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Have you ever wanted to turn your photos into 2D animations similar to the ones popularized in the graphic novel, “A Scanner Darkly?” If so, Director Richard Linklater who performed the animations for the movie will show you how.

“Director Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly impressed audiences this summer with a stunning 2D animation style that mixes heavy blacks lines with shapes of solid color to represent a realistic image. After filming the movie live action, we used proprietary vector software to animate directly over live footage, preserving the likeness and performances of the actors - a process called Interpolated Rotoscoping.”

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