how to make mixed media animations (+ FREE pack)

[@henrymakesfilms]

love the anti-gatekeep mentality. been wanting to do a mixed media project !! this is what i needed 😅

[@xMiiDNiTe]

i finally finished my 1st mixed media animation using this tutorial. wooooooo

[@DUMBDAYS]

that's so epic my friend :) congrats

[@1zooterish]

Awesome tutorial! I was printing mine using the printer's own presets, but the frames were coming out of order. With this frame guide, it's going to be easier

[@Bluecream777]

It is two in the morning and you just saved me. Thank you a lot

[@DUMBDAYS]

that's awesome :) real grind hours

[@manu.martin6478]

Thank U so much for making this, i was working on a Mixed Media project and i didn´t know exactly how to keep going but now i´m so excited to finish it.

[@TehDrasticGamer]

Are you going to make another one of these tutorials? With different ideas and going over the crayons and what colours and designs look good together? Awesome video dude!!!

[@DUMBDAYS]

thank you so much :) I might make one of them in the future - but in the meantime I cover a lot of other mixed media topics on our patreon! people can submit whatever they wanna see covered and explained and ill go into it

[@Max-ci7oj]

thank you so much for not gate keeping and making this, it helped and inspired me so much

[@rankka_music]

hey man really cool stuff and so nice of you to take the time to teach others. I have been doing something similar and have a suggestion that might improve your workflow. in premiere after you scale up, instead of cutting every frame individually in the timeline, use it just as one long block, just animate the position. this way after you have done it once, you can now always just copy paste the animation keyframes to all your future scans too. instant results every time. (obviously gotta be consistent in number of frames, and accurate in how you position the frames in photoshop) good shit man easy sub

[@DUMBDAYS]

hey thank you for the kind words and suggestions!! That is a great tip - I’ve done that before but I’m not quite great at making sure my scans are the same position each time 😅 but I could just overlay them in photoshop after scanning to make sure they’re properly aligned - that’s a great idea!! Thank you

[@TylerCaseyProd]

The best mixed media video on youtube!

[@DUMBDAYS]

thank you friend :) means a lot

[@FPSFocusTV]

BRO love this video loved learning Im rewatching and gonna rewatch I have been trying so hard to learn and here it is you deserve the love ❤

[@DUMBDAYS]

that's so epic! thank u for the love good luck on your journey

[@gahb4326]

Nice video :) just a small thing, for arranging images you can use the automate contact sheet on photoshop to arrange all the frames automatically! will save you alot of time

[@DUMBDAYS]

That's a great idea! thanks friend :)

[@Tintin___]

just checked the tutioral but wasn't able to figure out much but i will sure give it a try and come back here again and again for the guide

[@GavinKrause]

Such a unique and fun process!

[@DUMBDAYS]

thank you :) glad you enjoyed

[@eucainaa]

Super helpful, thanks for unlocking a new skill!!

[@DUMBDAYS]

always my friend, congrats on starting your journey!

[@fefo_music_]

FINALLY 🔥🔥 amazing brother, I already tried something by myself but I’m stucked on how to export frame by frame on Final Cut Pro 😮‍💨 best tutorial anyway!

[@DUMBDAYS]

glad you enjoyed it :) I haven’t used FCP in awhile but there should be some sort of a png sequence export option… or you can just manually export the stills

[@mgardner70]

Thank you for offering something different. Bravo.

[@DUMBDAYS]

My pleasure!

[@overmotion]

definitely going to try this for my next video!

[@DUMBDAYS]

can't wait to see what you make :)

[@wlyhazey]

u didnt. u are not a man of ur words

[@toffeescreen7620]

Great video man! Your content is incredible :)

[@DUMBDAYS]

thank you so much :)

[@yetcop]

I love this tutorial, thanks bro!

[@DUMBDAYS]

so happy to help friend :)

[@BeeEigenMusic]

this was INSANELY helpful. thank you!

[@DUMBDAYS]

You're so welcome!

[@BeeEigenMusic]

@@DUMBDAYS Hey! I have a question. I'm at the stage where I've got my page of frames (12) using your 1920 by 1080 Normal template in Premiere. I'm able to drag the first scan photo into a sequence and move it around to capture the first frame, but when I paste the same scan next to it, the image is black and I can no longer edit it. I'm (obviously) new to using Premiere, so any help would be totally appreciated! I've tried to google the solution but with no luck...

[@DUMBDAYS]

@@BeeEigenMusichey! if I’m understanding what you’re saying correctly - when you’re in your sequence and have your first frame set up, hold down option (or it might be control) and click and drag the clip next to it to duplicate it. Then try adjusting the position on that one. Does that work?

[@BeeEigenMusic]

@@DUMBDAYS Thank you for replying!! I think the Premiere learning curve may be too high for me so I've gone back to the old trusty iMovie which is working like a charm. Still super grateful for this tutorial and excited to make more animations like this!!

[@BeeEigenMusic]

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[@missbethroo]

legend

[@8illy]

you're very cool (original comment by 8illy)

[@DUMBDAYS]

thank u my friend I think ur the coolest

[@saketsekhsaria8650]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@ricabucher695]

this is sooooo dope, excactly what i searched for thank you!

[@FlowPro203]

bro YOURE A W!!!

[@DUMBDAYS]

thx friend, so r u

[@olufamule6506]

thank you so much this awesome. thanks for sharing, was hard to find a video that explained it this well\

[@DUMBDAYS]

You're very welcome!

[@raihannashrulloh5516]

thank you so much sir, your my hero

[@DUMBDAYS]

always my friend

[@yrein9541]

hey i love your video - absolutely sick!! just a heads up the link to the sign up doesn't work as in you sign up but no email with the frames comes through - i found that search up frames on your website brings me to the pack that I can download for free but just thought I should let you know - thanks for this video again - looking forward to your next creation!!

[@DUMBDAYS]

ah thank u so much for letting me know !! fixed to now just directly go to the download :) really appreciate the heads up, keep creating friend

[@Jorge.2255]

Thank you so much, this video is really useful!!!

[@DUMBDAYS]

You're very welcome!

[@Zhvianna]

Thanks for this 🤍

[@DUMBDAYS]

ur welcome friend

[@irenawierbicka]

Thank you

[@myaxyz4561]

i’ve seen ur tik toks for a minute now and rlly hoped u would post a tutorial 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 question tho have you tried using the contact sheet batch process on photoshop to put the images together rather than individually sizing them on a page? does it change the images or something?

[@DUMBDAYS]

thanks for waiting for the tutorial :) and I just heard about that! going to try it out and will let you know, but whats most important about that step of the process is just that the frames are evenly distributed , as long as it does that then thats great

[@Mo_Memo]

finally! ❤

[@nouna6557]

thank you for this!!!

[@DUMBDAYS]

ofc friend

[@amayaa19]

thank you so much! but i still have trouble knowing how long each frame should last when im editing the final product, help pls??

[@arinarisovaite5455]

not sure what im doing wrong but my imagines after scanning and trying get each shoot isn't working in premiere pro , if I adjust one the other Frame moves with it someone help me x

[@DUMBDAYS]

make sure they're all cut up into different clips in your timeline!

[@BryanDelimata]

Goat activities

[@DUMBDAYS]

thank u legend

[@amiramantay2378]

what type of scanner do you have?

[@Avirgogirl919]

Hey where do you get the frames for scanning your images?

[@MilmoAvenue]

Hi! thank you so much for this video. Cannot express how grateful I am to be able to try a new creative medium and not feel like it's beyond my reach to learn :) I have a question, can I use another program besides Photoshop to organize the pics? I have procreate, could that work? or a free program or Photoshop is the best? thank you! :):)

[@DUMBDAYS]

hey! yeah there's definitely alternative ways you can organize the frames - procreate can work although it might make the process longer, but any sort of photo editing software can work - again if youre doing it on PC you can just do it by selecting all the files and hitting print, itll auto frame them!

[@ssharizard]

Could you do a video on mixed mieda export settings? ❤🙏🏽

[@DUMBDAYS]

hey! what kind of help do you need with export? :)

[@ssharizard]

@DUMBDAYS I don't know if it's my export settings or maybe my scanner, but I feel like they loose quality after I export

[@DUMBDAYS]

make sure you're scanning at least 600dpi (ideally higher) , and when exporting I always recommend pro res / QuickTime for max resolution @@ssharizard

[@ThuyLe-sy6zn]

What do you use to scan? Thank uu

[@DUMBDAYS]

I have the canon printer listed in the description !

[@Qubba]

Did you edit this in adore effects?

[@DUMBDAYS]

this is adobe premiere - you could use after effects if you want!

[@ggriv5594]

hi where can i find this type of bamboo paper? tysm

[@DUMBDAYS]

check the bio ! :)

[@shinphuc26]

I LOVE YOU

[@willbechler]

This is an awesome video!! this might sound really silly but could you explain the process of "holding each image for one frame" - my film is 24 frames - and I want it to be more smooth and not too much stop start. When I go to get it there will just be more frames right? long story short. So I should export with 24 frames? Or would 12 be better - 24 might take a load of time

[@DUMBDAYS]

hey! so in premiere whenever you click the right or left arrow key in your sequence it moves a frame. having an image one frame long in a 24fps sequence would make it last one frame - that would make it super smooth, making the animation 24fps. If you want something that still feels animated but isn't too choppy, I would recommend making your animation 12fps, which means holding it for TWO frames in a 24fps sequence. I would recommend 12fps personally. So you export the images at 12fps, and then when you bring it back into your timeline you hold each one for two frames (which means the length of hitting the arrow two times to the right or left) all while still in a 24fps timeline! hope that makes sense.

[@willbechler]

@@DUMBDAYS sure does. i will let you know how I go. THANKYOUUUUU!

[@dbooth2972]

thank u 🙏

[@DUMBDAYS]

ofc, now go make something epic friend

[@marjolein378]

Loved the video, but I cannot find the frame sheet. Is it not available anymore?

[@DUMBDAYS]

hey! it's still available :) we had to change the way it was downloaded, but check the description for the new link

[@grahammclarenmusic]

i been stressed out for a minute all those jobs i havent finished

[@DUMBDAYS]

Goated

[@pandanusisme2002]

how to export ? I can't see that

[@ssharizard]

I'm saying

[@martaroncero31]

Amazing work! which printer do you use?

[@willbechler]

Also where can I get the saphire posterize video effect? I looked it up and have to pay for it. Have an awesome day!!

[@DUMBDAYS]

hey! there's a posterize time plugin that's free in premiere, that's the one I'm referring to in the video! the sapphire posterize video effect is a different one! I recommend sapphire for other VFX stuff - they have a great student discount. but you don't need it all for this! have an epic day too :)

[@L0ca7menace]

hey what software is this?

[@ramen4297]

did you make the frame template in photoshop yourself or is that an option i can pick somewhere?

[@ramen4297]

sorry if this is dumb, i am starting with 0 knowledge lol

[@DUMBDAYS]

Hey I made it myself! You can download it in the description :) but now with photoshop there’s an even easier way to sort it: i have a mini tutorial for it on our patreon (it’s part of the free tier)

[@ramen4297]

@@DUMBDAYS ooo awesome thank you so much!

[@Rvevn.mp4]

This video was extremely helpful. Something I'm a little confused about though is how to add the scans up to form a video, will each scan be 1 millisecond?

[@DUMBDAYS]

thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :) how long each frame needs to last depends on the frame rate you chose - if you’re unsure, you can use the nesting trick I talked about. Put each still for a single frame above the section you exported, nest it and use the time stretch tool to make it fill the section of your exported video ! That’ll match it up. But otherwise take your frame rate you chose (say 8fps) and make it fit into 24 fps (assuming that’s your sequence setting). So 8 fps means each still last 3 frames!

[@Rvevn.mp4]

@@DUMBDAYS Thank you so much, this helped. I was a little confused on how to do it at first cause im on mobile, but this explanation helped and i think i have a better understanding now 😊

[@ViolentDisintegrationMedia]

Hey! How do I get rid of the spaces in between each clip?

[@DUMBDAYS]

hey! are you referring to the white spaces between each frame? or something else?

[@ViolentDisintegrationMedia]

@@DUMBDAYS hey man I was doing 2 frames instead of 3 looks perfect now Thankyou so much for this video ! So keen for my mixed media journey ;)

[@DUMBDAYS]

@@ViolentDisintegrationMedia epic :) godspeed my friend can't wait to see what u create

[@willbechler]

yo I got 50 frames per second - hold each image for 1 frame I assume?:)

[@DUMBDAYS]

that all depends on the FPS of your timeline! If it’s gonna be 24fps (the standard for film) it would be about half a frame

[@jennatals]

YYEEESSSS

[@DUMBDAYS]

YES!

[@yungslime1147]

contact sheet 2

[@bzrprod]

Great tut! BTW do you leave Posterize Time on when exporting PNG's?

[@bzrprod]

Also how did you get Sapphire on Mac??

[@DUMBDAYS]

I turn it off cause sometimes it gives issues exporting on Mac, but otherwise leaving it on shouldn't be an issue if you're just exporting the clip!

[@DUMBDAYS]

​@@bzrprod sapphire updated to M1 chips a bit ago :) I use the M1 Pro

[@bzrprod]

@@DUMBDAYS Appreciate the fast response, much love. Also would love to get in contact with you if you're still directing/editing etc. Where are you located?

[@DUMBDAYS]

@@bzrprod absolutely :) we're in LA, and our instagram dms are always open

[@todayandtomorrow123]

hi! are you using Final Cut Pro or adobe premier?

[@DUMBDAYS]

adobe premiere :) but this process can be done on any editing software

[@cosmofreefilms]

Yo! Can you link the printer you recommend? I didn’t see it on the Amazon links.

[@DUMBDAYS]

it's on there :) its the canon g6020

[@cosmofreefilms]

Would love to see what kinda print and scan setting your using. my scans are super desaturated @@DUMBDAYS

[@Colin_Lees]

the older scans 🤨

[@DUMBDAYS]

hahaha check out SICK BRO by CARR :)

[@nick.b.k]

omg..so many things just to download the template. phone number city first second name card details just for free template cmon

[@gaboobab]

9:03

[@keenanslittlesister4604]

Would you ever make an iMovie tutorial for this?

[@DUMBDAYS]

I haven't used iMovie in a looooong time but you should be able to do pretty much everything here easily! just look up how to move position of images so youre able to adjust your scans, and then put them to the correct frame length :) should be pretty straight forward u got this !

[@danieljackfrancis338]

sooooo sick dude thank you for this tutorial

[@DUMBDAYS]

ofc my friend :) enjoy

[@jdromeroherrera]

More of these creative effects plz!

[@DUMBDAYS]

let me know any specific ones , I'd def love to do more :)

[@arnauariasb8]

Thas crazy