Rotoscoping Technique/Solution
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- Initiator
Does anybody know how to get a hold of rotoscoping solutions or what technique/plugins are used like that found in Scanner Darkly or the Charles Schwabs tv commercials?
- dinky0
i think dopepope was talking about AE something
- Chief0
they used their own software for A Scanner Darkly if i'm not mistaken. AE, Combustion, and Shake all have the tools needed, it just takes a while if you want crisp, clean results.
- Initiator0
coolio....thanks! Do either of you know of any plug-ins? Or, do the programs you mention use plug-ins for this?
- PonyBoy0
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rotoscoping was invented by a small tech crew at MIT... it's all proprietary... and annoying as FUCK in those Charles Schwab commercials.
- version30
actually
MIT can fuck right off
The technique was invented by Max Fleischer, who used it in his series "Out of the Inkwell" starting around 1914, with his brother Dave Fleischer dressed in a clown outfit as the live-film reference for the character Koko the Clown.
Fleischer used rotoscope in a number of his later cartoons as well, most notably the Cab Calloway dance routines in three Betty Boop cartoons from the early 1930s, and the animation of Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels.
fast forward to
Smoking Car Productions invented a digital rotoscoping process in 1994 for the creation of its critically-acclaimed adventure game The Last Express. The process was awarded U.S. Patent 6061462: Digital Cartoon and Animation Process.
- WildFlower0
tedious as fuck tho
- PonyBoy0
Enter response:
thanks for the history V3... but my MIT reference was to this guy who now has his own company... his is creditted w/the modern DIGITAL rotoscoping usage you see today:
http://www.flatblackfilms.com/Ro…
... and as you can see - //he's really willing to share. :)
- version30
yeah i believe you are talking about Bob Sabiston if i'm not mistaken.
I have an interest in rotoscoping for the old fashioned method - frame by frame by hand
i'm personally still interested in doing a couple of projects with such a technique but won't start til it's a little easier (ie i buy a touchscreen or a tablet pc to trace directly over the footage with)
yeah no shit share huh? i wonder how much he got paid for the exclusive license?
- jeremy_tai0
Rotoscoping tutorial:
http://www.effectscorner.com/pod…