ESO - how to create an animated reflection in a mirror.

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Published 2023-12-02

I used Action! for the video capture, Corel Draw X8 for the image manipulation, and VideoStudio Pro 2021 for the video editing. I'm not a professional so this how-to is simply about how I created an effect using the tools I had available.

The segment about flip books comes from 'How to make a flip book' by Andymation:
• How to MAKE A FLIPBOOK

To jump to a particular segment of my video, click one of the links below:
0:00 Intro
0:13 Flip book
0:23 Greet emote [Action!]
0:31 Snapshots
0:46 Freehand tool to trace the outline [Corel Draw X8]
1:13 Object/Shape/Intersect [Corel Draw X8]
1:34 File/Export/For Web [Corel Draw X8]
1:42 PNG file format [Corel Draw X8]
1:48 Transparent background
2:03 Background image
2:18 Object/Shape/Trim [Corel Draw X8]
2:43 Transparent shape
2:52 File/Import .png of model [Corel Draw X8]
3:05 Putting the image components together
3:22 Object/Order/Behind [Corel Draw X8]
4:01 Guidelines [Corel Draw X8]
4:15 Object/Group [Corel Draw X8]
4:35 Using Intersect to trim a grouped image [Corel Draw X8]
5:10 7 poses for animation
5:15 Capture/Stop Motion [VideoStudio Pro 2021]
5:23 Stop Motion settings
5:48 Image Duration [VideoStudio Pro 2021]
6:05 Import [VideoStudio Pro 2021]
6:15 Select all images
6:44 Select images manually
7:17 Save animation as .uisx format [VideoStudio Pro 2021]
7:23 Convert .uisx to mp4 format [VideoStudio Pro 2021]
7:32 Share [VideoStudio Pro 2021]
8:05 Farewell video snippet

All Comments (3)

@acflory.writer 6 months ago

This one is for Webbie - thanks for asking. :)
@ermenaa7122 6 months ago

This is very interesting and quite a hard work. Thank you explaining the process in details!