Rotoscoping in Premiere

DagetAwayMaN421 · Post by **DagetAwayMaN421** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:39 pm

Anyone know how to Rotoscope in Premiere?

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:50 pm

Unless there are masking tools in Premiere Pro, I do not believe you can rotoscope directly in Premiere. You can (and should) however rotoscope frame-by-frame in Photoshop and import those frames into Premiere. Basically you want the rotoscoped frame to be in its own Photoshop layer, and when you import the Photoshop file, it will ask you which layer you want to use, and you choose the rotoscoped layer.

Hope this helps :O

DagetAwayMaN421 · Post by **DagetAwayMaN421** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:16 am

well, i tried that with one frame and it took me 20 minutes, there's gotta be an easier way, anyone know?

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:17 am

not really...

Pwolf

hydrax · Post by **hydrax** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:49 am

DagetAwayMaN421 wrote:well, i tried that with one frame and it took me 20 minutes, there's gotta be an easier way, anyone know?

Tell the actors from the anime your using to stand infront of a green screen then just a chroma key. Simple?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:20 am

If you're doing masking, be sure to use the Pen tool, as it's much easier and more flexible to work with than the Polygonal Lasso (Bezier curves that you can adjust later on rather than straight lines that you must get right the first time).

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:42 pm

Unfortunately if you're not working with green/blue screen footage (or at least something with a very simple/solid background, then no, there really isnt much other way around doing it frame by frame, assuming you want it to actually look good. There are quick and dirty ways of doing it (using the polygonal lasso tool and just kind of going around the character somewhat loosely and then just feathering the hell out of the edges, except it will look pretty crappy.

Look at videos like <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... 78914">The Race</a> or <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... kittles</a>. All of the rotoscoping there was done frame by frame. And yes, it can take a really long time, though if you get enough practice with the pen tool, you'll get much faster at it.

DagetAwayMaN421 · Post by **DagetAwayMaN421** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:01 am

can i do it with after effects?

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:13 am

DagetAwayMaN421 wrote:can i do it with after effects?

yeah, there are multiple ways to do it in AE..

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:16 am

AE doesn't necessarily make it any easier though.

Pwolf