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As the company itself says, it couldn't be simpler, probably because there isn't a whole lot to mess with here. However, the tweakability factor is very high, as you can animate any of the above settings, including the style, to get some pretty interesting effects. For example, changing the rate of color/angle update settings over the course of a clip will result in a slow, almost lazy brush motion giving way to a rapid, frenetic pace.
But the burning question remains: How well does Video Gogh do what it says it will do? The short answer is, "depends on the clip, but pretty well." I tried four different kinds of clips to see what Video Gogh would do to each: one with people, two depicting outdoor settings and an animated line drawing. I played around with the settings a bit to give you a flavor for the kind of results you might expect, (See clips 1 through 4). In each clip, the original footage is on the right part of the frame, and what Video Gogh did is on the left. Without being any more long-winded than I have already been, here's a brief list of what I found:
- The first frame in any sequence is pretty much a throwaway, since the effect builds on the first frame over time in most cases.
- This is subjective, but, aesthetically, clips that have locked-down subjects and a moving camera produce smoother motion effects than clips that have a stationary camera and moving objects.
- Video Gogh actually worked pretty well on CGI clips. (See clip 4). In this particular instance, Video Gogh would have saved me at least three steps in getting a nice chalky outline going with the write-on effect that you can see in the clip. I wasn't real sure Video Gogh would be effective on CGI clips as opposed to live action, but I was pleasantly surprised here.
All that said, you can see from the clips that some pretty nice effects are possible. Ultimately, Video Gogh is one of those plugins that begs to be tinkered with, so the more time you spend with it, the better the results for your individual clips.
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Clip 2: First outdoor scene. Watercolor style, 0.6 opacity, render current over last enabled and rate of color/angle update varied from slow to fast over the length of the clip.
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