Rotoscoping is one of the fundamental skills of compositing so thought I’d collect together a few good videos and articles on it.
Some of these are over a decade old and though the tools used have changed since then, the techniques still remain the same for the most part. The things that have changed are generally ways we can track these roto shapes onto moving objects in the frame (examples of which are using a planar tracker like mocha, or smart vectors, or projection on a 3d tracked card).
Before and Afters
Jun 16 2017
Rotoscoping tutorial videos and articles
Rotoscoping is one of the fundamental skills of compositing so thought I’d collect together a few good videos and articles on it.
Some of these are over a decade old and though the tools used have changed since then, the techniques still remain the same for the most part. The things that have changed are generally ways we can track these roto shapes onto moving objects in the frame (examples of which are using a planar tracker like mocha, or smart vectors, or projection on a 3d tracked card).
The Art Of Rotocoping
This is a great fxguide article outlining the history, applications, software and basic tips.
Scott Squires Rotoscoping
Great videos showing a good rundown of rotoscoping techniques for beginners.
0:41 Rotoscoping Basics and Examples
2:50 Tracing for animation
6:42 Matting with GreenScreen
8:02 Garbage Matting
9:55 Mid Ground Roto
12:08 Compositing Mid Ground
14:54 Creating Twins
19:10 Colorizing
20:36 Animated Wipe
Here is his article on rotoing hair.
Silhouette Roto tutorial video
Mocha Pro Rotoscoping Basics
Nuke Rotoscoping Basics
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