Return-Path: Received: from nm32-vm7.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([98.138.229.55] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4862677 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:35:59 +0200 Received: from [98.138.226.176] by nm32.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Oct 2012 22:37:55 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.131] by tm11.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Oct 2012 22:37:55 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp218.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Oct 2012 22:37:55 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=sbcglobal.net; s=s1024; t=1349303875; bh=GasDnnob0J+lWAlJ/D6cQ1Pnlxa5Wn2uFzbdu5Sa09M=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:From:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:To:References:Message-Id:X-Mailer; b=TBw70FQzHdhxMjx+3s6NVN77+6DlTMd6seJExyUOdAyD3PQ67I8o907lifDkglRIGNBdw4SQAR6glxXcUc3V/O9u3r6DkYLN+6e7BkOvYhR8FbG0KuCH3Xix8sZ7pn15yxHL0XECF11VZZsbnMzkHl/8ZNbfJNF8Gs6U0wVip2U= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 323781.54445.bm@smtp218.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 0IemG9wVM1lYknH5.O37QrSOshwoQH4Uv.pe1eskusNZ_jq XxikH0knjbKIWvLXo3ZggT4wlWNqB84va6m6sP5W.4g35hx5VQSkC357vyHj xZpSWprRzZFBRmLmOQemy7rMsaRHjv2il_OCQo.UG6ucTeTh4m4JimMo6eeo UVN8IX4ZHcqGi8cY1IqTu5gyAMKRc8R8KP6W8AjK0tSBTXx9bAd0R7girqfM XreO5MCYiqiW1Fv238D3rT166DEIBoex.JEP324ypIa8yErGjp3Ah5YMM.zT XZ5BiuNNgZTdljLUtcw.JzkG0Re40T_znDO2XoUGDHAlbX_Bzufvejp11TsY rStENqIL9r0pHnTrLirVjTiLA_PwIGvsPsbJ9lBcbYZKu5Qa5akZ9bUzExEL 8gSfS4g0Xu0IOk1N6RMM5jM3SF3TF31UvIHgPZWk1TkocvDGD2Ir.R7LbmNG pj8bqs0BKEPZpU0JuPX7CWZdk18L8wjPq2ufw.C_bFd4yl8H7ovLOEX_YZ_e FXQLJgHe8opR6qb87KXt.TnBdRucG0y2bFRq2MPinpelPoMky6RBhbm_0xHV ztLVPC7niCIGJD2JIl7L9kGs.PzAARWTicW0ED.H.2p2nxxY2FXu2ia5M9rP mIbu48bcpAA18Mlazp46sa2YbiqxR X-Yahoo-SMTP: Zb7NzmqswBDPuwP.k0oIZ54EAnVdfNeeulr2bjIM8iE- Received: from [192.168.1.13] (c_red@24.7.42.141 with plain) by smtp218.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 03 Oct 2012 15:37:55 -0700 PDT From: "c_red@sbcglobal.net" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--517998835 Subject: Re: [AE] New to the list - question on rotoscoping Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:37:52 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) --Apple-Mail-1--517998835 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Vector Magic processes image sequences and is much better at vectorizing = bitmaps than the adobe or corel options. On Oct 3, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > If you have a lot of time but not a lot of money, it=92s not the same = visual effect as Charles Schwaub =96 but vectoring a still frame in = Adobe Illustrator can give a unique look vs. the cartoon look plugins = I=92ve 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. > =20 > Further caveat =96 I=92ve only experimented this a number of year ago, = so YMMV. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > =20 --Apple-Mail-1--517998835 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Vector Magic processes image sequences and is much = better at vectorizing bitmaps than the adobe or corel = options.

On Oct 3, 2012, at 3:14 PM, Stephen van = Vuuren wrote:

If = you have a lot of time but not a lot of money, it=92s not the same = visual effect as Charles Schwaub =96 but vectoring a still frame in = Adobe Illustrator can give a unique look vs. the cartoon look plugins = I=92ve 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.
stephen van vuuren