Return-Path: Received: from mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.47] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4862921 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:37:23 +0200 Received: from aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20121004093921.FIKH10247.mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com>; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:39:21 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.7] (really [80.5.201.216]) by aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vG.3.00.04.00 201-2196-133-20080908) with ESMTP id <20121004093921.MBHG24459.aamtaout04-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@[192.168.0.7]>; Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:39:21 +0100 From: Angie-Taylor Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_3C1A76DF-85D2-4CEC-AEB2-8173EFE3FB85" Subject: Re: [AE] New to the list - question on rotoscoping Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 10:39:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" , References: Message-Id: <18366B2B-979C-4356-BB7D-CFE4C27CE2CE@ntlworld.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=GaEGOwq9FwezmTggA+b6yC6zDZF2HYaK6RN/tSqdnVA= c=1 sm=0 a=8nbwq0jAnbYA:10 a=uObrxnre4hsA:10 a=hTmo6BQnAAAA:8 a=9kpiMG8CAAAA:8 a=MqKSN0MkAAAA:8 a=Nez6lDbyjriXAzCTZSIA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 a=xJxwlSTHri8A:10 a=aiIhN5IjlN4Dih_MEqcA:9 a=_W_S_7VecoQA:10 a=jIw71TWizvY2Kcq2:21 a=HpAAvcLHHh0Zw7uRqdWCyQ==:117 --Apple-Mail=_3C1A76DF-85D2-4CEC-AEB2-8173EFE3FB85 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi Stephen, This is a process I've also used. Did you know that you can automate the = process using Bridge? If you save an Illustrator Live Paint preset, then = select the image sequence in Bridge and go to Tools > Illustrator > Live = Trace. You can also set up Actions to do something similar which adds the = option of tweaking while processing. cheers, Angie On 3 Oct 2012, at 23:14, 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=_3C1A76DF-85D2-4CEC-AEB2-8173EFE3FB85 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Hi Stephen,

This is a process = I've also used. Did you know that you can automate the process using = Bridge? If you save an Illustrator Live Paint preset, then select the = image sequence in Bridge and go to Tools > Illustrator > Live = Trace.

You can also set up Actions to do = something similar which adds the option of tweaking while = processing.

cheers,

Angi= e

On 3 Oct 2012, at 23:14, 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