From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 13 Paint Roto and Puppet
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The Roto Brush workflow - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: After Effects Apprentice: 13 Paint Roto and Puppet
The Roto Brush workflow
Now again, I want to be completely honest with you. That previous Roto Brush example was deceptively simple. Very, very few shots will ever work out that well with that a small amount of work. The problem is many After Effects users who want to use Roto Brush don't bother learning the correct way to use it, expect they can do that small amount of work, and expect those good results. Well, they're sorely disappointed and they walk away convinced Roto Brush doesn't work. The reality is, Roto Brush does require a lot of work on your part and it works much better if you follow a very specific workflow. And that's what we're going to be covering in the next several movies. The steps that workflow include: identifying the foreground that you wish to separate from the background, choosing a representative Base Frame with a maximum amount of foreground information visible, defining the Base Frame using a collection of foreground and background Roto Brush strokes, moving a few frames away from…
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The Roto Brush workflow2m 37s
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Choosing a base frame2m 30s
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Defining the base frame9m 21s
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Adjusting propagation settings8m 32s
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Making corrective strokes13m 49s
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Creating multiple spans6m 51s
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Refining the matte8m 3s
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Exploring Motion Blur and Decontaminate Edge Color6m 45s
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Applying Refine Edge in AE CC6m 26s
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Refine Edge Matte in AE CC3m 36s
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