cloud. That would be very topical.
This was made in Adobe Animate, Photoshop, Premier, After Effects
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Music provided by Extreme Music
'Make Mine to Go' (Instrumental) by DANIEL JERAMIAH and THOMAS CONNORS
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Hey S-cardi (r/nextfuckinglevel rocks) (proof)
#Nox

[@Rahnonymous]

This guy is an anomaly. He's a live action person, but makes a convincing cartoon character. How is that even possible, and what would that make him? 2.5D?

[@Sejikan]

I think

[@battleframestudios8989]

I think he speed ramps everything to get a more exaggerated look. He also talks with exaggerated lip movement and sometimes has the body completely still why the mouth continues to move.

[@SHADZA4321]

Honestly looked like it was from those weird team fortress 2 animations.

[@lor5827]

He knows more dimensions that we do

[@Ranzord95]

if there ever is a (spirit) sequel for things like who framed roger rabir or space jam, I hope it looks like this

[@kawwaiicat7032]

He just summarized every issue I have with Adobe in like 20 seconds

[@blackturbine]

And than had anger hooha with it

[@doris3026]

Yep, he just did that in like 200 Hundred Hours of editing

[@97DarkSkull]

Oh he didn't even summarized 1/3 of issues I have with Adobe.

[@DariusMedine]

@ɮօʊռċɛ օʄʄ So your roommate has a lack of multi-core support?

[@crispybacon4240]

@@blackturbine "anger hooha" is the funniest fucking thing I've read all day.

[@mattimmobilizer2455]

When you finally have a compromise with Adobe but she deletes that data right after

[@ground5295]

So... GladOS?

[@bullshitdepartment]

@@ground5295 underrated

[@vatoz2]

T

[@bituin5908]

“Sorry, but the file doesn’t exist.” WHAT?

[@nagiku99]

It's crazy how Adobe got even worse now with the whole "by the way we own your content now when you use us" thing going on.

[@rompevuevitos222]

That's only for high profile companies, how are they gonna prove you used their software for your indie work? They know most people will just flash the middle finger and ignore that "rule".

[@nimloc1670]

He's so animated, I couldn't imagine seeing him in person and NOT being like this lmao

[@thepickles8833]

Maybe he should just do what the Gorillaz do.

[@bigdicknigga3746]

He probably looks like such a normal dude you wouldn't even know its him

[@DioStandsStill]

@Pentex Sucks i knew it we were in simulation this whole time!!!!

[@Exile_Sky]

You and me both. I expect him do a stilted cartoon walk everywhere.

[@mokaza40]

He's Jim Carrey

[@peterstangl8295]

The most animated live action character since Jim Carrey's Mask days.

[@midgetthatnoonelikes2253]

300 and sin city: am I a joke to you

[@izzonac6381]

M A S K V I B E

[@donovanadair4276]

Imagine them working together

[@wishinglizard7292]

@@donovanadair4276 yeah! That would be awesome!

[@mectic5149]

@@midgetthatnoonelikes2253 yes

[@JamesLee]

Made with Adobe CC

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

Haha

[@snubcube]

Original comment: "Made with Adobe Creative Cloud" Yes. I saw that edit.

[@litcherallyy]

Nice.

[@BlakeTheGamblingHero]

What irony

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Heh heh heh...

[@dalej1]

I love this for mentioning Flash. **NEVER FORGET!**

[@ChristianDailo.]

I miss the flash games that I played on y8 using flash.

[@kontinua1125]

0:57 When he said “ago” His lip stretched like a cartoon. I’m convinced that James is a real life cartoon character.

[@boboloon]

I honestly cannot stop replaying that part. Brilliantly done. Everything.

[@ActAshira]

1:02 jagging up the price

[@superfardman4332]

I know the mixture of animation and live action to himself is brilliant

[@Babyslapper]

Kontinua I love that how creative he is

[@slothgobbler]

Pog

[@TheG_Boy]

This man animated Adobe kissing him

[@NightShinerStudio]

And breasts

[@bakibaki4663]

Yes , yes he did

[@minecraftblastfurnace452]

He also animated some Adobitties.

[@nmbd8488]

Well ... When you put it like that...

[@minithegameguy4674]

"This is a very unhealthy relationship"

[@ElectrifyXD]

His way of animating his own body is so good, it legit looks like it came out of SFM animation

[@lolstuffenjoy9880]

Hell yeaa

[@gdmann9927]

Ye especially 0:54

[@nashodeen]

he has done this a lot time and I must say it's both realistic and cartoonish at the same time

[@WangleLine]

yeah :D

[@ЦветомирИванов-т8ь]

CrazyIlyuha you mean you don’t know what sfm is?

[@Sorrowsong0]

When I heard about the AI shenanigans that Adobe got up to, preventing people from using their program unless they sign an agreement to let them scrape data for their AI, I immediately remembered this video.

[@Cowboycomando54]

It aged perfectly

[@Kryptidcreative]

truly evergreen content

[@qTINp]

God I love his aesthetic

[@Los_HermanitosCruz]

YES

[@Gennaropacchiano]

It's beautiful

[@fockingreat1125]

It's S U B L I M E

[@thereforepie7531]

I love titties friend.

[@LucarioredLR]

I'd a watch a movie done like this twice.

[@voin5371]

This feels like Who Framed Rodger Rabbit and Scott Pilgrim Vs the World gave birth to a skit.

[@makyostars]

This is perfect lmao

[@HKT100]

+ Sin City

[@WangleLine]

It's perfect

[@stidzy0]

He's so good at this he's almost more cartoonish than the cartoons.

[@Coecoo]

You know it's authentic because he actually incorporated the rarely used but extremely good ergonomic device known as the adjustable arm rest.

[@EmotionalParaquat714]

2:16 And this

[@jamesstonehaus6187]

"almost"

[@unfreakedjamin]

0:58

[@DetectorCliche]

I love how when I was in college Adobe was like the gold standard of digital content development and I was the only one who was disenchanted from it, and now I can breathe easy knowing others feel the same.

[@Scarshadow666]

Ikr! What I've found annoying in my time in college with Adobe was that there wasn't really much flexibility for people to try other programs that either weren't industry standards or were in the beginning process of becoming industry standards (like CSP). I am someone who prefers to use Procreate for a lot of my art projects, but my college discouraged students from using Procreate for class projects (part of it was because of things like the text features in Procreate being not as detailed as Photoshop/Illustrator's text features were). -_-

[@Cowboycomando54]

For me the cardinal sin of Adobe products was when they switched to a subscription service. Software is a product not a service, so stop trying to make me pay monthly. I don't want a new updated version every other month to a year, I just want one stable version that I can use indefinitely after paying for it once and only once. Hence why I switched to GIMP and Harmony (A.K.A Toon Boom).

[@hongsonnguyen8204]

​@@Scarshadow666 CSP better than photoshop for illustrator, I instanely love it after switching from photoshop.

[@bronybassdrop]

"Pros: Photoshop. Pretty good. Cons:" Yep. Knew this video was perfect at that point.

[@carsonbailey7090]

I’m always impressed how he acts and edits to make his real life physical body a cartoon.

[@preciousyoung357]

I always wanted him to give tutorials on his animation and editing prosses. Anyone else agree

[@NoneNullAnd0]

@@preciousyoung357 Even though I barely know anything about art, I would totally watch that tutorial.

[@sergeantdornan7000]

One major factor, Exaggeration of movement.

[@bennitori4]

@@preciousyoung357 I could be wrong. But I think he said he films it live action, and then he actually removes some of the frames, messes with the speed of the shots, and then does a ton of post production effects on top of it. Regardless, it's impressive as fuck.

[@adamkrzeslak4326]

Is just his normal body. FACT

[@Scyrina]

yes yes and yes. Broke up with adobe years ago. Clip studio paint, blender and moho pro are my bitches now.

[@El_Andru]

Friendship ENDED with Adobe. Now Blender is my best friend.

[@totallynoteverything1.]

never tried any painting programs, living in the forest like a samurai in training, with my trusty pen and paper

[@darealsooski]

When Blender got the 2D animation tool- I was curious how it would go for adobe with Flash. Flash is a good animation software and Blender's tools are definitely less versatile but Adobe is known for being shit and Blender is literally becoming a first-party level creation studio for everything. I wouldn't be surprised if Blender has music/audio creation tools by 3.0 lmao

[@TheDragonCat99]

Why have one giant woman when you can have multiple smaller ones?

[@bluebellcookie]

Aggred

[@braadsnumber1fan790]

I love the irony of how in the description you clarify you used specifically only adobe programs to make this. What a cherry on top, like genuinely.

[@sidh1135]

Without any editing the way this guy moves must be like watching someone have three mental breakdowns at once

[@jaydenkaine6443]

Those are rookie numbers

[@l3LACKMASK713]

We in the industry, call it breakdown dancing

[@jaydenkaine6443]

@@l3LACKMASK713 kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4G2Y3ZpiL5_qbs

[@Rolfhn]

I actually meet some people who move like that, of course everyone judge them as crazy or weird,I believe they just watch too much anime

[@S3w3rSh4rk0]

Hahahaha..ha...ha..

[@KamilHenri]

I can’t even tell where the animations ends and the live action begins This is some Sin City level stylistic filmmaking

[@baburik]

only not shit...

[@anonymouslucario285]

@@baburik what?

[@pkoswald2083]

I genuinely can’t tell if it’s animated, live action, stop motion, this is amazing

[@ronnickels5193]

It could also be Adobe being glitchy.

[@beanboy9029]

@@ronnickels5193 lol

[@DragneelProd]

Probably its a mix of all of them?

[@DEAD_250]

me too

[@regulareric8759]

I've been working with the premise that it's all of those things done together.

[@kuryaku5906]

This aged like fine wine

[@UpIsNotJump]

Oh look it's the best video on KZbin

[@Gumballer92]

Oh look it's one of best channels on KZbin

[@thecheeselord5943]

It really is

[@gladops]

Didn’t expect to see you here!

[@TEEWEE_h]

well hello funny review man.

[@the_xplorer_sploder]

Damn straight

[@romanchukanov4454]

“Wrecking my stuff... just like you wrecked FLASH”. Yes!!!

[@ronnickels5193]

Look on the bright side, Unity is a robust web game engine! Right?

[@daruistube2007]

@@ronnickels5193..........ok?

[@Manganization]

Blender is targetting 2.5D/2D animation now. It probably won't be too long until it's easy and convenient to animate with.

[@JcoleMc]

@@Manganization Why is Blender free ?

[@Shweebe]

That line was fire. lol

[@endigopink]

This is honestly the best art direction I've ever seen in any form of media anywhere ever. You just next-gen'd the entire concept of visual arts!

[@rapasdecoeur7017]

Yeah that's amazing, so many great ideas !

[@Churrb]

Endigo why hello endigo

[@Luvshavn]

Mmm fax

[@TroyLucia55]

Lots of labor. Would need someone to actually PAY for this in a long form format.

[@TheHallOfTally]

Wait Endigo? Holy hell I haven’t hear that name in a long ass time. How ya doing?

[@EdenJAM]

“I’m downloading GIMP!” Dead 😂

[@fahbassad9724]

Rule 34 artists out here sexualising consoles. My guy on another level sexualising software.

[@unlikelysalmon786]

"This makes my software hard... ware."

[@baburik]

you may also want to google OS-tan...

[@darkhorseman90]

p sure by now youtube has already inadvertantly introduced you to the Merryweather Comics channel

[@fahbassad9724]

darkhorseman90 Perhaps

[@ze_baby_cat5291]

The animation on his glasses at 1:55 is incredible, this man has implemented live action movement, and frame by frame animation so well, what an interesting art style.

[@me-ry9ee]

thats a smear frame

[@boofstain1508]

@@me-ry9ee yep. That he cared to animate

[@balls6316]

@@me-ry9ee ill show u my smearframe if ur not careful

[@mafty_x]

@@boofstain1508 it's not that hard you just need to know when to use it

[@ArchivedFox]

I didn't even notice that till you pointed it out. That shows how seamless it is.

[@retrospect]

*I'm glad I'm not suffering alone*

[@osopapi-_-990]

Hello

[@SleepyTrystin]

Yo same??

[@mush420]

we're together, finished a 3 month project 1 week ago, opened it up to fix some things my client asked and it was all rasterized god knows why :(

[@muhammadtahaejaz874]

YOOO RETROO

[@Champi_325]

SAME

[@theguywhomakesthetrees2057]

SHE FUCKING KILLED FLASH! IT WAS HER BEST QUALITY

[@raulendymion9917]

I would adore a movie with his style. Like a James Lee "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."

[@aslanhoskin1592]

Sin City?

[@yeetboy6952]

I agree

[@Lady_in_Yearning]

That would be AMAZING!

[@violetthebat8810]

I'd pay GOOD money to see that!~☆☆☆😄😄😄😎😎😎💖💖💖⚡⚡⚡

[@Humongous_Pig_Benis]

Who framed James Lee? (spoiler answer: Adobe did it.)

[@binarypench]

He's like a living Garry's Mod animation.

[@faizfrez2729]

Thats what i like about his acting+animation lol

[@binarypench]

@@faizfrez2729 Agreed!

[@jordanboyd5587]

Reminds me of Antoine Delak

[@Deffekt]

Haha yes

[@hybonesdx]

But in 9K

[@bakedpotato2854]

"I loved you since first I saw you on Limewire" me: **FlashBacks intensifies**

[@danimal2435]

Too real! O.o

[@bishmoon127]

nice joke

[@iridescentsea3730]

*Limewire

[@captainnwalps6689]

I too remember giving my computer virtual AIDS to get free Adobe

[@animations-ew4yf]

@@captainnwalps6689 bruh

[@Akakunchannel]

This aged like fine cheese.

[@darkseid5856]

James moves like he’s stuck in the realm of stop motion

[@GogglzMUSIC]

I think it is stop motion

[@ivictortorres1388]

I wish he'd give a break down on the editing it's Perfect

[@KingOfBlocksYT]

@@GogglzMUSIC or a green screen video with about 15-30 fps

[@hubguy]

KingOfBlocks Might be more like 12-24/30 cause industry standard for animation which fits considering he also animates (game speeds would be 15/30/60) and 15 minimum wouldn’t be as noticeably choppy of a framerate as some shots are

[@DominePiger]

@@KingOfBlocksYT There's alot more going on than just low fps. The movements while erratic are still smooth somehow and there are what looks to be smear frames. I'm certaint that he puts extreme effort and care into each and every frame.

[@delune501]

Everyone who "used" Adobe can relate to this.

[@ZigealFaust]

Adobe used us, lol.

[@TheZozz999]

...on a spiritual level...

[@hazeeqrazak]

@@ZigealFaust even our data usage...

[@AlfredSoul]

Everytime I close my eyes, I now see him kissing Adobe. A terrifying sight.

[@Takittack]

*I LOVED YOU SINCE LIMEWIRE*

[@DxGamer6767]

Fuck, same here but with more horryfing things

[@tsgb4212]

"God damn, can you be f###ing normal" I love that line

[@herbderbler1585]

This is possibly the best blend of real life and animation I've ever seen. The extreme contrast coupled with the imbued stop motion, the vocal and physical acting is absolutely on point for a cartoon character. How the hell am I just now finding out about this channel?

[@deucedwayne]

I really wonder how I was watching a lot of animators and that gem didn't show up in my recommended AT ALL! I found about it through Newgrounds when I was browsing the "Movies" page.

[@justsayin._.]

It really is incredible eye candy. Just sucks that he makes vids on software n stuff like that. Would've loved to see him do some critical commentary on pop culture.

[@spookz26]

​@@justsayin._. critical commentary on pop culture? That's oddly specific, how come it sucks that he does videos on software? Just appreciate the editing skills

[@Lumbrax]

if it's your first time seeing this blends of animation and irl watch "who framed roger rabbit"

[@MrAeral]

This is true. And i love it.

[@Jazza]

Oh my f*#!ing God that had it all - stunningly beautiful, hilarious, relatable, and... SEXY! Haha - incredible work my dude!!

[@DazsdWTP]

of all the creators in the comments, i think you are one that i didnt expect for some reason haha

[@mick4874]

gay

[@NOOBBOY-dj2xq]

Ayyyy

[@ouussahhh]

Hiiiiiii!

[@ZentheSamurai]

@@mick4874 haha loser

[@Destinystrike]

As a reminder, it is always morally justified to pirate adobe products.

[@ChristianJackson47]

There's this one time I tried to cancel my Adobe creative cloud subscription after the trial ended and they were trying to hit me with the cancellation fee of like $112.60 and I jokingly said I was going to get it from the Pirate Bay and they told me as a one-time exception they were going to cancel it and wave the fee. 😎

[@lamegrape]

@@ChristianJackson47 theyll keep making you pay till you mention pirate bay

[@Exc4Iibur]

@@ChristianJackson47 i'm shitting bricks rn 💀

[@oborze]

Pirated Version actually works better than the orginal ones.

[@NaoNakashima]

Wait, you can pay for adobe products? Never heard of that.

[@Horsaz]

"Photoshop, pretty good." Not anymore. I come back to this video all the time. Always makes me burst out laughing. And crying.

[@THATBRIGHTLINK0987]

Every video you make is a god damn masterpiece and I can’t even imagine how much patience it takes to make one of these things. Your work ethic is unfathomable and you should have so much more support.

[@rod3266]

THATBRIGHTLINK • I was thinking the same goddamn thing, this man is a gift.

[@schrimblo]

the

[@kingcdg8709]

This isn't just art. This is the future.

[@osmankirpat]

I've lost it when he said, "I'm downloading GIMP!".

[@Vandarte_translator]

SIMP! I mean... GIMP!

[@TeahCherries]

I use gimp lol

[@install_gentoo]

@@TeahCherries >Install GIMP >"Umm...what the fuck is THAT anon?" a girl next to me asks >I tell her its GIMP and can do everything that photoshop does and IT'S FREE! >"Ok class, now use the shape tool to draw a circle!" the teacher says >I fucking break down and cry and run out of the class >I get beat up in the parking lot after school

[@Game-Changer-9000]

I use GIMP and it's honestly not that bad. Pretty good and rock solid actually. The current update fixed the issues with the scrolling problems with Legacy, or original, layer modes which was my main problem.

[@osmankirpat]

@@install_gentoo I'm a Krita person.

[@simplygraphics9935]

Seems even more relevent now that Adobe are being sued for unfair unable-to-cancel-subscription practices

[@OfficialMaxBox]

I can't overstate how much I enjoy this stop-motion style (and beautiful lighting/effects). Would you ever do a behind-the-scenes?

[@sulphurous2656]

I second this.

[@CB-zu5wl]

Stop being dead

[@CB-zu5wl]

Haha jk

[@joebryand220]

Max box i am using aim bot on premiere

[@SoloSoyJota]

I'm pretty sure he records himself at 60fps, edits in a 15fps sequence in After Effects, does cinemagraph effects in many parts of his body and speeds up some movements so he can look cartoonish and then exports everything at 30fps (and I just realised he exports at 2K, interesting).

[@mikefire98]

Imagine if he moves like an animated stopmotion character irl.

[@RaidriarTheRadicalKing]

i’m pretty sure he does

[@macje1778]

cartoonishly walks towards you at immense speeds

[@bulletthebeagle]

that’d be epic

[@gespenjaeger2370]

@@RaidriarTheRadicalKing And scary as hell

[@danny_decheeto8300]

Now that would be weird

[@dededeeznuts5986]

YES Glasses guy with the weird voice is back

[@ImaJokeer]

I agree

[@solaerwig]

Oghh I love em

[@MachuPichucp11]

I believe the character is called Nox?

[@mslightbulb]

The One CP11 yes, it’s Nox.

[@TheOrcKatari]

He scares the crap out of me

[@brambleblaster]

So far I feel like this is your best work in terms of making Nox appear more cartoony. Barely any blemishes of any kind. The lighting, framerate, and keyframes perfectly sell it, honestly.

[@kittenwispy]

this was the first video I watched from James Lee, it was recommended as it trends. I regret nothing..

[@Ra88ful]

Same first video and i found him on Twitter, i regret nothing!!!

[@loudicecream4636]

Ayo same, I was absolutely blown away by his style. It was unlike any animation I've ever seen

[@copingflower1909]

@@loudicecream4636 I agree it's very refreshing to see all kinds of ways animation can be reworked or did in a very clever way that I wouldn't even think of

[@loudicecream4636]

@@copingflower1909 Yeah honestly I was never expecting to see this style, James really blends live action with 3D and 2D animation really well. Not only did he basically invent a whole new style, I feel like he almost perfected it simultaneously. His work and style needs way more recognition

[@nathan.cremsiffino]

I found him through Markiplier and I do not regret the decision.

[@moingjuice2150]

Adobe: Breaks James Lee: Ok. IM OUT.

[@gofven]

so fast that you dont even have time to watch the video before commenting

[@ParaFox404]

but actually...

[@dabestcouldnt5116]

Crated nice

[@Gabriel-he6ih]

*Ight imma head out*

[@Corium1]

I’m convinced James actually moves likes this.

[@cordie5438]

The hell do you mean? He does move like this in real life.

[@Limbo666]

@@cordie5438 I don't think so that would be strange xD

[@supr3m3_52]

His stuck between 2 and 3 dimension

[@onjikun]

Interesting how this video is now over four years old, and yet feels just as relevant as ever. 💀

[@technoalchemist4402]

Man I can’t believe Adobe took the kids

[@gostsimba2738]

wait we are the kids

[@eskwua3590]

@@gostsimba2738 oh f**k

[@JordanWheeler1999]

@@eskwua3590 wait wheres my save file? Damn it Adobe!

[@taxevasiongaming]

Wait what

[@jaytwentytenone2068]

I swear he even made motion smears for himself, I'm half believing he just made a cg model of himself and just animated that

[@marshed0mallow]

I’m convinced cuz at around 0:58 you can see his lips in a very impossible way

[@Topaz542]

I think his character switches between CG and live action, because some parts look animated and others look like a real person acting like a cartoon

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

@@Topaz542 He's definitely using live action footage and then smearing the frames around to make himself look more cartoonish/ comic book-like. The clearest example of what he's doing can be seen right before he punches the wall, if you go frame by frame you can see how he smeared his arm around pretty grotesquely in order to add an exaggerated, animated quality to his movement. He's also messing around with the frame rate a lot, slowing it down and making it choppy in certain places in order to make it look like it's been drawn on 2s. There are some other parts, too, where he only has the bottom of his face move, leaving his glasses, body, headphones, etc... completely still, which also gives is a bit of that "hanna-barbara" feel (at least to me). It's amazing that he was able to catch Adobe on hidden camera, though. I thought FOR SURE that he would have had to animate her in, but we were able to see her in natural form. Good job!

[@madmanmortonyt4890]

Because everything James films is behind a green screen, he can easily warp his body. No doubt it requires multiple takes before he can correctly exaggerate his movements in a subtle way.

[@Kevin-jb2pv]

@@madmanmortonyt4890 All filming requires multiple takes (general rule is that for every minute of finished project you will record 10 minutes of footage). Though I think that the style he's using probably means he DOESN'T have to be quite as precise with the shooting, because he edits everything so heavily that he's already basically photoshopping each frame.

[@notyourdad221]

This man is literally a living cartoon. CHANGE MY MIND PEOPLE.

[@sinn4650]

no

[@klappstuhl4370]

COOL WORLD A DOODLE HAS ESCAPED

[@darthjc4]

He's the judge from who framed Roger rabbit.

[@Lady_in_Yearning]

@@darthjc4 Remember me Eddy? WhEn I mAdE TARBOY I tAlKeD, JUST! LIKE! THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS! >%)

[@RoloEsco444]

After 2 years, and I'm seeing this for first time NOW!?!! THIS IS AWESOME ANIMATION!

[@StickMaster500]

I should be glad I’m not in that relationship since I still don’t know how use Photoshop or GIMP

[@TempestOwO]

ah yes, a video wouldn’t be a video without stickmaster commenting :3

[@xerzy]

GIMP has gotten like 10x better in the last year or so, and I think it's very much worth a look at. If you're more of an artist though, you should already know Krita is just for you.

[@Reiikz]

I'm glad I use kdenlive, Audacity, GIMP and krita for verything I do :3

[@Reiikz]

@@xerzy yes it has, the difference from 2.8 to 2.10 is mostly the UI but it's still huge (maybe there are some under the hood changes but I don't seem them for what I use it for)

[@papasasquatch5229]

DONT BE A GIMP - INSTALL PAINT.NET TODAY!

[@mecawl]

Genuine question: How in the world do you come out so animated? I would give an arm and a leg to see your work process, you're a genius

[@polrusstomakriss9001]

A magician never reveals his secrets

[@mecawl]

@@polrusstomakriss9001 Well Penn and Teller do, and I hope he's gonna be more like them

[@anomolouscow3761]

@@mecawl Study the rules of animation, he follows them with the way he moves. Anticipation, exaggeration, proper timing, etc. However on the editing side he removes frames from the video so he looks more cartoony.

[@taarguson]

There's animation smears edited in that really add to the effect, like at 1:00

[@ExTess]

@Cawl He most likely records himself in harsh lighting, acting out the scenes in slow motion (as in, he himself moves slower) in front of a green/blue screen, then takes the footage and edits it per frame (or, probably easier, per group of frames) to escalate and emphasize his movements. He then adds the glowy effects to his teeth and glasses (probably through utilizing some kind of white balance effect), adds some saturation filters, and then hand-renders the rest through a combination of photoshop, after effects, and premiere pro (or other programs, considering the content of this video).

[@Abandoned978]

"Just like you wrecked flash" Thought you were breaking up not breaking her heart

[@CxMegaMan]

What is the difference?

[@Coolhand118]

@@CxMegaMan there is none

[@CxMegaMan]

@@Coolhand118 which is why you always go for the kill

[@Coolhand118]

@@CxMegaMan exactly

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

I'd like this comment, but it's currently at 621, and I'd rather not be the one to ruin that number. lol

[@Vernydog92]

This animation just keeps getting more relevant with each passing year holy crap. By the way ... I did switch to Gimp. 🙃

[@coolman_coffeedan]

this was so good

[@arthephoto937]

yoo Danny what u doin here man

[@Cbig-co9lf]

Indeed

[@fkssjs]

Ye

[@crristox]

Danny likes underrated animators. Noice

[@higgles9559]

dad please come back home

[@RaulProjects]

I swear to God this is a re-creation of what happened to me when I cancel my Adobe subscription. I was crawling back a week later 😅😓

[@Barlakopofai]

Honestly you can just keep photoshop and then dump everything else for other programs. Like Davinci Resolve for Premiere, Clip Studio for Illustrator... After Effects might be hard to find a replacement for if you actually use it.

[@antipastamony]

Affinity photo is at least most of the way towards being able to fully replace photoshop apart from a few things like smart objects and full 3D transformation.

[@xitcix8360]

Well it is pretty easy to pirate, so I would find no reason to cancel anything

[@synsam12345]

@@Barlakopofai Unless you do a lot of motion graphics you could use Fusion instead of AE.

[@tomtexas4897]

Sub scrip tion? What is this word?

[@smashfam1]

this guy is the perfect combination of Sin City and Who framed Rogger Rabbit

[@NinjaAgnostic]

With a lot of Max Headroom vibes thrown in.

[@alpacamale2909]

Ink

[@CxMegaMan]

Who sinned roger rabbit

[@Croatilillious]

And into the spider verse with the cool color palate of a lot of his vids.

[@zealous4121]

So far, GIMP's been a very loyal wife. Quite a healthy relationship. Been married to her for 7 years, now

[@furrieoussheadquarter1359]

Wow, congrats! Me and my girlfriend Krita were planning on marrying in the fantasy landscape that I drew. 🥰

[@itspurplepaw6163]

"Honey! you're wrecking my stuff! Just like you wrecked flash." oof baby

[@webbtail245]

I'm the 69th person to like this

[@marcos-pp9bh]

i saw u on tf2 rick may tribute i think

[@LetsChat]

"Just like you wrecked... FLASH!" Me: Oooooooooooooooooh PREACH!

[@danimal2435]

That one stung so good!

[@FarronOfHouseFarron]

Makes me miss the good ol' days of fucking around on CS3

[@MrTripleM3]

Meanwhile everyone in IT Security, crying without control on 31.12.2020, screaming "THE WITCH IS DEAD! IT'S FINALLY DEAD! WE'RE FINALLY SAFE(R)!"

[@geniuskhan2520]

Bring it back before it's gone, you bastards

[@KittyPieVibes]

💔 look how they massacred my boy

[@Unnecessarilylongexplanations]

I can't express how much I love this character. He's just extremely aesthetically cool and has an evil but humorous vibe I LOVE THIS!

[@TheKalluto]

HUGE Kids Next Door Father vibe

[@justsomeberd7407]

The fact that this is like animated live action stop motion it’s like the colors and shading are animated along with some of the teeth but live action with him doing the movements and stop motion with the flicks and teeth movement it’s beautiful

[@jewsephjewstar5914]

GOD I feel like this world isnt as bad as I thought everytime I see him upload. Everything that he does is FANTASTIC!

[@lolstuffenjoy9880]

Ok doomer

[@kaputpack3541]

Get rid of you're internet and go outside and realize that you're a loser ,worrying for nothing

[@beanboy9029]

ok boomer

[@CrispyToast]

1:38 Oh no, he didn't! O_O That's a huge burn!

[@Abizaga]

Its my favorite line lmao

[@chainedlupine]

I tried leaving her for GIMP. I'm not even an artist who uses most of her features: I do pixel art most of the time, for God's sake! Yet, she's always waiting in the shadows of the hall. Lips pouting as I pour over the pixels in Aseprite and nudge them gently into the right positions. Yet she is content -- knowing there will be a moment when I hit a barrier: Oh, I want an alpha mask? Maybe a simple glow effect or drop shadow? And there she is -- smirking, disdainful glint in her eye -- as I crawl back to her on my knees into her embrace once more...

[@miiiwu1999]

I’d recommend paint tool sai, it has all that stuff and it’s a flat price of around 45$, plus your license gives u access to paint tool sai 2, which has some extra features so it’s basically 2 for 1

[@CatShapedDonut]

@@miiiwu1999 how do you get paint tool sai 2? I have the licence

[@miiiwu1999]

@@CatShapedDonut www.systemax.jp/en/sai/devdept.html

[@eldermillennial8330]

@@miiiwu1999 So it takes a small harem of girls with great personalities to replace all she can do with her rotten one. The only drawback, really, is how exhausting it is going back and forth between them all.

[@Omar-vz9el]

I love your writing style

[@jrMpabuser]

i feel this just became more relevant with FTC suing Adobe lol

[@xynocode]

more relevant now

[@FrancyArtist]

we broke up like 3 times. thanks for this masterpiece.

[@PikaPetey]

god it's so true.

[@qdsw]

How does this not have more likes

[@pablodingus72]

Pika has lost relevance sadly, but he will regain it when he starts his fortnite let's plays.

[@shoob7291]

I really just love how James is always animated like a gmod sfm character, not just cause of how good his editing and art is but also because of his good acting to sortve make his expressions look the part. And it translates so well

[@Cyber-Hexagon]

This aged like fine wine, LMFAO.

[@thetedhead]

First step of getting out of a toxic relationship is admitting your in in one. Stay strong man Edit: holy fuck this was a personal joke but the likes make me happy. edit again: 1:20 we all felt that

[@garybrown2039]

As well as anyone in one. Best of wishes.

[@koelee]

I feel like James would fit perfectly in the world of TF2.

[@anartistidk2668]

Yes

[@itspurplepaw6163]

you mean gmod animations?

[@Jun-Kyard]

@@itspurplepaw6163 this looks more like sfm rather than garrys mod

[@realanimegirl777]

@@Jun-Kyard How????

[@cheatsykoopa98]

@@itspurplepaw6163 gmod is not just TF2

[@KillerRedVine]

This guy reminds me of a Gorillaz character.

[@Ouroboros70]

i had the same thought.

[@fearodactyl2886]

Same, he reminds me of Murdoc a little bit.

[@jordanboyd5587]

He's like a mix of both an Invader Zim and Gorillaz character.

[@akdreamer6497]

That's not giving him anywhere NEAR enough credit.

[@avosmash2121]

He reminds me more of Pink Floyd the Wall mixed with Max Headroom

[@horalhydrides6282]

I’m trying to cancel mine after I did the free trial they are asking for 99.00 cancellation fee

[@lildaffy1695]

He is like the Jim Carrey of KZbin. Those expressions are uncannily cartoony.

[@SomePersonOnYoutube]

That is the point

[@djk1288]

1:20 Is it strange that I can watch this animation of him punching the wall every day? Despite it being live action some editing here and there somehow turned it into something far more cartoony. That's incredible talent.

[@voice_0f_reason]

Thanks for putting the timestamp

[@Charkra10101]

He slows it down at just the right time and speeds it up again

[@Batman.-]

Mines the way he moves at 1:00 lmao

[@fortifiedhill]

@@Batman.-SAME

[@iceilliden1910]

"Since I first saw you on Limewire!" Good to know we all had Pirat roots on this network

[@PauaP]

Ehhh... Piratebay is the way to go.

[@teacupoctopus]

3 years later and this is still painfully accurate.

[@hogslopchampion2011]

god I love the semi stop motion with all of James’s animations of himself, it’s super fluid and it adds to the aesthetic

[@VideoMatoran]

If Adobe was a woman, I'd avoid her as distantly as possible.

[@efari]

Just like any other woman in existence, then. Amirite?

[@jacobpdeleon2747]

@@efari she just keeps breaking apart

[@KeedGmaer]

freakaefari there’s one thing that adobe doesn’t do other than a normal woman. *_go on her period._*

[@-Wayla-]

@@KeedGmaer She's always on the period

[@LinusTheSecond]

Jacob P De Leon ba dum tsss

[@DJRowas]

Shame he never had a chance to meet his soulmate, Affinity.

[@IMayOrMayHaveNot]

And what an appropriate name it is, right???

[@izuix5629]

Affinity is not without their issues either e.g. Affinity Photo doesn't have a divide blend mode

[@cozmoz365]

@@izuix5629 not a fan of Affinity Photo but it makes do for me. Affinity Designer on the other hand is just awesome. I do however think Affinity Photo will be improved with time.

[@keithc6370]

When they add crop to selection (without a workaround), let me know. It's what pushed me to re-check out PSP, then just move to PS.

[@Frozen_Death_Knight]

@@izuix5629 Yep. Though, regarding the Divide blend mode, it is actually going to be added in 1.9. We however have to wait till the Beta is released for that. forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/111637-can-we-get-a-divide-layer-option/&do=findComment&comment=612157

[@cameron7233]

I just found this channel today and I honestly love how he mixes real life footage with animation.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

I cannot handle how expressive your movements are. Your acting skills are every bit as godlike as your animating skills, and the lighting and sound design is amazing. I especially love the filter on your voice, there’s something simultaneously soothing and coarse about it. And now I’m imagining some kind of detective noir “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” style thing.

[@marloh5453]

The moment from 1:15-1:30 hits home. I used to have an ex that had wild fights with me all the time, and that was something I yelled. Thankfully I got out of the relationship but damn looking back on it, it was wild...

[@1ztype343]

You good?

[@wako9053]

bro?

[@lgbtqiarights]

im happy you aren’t in that anymore

[@hiaimrandom4629]

you chillin bro?

[@shiawasekappukekiful]

You deserve some icecream and a hug, guy

[@ironoakstudios2026]

After being gone for almost a year, James is still breathtaking

[@SloppyPossy]

This video age very well in 2024

[@CuteC3]

Please tell me which potion you drank to turn into a living cartoon?

[@vhsz7556]

Sᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ Fᴏʀᴛɴɪᴛᴇ Nɪᴄᴋɴᴀᴍᴇ

[@gonzadolape]

Oh shit, it's CuteC3! I love your animations.

[@KRUGSTON]

*"Haha nooooo baaabe I was just kiddinggg where are you goinggg come baaaackk--"* -Adobe CC (2020) while eating up 90% of your RAM while only being able to cache up to 3 seconds of your Premiere Pro playback

[@howdyhowdyhowdy8242]

I see. Your a man of culture as well

[@larkreid7960]

I felt that.

[@figs-oliomedley]

oof .

[@catvs7529]

Always a good day when James leaves his home and terrorizes the internet.

[@Thewibareports]

Ahh LimeWire. An experience many generations will never have