EBsynth a powerfull texturising (rotoscope)tool

[Peter Wassink]

The free powerfull mapping tool EBsynth
has a new much faster beta version out:

This powerfull app was created by some of the same people that worked on TVPaints CTG layer.
It can effortlessly do what the texturizer tries to do.

it can be a great tool when you are into rotoscoping.

https://ebsynth.com/

[D.T. Nethery]

Thanks for posting this. I had not heard of it before.

I haven't had time to even open it yet , but do you use it by animating a sequence in TVPaint , then export drawings as PNG sequence and then
import to EBSynth to add texture to the images . (then they can come back to TVPaint as PNGs ?)
I suppose I'll find out , but was just curious how you had used it .

[slowtiger]

This exists for some time already, right? I remember the examples in the video, have seen some years ago. Hm. To me it looks more like domesticated video compression artefacts, but maybe someone can utilize this style.

[Peter Wassink]

Yes, the app itself not new, but a new beta was just released that is much faster.
And it is definitely worth checking out, if you are doing anything with textures in animation.

We are using it in our current rotoscoping production.
It helps us add painted brushstrokes on otherwise flat colored roto animation.
Admittedly it seems to works best with lifeaction material for input.

I have not yet experimented with how this tool can be utilized with a normal flat 2D animation as a source
But i think it could serve to apply textures or shading and save a lot of work that way.

This guy is demonstrating what happens if you apply it to some motion graphics, its not yet convincing to me.
but i think if you do this in layers, and put in a bit more preparation it will be possible to achieve great results. :
https://youtu.be/a83dFjJMhXg?t=692

[Peter Wassink]

Thanks for posting this. I had not heard of it before.

I haven't had time to even open it yet , but do you use it by animating a sequence in TVPaint , then export drawings as PNG sequence and then
import to EBSynth to add texture to the images . (then they can come back to TVPaint as PNGs ?)
I suppose I'll find out , but was just curious how you had used it .

you a need a source sequence of png's (referred to as video)
and a texture (keyframe) which framenumber matches one of the frames of that sequence, if you run it it will create a folder with the render output which you then can load back into tvpaint.

its a similar process as the texturizer built into TVPaints Colo&Texture layer

[slowtiger]

The examples use a complete image as source, I think it will work much better once you can separate background from characters.

[Peter Wassink]

Yes i think so.

here is another example of someone texturizing a simpsons scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fILG1J6gMBs

[slowtiger]

Doesn't convince me. OK; I'm not their target customer.

[VGmaster9]

I see much potential in this software for 2d animation. It's very similar to the tool used for texturing in the film Klaus. This could be used with not just TVPaint, but also Flash, Toon Boom, Opentoonz, etc. Here's an example of it being used for classic animations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6079FCimn3c

Follow up tutorial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QEbnTWBqC8&t

[Peter Wassink]

To be fair though, i much prefer the way the flat colored Robin Hood looks when compared to the highlighted EBsynth version...

I still think it could be a usefull tool, but in this case i'm kind of put off by the results.