Videomaker - Rotoscoping (pt. 2a)

Step-by-step, we recreate the process used to make the animated opening sequence for our Videcast (videomaker.com/vidcast). Last week: capturing the video. This week: post production.

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Howto & Style

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• video
• vidomaker
• rotoscoping
• rotoscope
• animation
• vidcast
• technique
• tutorial
• tip
• how
• to

[TekedixXx]

In the Animation in flash, couldent you just use the onion skin when editing the movie clip to save time and so you don't have to go back each frame?

[videomaker]

Please see earlier comments...

[Ghakimx]

I saw how many Adobe software you have and each of them cost like $500 on average. I don't wanna spend $2500 just for a simple animation! Any cheaper alternatives?

[videomaker]

Yes, kind of. If you simply want to take your footage, "illustrate" and animate it w/out adding any extra animated elements or backgrounds, you could do it with your editing software (any that allows you to export individual frames), open each file in Photoshop and run through a filter. Save as a jpg, & animate on the timeline of your editing software. Also, there are "Animation" plug-in filters for most Editing Software but we find them unsatisfying. Cheers.

[videomaker]

Also, you could always go old,old school by hand drawing each frame, shooting it and editing together in your editing software if you have the time and inclination....

[twoedge]

When you get to Flash, create MovieClip first, select first frame on timeline and import to stage the first image. You will the be asked by Flash that the image appears to be part of a sequence, and will give you the option of importing the rest of the images automatically in sequence.

[videomaker]

Excellent! I want to thank all of you for all your great feedback on this... It's certainly taught us a few new tricks and will be invaluable to those just getting into rotoscoping... Cheers!

[fablungo]

That trick with Adobe Bridge might come in Handy! I have Bridge but have never really used it! Always just thought it was a file explorer!

[klemeng]

ok I agree. but i think that is to much of work. the other way without illutstor is simply import the sequence into adobe flash directly on the stage not in the lybrary and then make a selection of all frames and then make the trace bitmap. you can play around a little with the straigten lines or simplify. It should be close to this result. but whatever.

[balls2balls]

wow calm down

[MrDarcyzPP]

It's not the same thing...AT ALL...doesn't look the same or feel the same. All it is is faster, but what you're talking about looks like exactly what it is...a filter and it looks stupid. When you learn how to look at film, video and photos...or even art, then you'll get it. Until then, you won't and too bad...but whatever.

[MrDarcyzPP]

Yeah, Premiere rules!

[MrDarcyzPP]

It's not the same thing...AT ALL...doesn't look the same or feel the same. All it is is faster, but what you're talking about looks like exactly what it is...a filter and it looks stupid. When you learn how to look at film, video and photos...or even art, then you'll get it. Until then, you won't and too bad...but whatever.

[dillonp23]

haha agreed! All could of been done in AE in 1 minute

[balls2balls]

Wow you made this way more complicated than it had to be