From Videos to Cartoons: Unleashing the Power of aiTransformer's Video Cartoonizer Tool

 

      In today's digital era, creating captivating and visually appealing content is more important than ever. Content creators face the challenge of making their videos stand out in a crowded digital space. With aiTransformer Video Cartoonizer, specialty trained AI models are used to convert live-action footages into animated visuals resembling hand-drawn or computer-generated cartoons, with original audio intact. This solution opens up thrilling possibilities for delving into the realm of animation and revitalizing videos with a fresh perspective.

   aiTransformer Video Cartoonizer offers a range of 8 distinct cartoon styles: Whitebox, Hayao, Hosoda, Shinkai, Paprika, Celeba Distill, Face Paint 1, and Face Paint 2. Each style comes with an example image showcasing the unique effect it produces. These various cartoon styles will be thoroughly compared and discussed below, highlighting their individual characteristics and features.

 

1. How to Use

        To transform your video into a cartoon movie, simply click on "Choose file" to upload your desired video, then select the cartoon style you wish to apply. Once a style is chosen, an effect sample will be displayed. Finally, click on "upload to process" and patiently wait for a moment while your cartoon video is being created.

      Note:  Every style has its own AI model, Paprika, Celeba Distill, Face Paint 1, and Face Paint 2 take considerably longer than others to produce the cartoonized videos.

 

2. Introduction of different styles  

Whitebox

    It's a versatile cartoon style that, in my opinion,  is suitable for a wide range of purposes and one of my personal favorites. It uses a white-box cartoonization framework, distinguishing it from black-box cartoonization frameworks (yes, there is a black-box one).  Not to bore you with the technical details here, let's focus on the effects it produces. Overall, Whitebox can be considered a good-for-all style, and its processing speed is fast.

 

Hayao, Hosoda, Shinkai

    The three styles take their names from renowned Japanese animators: Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosoda, and Makoto Shinkai. If you have an interest in animation, you may have encountered some of their notable works, such as Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's "Moving Castle and The Wind Rises", Mamoru Hosoda's "The Boy and the Beast and Mirai", as well as Makoto Shinkai's "The Place Promised in Our Early Days" and "Children Who Chase Lost Voices".

These three styles will dye the picture with certain colors besides cartoonizing it, resulting in a slight alteration of the color tone in the produced videos. This distinguishes them from Whitebox, which maintains the original video color. This quality makes them particularly well-suited for creating unique and captivating special effects. The processing speed of these three is also fast. 

 

                                                                    Hayao

 

                                                                 Hosoda

                                                                      Shinkai

Paprika

    Paprika isn't named after the spicy seasoning. Paprika is a captivating Japanese animated sci-fi psychological thriller in 2006, directed by Satoshi Kon. This style will also dye the picture with slightly blue while cartoonizing it.

    Keep in mind that the processing speed is not as fast as the previous styles, so please be patient while waiting for your videos to be processed. 

 

Celeba Distill, Face Paint 1, and Face Paint 2

  These three styles have undergone specialized training for human faces, making them particularly effective for images featuring prominent or 'big head' appearances. However, when it comes to human figures without exaggerated head sizes, such as half body or full body shots, the result is not as impressive. In such cases, there is a possibility of encountering distortions or deformations. They may also produce interesting effects when applied to animals and landscapes.

   It's important to note that these three styles also operate at a slower processing speed.

                                                              Celeba Distill

                                                                Face Paint 1

 

                                                         Face Paint 2

3. More sample videos for different styles

Following are some cartoonized animal, human and landscape videos.  For comparison, we are going to show different styles applied on the same videos. All the original videos used are either sourced from public domain old movies or public domain videos available on pixabay.com.

 Animal

                                                                Whitebox
 

                                                                   Hayao

                                                                   Hosoda

                                                                  Shinkai

 

                                                                Paparika

 

                                                            Celeba Distill

                                                             Face Paint 1

 

                                                            Face Paint 2

Human

 

                                                                  Whitebox

 

                                                                  Hayao

 

                                                                 Hosoda 

                                                                 Shinkai                                                     

 

                                                             Paparika
 

                                                             Celeba Distill
 

                                                           Face Paint 1

                                                                Face Paint 2

Landscape

 

                                                                Whitebox

 

                                                               Hayao

 

                                                              Hosoda
 

                                                                Shinkai

                                                                Paparika
 

                                                          Celeba Distill

                                                             Face Paint 1
 

                                                            Face Paint 2

      Hope the sample videos offer some inspiration about what you can do to give your videos a new perspective. Come explore the diverse cartoon styles offered by aiTransformer and witness how it can infuse new vitality into various video genres, be it humans, animals, landscapes, or more. Unleash your creativity and embark on a journey to craft remarkable cartoon movies with aiTransformer Video Cartoonizer!