From the course: The Art of Rotoscoping
Short history of rotoscoping - After Effects Tutorial
From the course: The Art of Rotoscoping
Short history of rotoscoping
- [Instructor] The rotoscoping process was invented by the animator Max Fleischer back in 1915, when it involved projecting an image onto a glass and then tracing over the image by hand frame by frame. That painstaking frame by frame selection aspect is still what distinguishes rotoscoping today despite many automation advantages such as Mocha AE, Content-Aware Fill, and Roto Brush, all of which are found in your copy of After Effects. Rotoscoping was used throughout the history in films and TV not only as an animation tool but also in visual effects to create masks to separate an object from the rest of the image and then superimpose that into a new background. Once Max Fleischer's patent expired, other creators were free to use it in their own creations. And as a result, we can witness amazing rotoscoping work in movies, music clips, and computer games. Here are just few examples. (relaxing electronic music) (exciting electronic music) Now these are just few of my favorite selections, but there's so much more out there. And in this course, I'll share a handful of tools and techniques that will help you create something similar even if you don't possess any drawing skills.
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