Comic Book Video Effect

Often followed by + Contrast + Film Grain

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Settings are written to the URL as you change them. Nothing differs from the defaults yet.

Give a clip the look of a printed comic. Each frame is flattened into a few bands of solid color and the shapes are outlined in black ink.

Flat color

Poster Levels sets how many values each color channel keeps, from 2 (hard, graphic blocks) to 10 (soft shading that still reads as painted). Color Punch raises saturation before the reduction so skin, sky, and clothing land on vivid flat colors instead of muddy ones.

Ink lines

Edge Sensitivity picks which edges get a line. Low values ink only the strong outlines of figures and objects, like a clean-line comic. High values trace texture and small detail, closer to a heavily inked pulp cover. Ink Amount controls how thick and dark the lines print.

Footage that inks well

Lines come from contrast between neighbouring areas, so footage with clear lighting and separated subjects gives bold, stable outlines. Low-light and grainy footage produces speckled lines that flicker between frames. Keep Edge Sensitivity in the lower half for those.

For a bolder dot-screen look, run the halftone video effect instead, or chain both in the video workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens to each frame?

Colors are reduced to a few flat levels per channel and pushed toward stronger saturation, and edges are found and inked in black.

What do Edge Sensitivity and Ink Amount change?

Edge Sensitivity decides how weak an edge can be and still get a line: higher values ink fine detail such as hair and fabric folds. Ink Amount sets how dark and heavy those lines are.

Why do the outlines flicker on some footage?

Edges are detected fresh on every frame. Weak edges that sit near the sensitivity threshold appear on one frame and vanish on the next, and sensor noise adds speckled lines. Lower Edge Sensitivity to keep only strong outlines.

Is this the same as turning a video into a cartoon with AI?

No. It works on each frame's colors and edges and does not redraw shapes, faces, or backgrounds. The result keeps the footage's exact composition and motion with a printed comic finish.

What happens to the audio?

It is copied into the export unchanged when the container can hold its codec, and re-encoded when it cannot. A note under the export button says which happened.

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Comic Book Effect

Apply a comic book effect with ink outlines, cel-shaded color, and halftone texture. Choose a visual style, adjust strength, and add print grain.

Halftone Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a halftone dot screen. Set dot and paper colors, grid spacing, dot scale, and a 45° screen, or sample the dots from the source colors. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Sketch Video Effect

Turn a video into a moving pencil drawing: graphite shading, traced contours, and paper texture that is redrawn on every frame. Set paper color and each layer's strength. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Blueprint Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a blueprint drawing: white edge lines on drafting blue with a measured grid. Set edge intensity, blue hue, and grid opacity. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Colored Pencil Video Effect

Turn a video into a moving colored pencil drawing: dark strokes along edges, light paper where the frame is flat, and angled pencil texture. Set detail, color retention, paper texture, and stroke angle. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Dispersion Video Effect

Break the edges in every frame of a video into particles that drift left, right, up, or down, with a new particle layout on every frame. Set particle amount, travel distance, edge threshold, and direction. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Drip Video Effect

Pull the strong edges in every frame of a video into downward paint trails, with new trails drawn on every frame. Set drip length, trail spread, edge threshold, and drip amount. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Engraving Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into an antique engraving: hatch lines that follow the form, crosshatching in the shadows, and etched edges that move slightly on every frame. Set ink and paper colors, exposure, and line density. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Linocut Video Effect

Carve every frame of a video into a linocut print: solid ink shapes, gouged midtone lines, and ragged cut edges that shift on every frame. Set simplify, ink threshold, gouge spacing, and edge carve. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Manga Screentone Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a black-and-white manga panel: screentone dots or speed lines, inked outlines, and hard contrast. Set pattern, pattern size, line art thickness, and contrast. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Stained Glass Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a stained glass window: Voronoi glass cells with lead lines and texture, on a layout that stays fixed while the colors move. Set glass scale, cell variance, lead thickness, and lead color. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.

Thermal Printer Video Effect

Turn every frame of a video into a 1-bit receipt-printer image with Atkinson or Floyd–Steinberg dithering, paper tint, and ink noise that changes on every frame. Set dither mode, tint, brightness, contrast, and noise. Exports MP4 or WebM with the original soundtrack.