The Art of Rotoscoping

Turn your video footage into a work of art. Learn the basics of rotoscoping to build creative effects and to isolate video elements for compositing or VFX.

Introduction

• What is rotoscoping?
• What you should know
• Short history of rotoscoping

1. Converting Video to Art Using Photoshop

• Using filters on video
• Export video from Photoshop
• Popular looks
• Using Snap Art
• Applying Photoshop actions to video

2. Converting Video to Art Using After Effects

• Using Auto Trace
• The cartoon effect
• Continuum art looks
• Sapphire Stylize
• Creation art effects
• Transfusion: Style transfer suite

3. Turning Yourself into an Animated Character

• Introduction to Characterizer
• Capturing your face
• Picking styles and generating the puppet
• Animating and exporting the puppet

4. Exploring Roto Tools

• How to make rotoscoping easier
• Keying effects
• Rotobezier and holdout matte
• Improving the matte with effects
• Preparation for roto
• Dividing to multiple masks
• Tracking a mask
• Using the Rotobrush tool
• Refining soft edge
• Roto Brush 2.0

5. Professional Roto Tools

• Rotoscoping with Mocha AE
• Adjusting the shape
• Using Mocha Pro
• Introducing Silhouette

6. Challenge

• Challenge overview
• Creating "A Scanner Darkly" look

Conclusion

• Next steps