Return-Path: Received: from [69.56.195.29] (HELO gateway05.websitewelcome.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4862657 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:12:37 +0200 Received: by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 5E2D7403D1FE0; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:14:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5185A403D1F98 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2012 17:14:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=55888 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TJXD7-0008DN-UK for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:14:34 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] New to the list - question on rotoscoping Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 18:14:14 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <010001cda1b4$6cf5dd90$46e198b0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0101_01CDA192.E5E5EB40" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQJnJjewm1c7eTfrZBeq6O3AotvJppZ1GXRQ Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (Neptune) [24.167.166.243]:55888 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0101_01CDA192.E5E5EB40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you have a lot of time but not a lot of money, it's not the same visual effect as Charles Schwaub - but vectoring a still frame in Adobe Illustrator can give a unique look vs. the cartoon look plugins I've seen . Once you create a preset for a single frame, you can apply to all frames. Note that Illustrator is not easily automatable, but still, it would be far less time that rotoscoping and probably do a nice job for mid 4 figures. However, that look may not been what you want. And it will require cleanup work due to the unpredictability. Further caveat - I've only experimented this a number of year ago, so YMMV. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick ------=_NextPart_000_0101_01CDA192.E5E5EB40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

If you have a lot of time but not a lot of money, it’s not the = same visual effect as Charles Schwaub – but vectoring a still = frame in Adobe Illustrator can give a unique look vs. the cartoon look = plugins I’ve seen . Once you create a preset for a single frame, = you can apply to all frames. Note that Illustrator is not easily = automatable, but still, it would be far less time that rotoscoping and = probably do a nice job for mid 4 figures.  However, that look may = not been what you want. And it will require cleanup work due to the = unpredictability.

 

Further caveat – I’ve only experimented this a number of = year ago, so YMMV.

 

stephen van vuuren

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A film is – or should be – more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

–Stanley Kubrick

 

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