How to automate the creation of data-driven videos

Summary

Highlights

• Welcome to the world of automated, data-driven video creation! 🎥
• Localize your fashion ad campaign without breaking a sweat. 👗
• Modify text layers in After Effects with ease and flexibility. ✍️
• Generate multiple video versions using CSV - it's a gamechanger! 🔀
• Mystica Workflows keep your projects dynamic and efficient. 💼
• Add an extra layer of automation for uploads and notifications. 📤
• Keep up with Mystica technology for even more video innovations! 🆕

Key Takeaways

• Mystica Workflows and Adobe After Effects can automate video creation! 🚀
• No coding skills needed for localizing video content. 🎨
• Easily manage text, images, and elements for multiple video versions. 🔄
• Utilize CSV files to streamline the video production process. 📊
• Expandability for automation of uploads and notifications. 🔔

Overview

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Setup Welcome to this tutorial on automating the creation of data-driven videos using Mystica workflows and Adobe After Effects.
• 00:30 - 02:30: Localization and CSV Generation This chapter discusses the localization of a fashion brand's advertising campaign into multiple languages using mystica workflows. The process is simplified as no coding skills are required. The project involves creating various language versions, including Spanish, French, German, and Italian from the original English version. It mentions the use of Adobe After Effects where a main composition and several pre-compositions are used to manage modifiable elements, with certain layers hidden for convenience, though it's not a requirement.
• 02:30 - 05:30: Using Mystica Workflows for Versioning This chapter discusses the use of Mystica Workflows for versioning, emphasizing the prevention of mistakes in the dynamic modification of layers or elements. The focus is on selecting elements like images, audio, texts, and parameters for modification. The example highlights changing text by selecting text layers, regardless of their location in the composition. It also notes the importance of ensuring there is a render item associated with the selected elements.
• 05:30 - 07:30: Final Steps and Automation Tips The chapter titled 'Final Steps and Automation Tips' provides a detailed explanation on creating a CSV file from selected layers within an After Effects project. It describes navigating to the file menu, selecting scripts, and the 'create CSV from selection' option. The user is guided to select an output folder to save the CSV, which is intended to help generate multiple versions of the After Effects project. The CSV file can be further edited in applications like Microsoft Excel for further customization.

How to automate the creation of data-driven videos Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 [Music] welcome to this tutorial where we will show you how to fully automate the creation of data driven videos in just a few simple steps using mystica workflows and Adobe After Effects personalizing and localizing videos is a major Trend in advertising event management broadcasting real estate and virtually any industry with this new integration you can design your campaigns in After Effects and easily update Dynamic elements like text images QR code and
• 00:30 - 01:00 videos in mystica workflows best of all no coding skills are required let's get started in this example we will localize a fashion Brand's advertising campaign into multiple languages in addition to the original English version we will automatically create versions in Spanish French German and Italian in our After Effects project we have a main composition and several pre compositions to manage the elements to be easily changed we have hidden the rest of the layers while this isn't necessary it
• 01:00 - 01:30 helps prevent mistakes first select the layers or elements you want to dynamically modify you can select anything images audio texts parameters any element can be modified when creating versions Without Limits or restrictions for this example we want to change the texts so we select the text layers we want to modify it doesn't matter if they are in the main composition or in pre-composting our selection ensure there is a render item associated with
• 01:30 - 02:00 the main composition in the render queue with an output folder defined once we have the layers selected we go to file scripts and select the option create CSV from selection next select the folder where you want to save your CSV and that's it you now have your CSV ready to generate multiple versions of your After Effects project you can edit the CSV in any relevant application Microsoft Excel
• 02:00 - 02:30 numbers Google Sheets Etc as we can see the CSV has several columns the first one defines the output directory and the name of each version the following columns show the different elements selected and exported from after effects in this case the text we want to modify each line of the CSV represents a version to create a second version in Spanish copy the original version paste
• 02:30 - 03:00 it below and start modifying the elements you want to change assign a different name to the final render to avoid overwriting the English version repeat this process for the French German and Italian versions it's that easy once your CSV is ready open mystica workflows mystica workflows allows you to generate all the versions from your CSV quickly and easily now head over to to the Wizards Tab and
• 03:00 - 03:30 expand the versioning automation category double click on the wizard create After Effects workflow the welcome window will appear to run the workflow all you need is the CSV file and the after effects project click next Define a name for the workflow we are going to create in this case we will name it fashion campaign select an input folder where you will copy your csvs even though we're using one CSV you can use multiple and mystica workflows will create all versions us using those files
• 03:30 - 04:00 then we select our After Effects project this step may take a few seconds depending on the complexity of the project once loaded select the composition you want to use to generate the versions and the render item mystica filters the after effects project to show only the compositions with Associated render items in this case we have a single render item in h264 for our main composition finally select the output folder for the generated versions
• 04:00 - 04:30 the last window provides a summary of the previous steps to ensure everything is correct close the wizard and the subsequent information window mystica workflows will automatically build the workflow with the settings you defined and place it in the render Q now simply copy the modified CSV to the input folder you define for your workflow and mystica workflows will start generating versions for each line of the CSV it's that simple
• 04:30 - 05:00 there is no resolution limit or restriction on the number of versions you have all the flexibility you need you can also add extra tasks to this workflow such as automatically uploading the generated versions to an FTP sending them via Google drive or Dropbox or sending an email or slack message when the process is complete you can build and automate any workflow you want for more information about mystica workflows visit our website we hope you enjoyed this tutorial subscribe to our YouTube
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