6 Rotoscoping Tips in 6 Minutes! | ActionVFX Quick Tips

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00:00 Intro
00:45 Tip #1 - Analyze Your Shot
01:48 Tip #02 - Break Up Your Shapes
02:25 Tip #03 - Use Motion Tracking
03:16 Tip #04 - Key Movements First
03:57 Tip #05 - Color Coding
04:47 Tip #06 - Motion Blur
05:41 ActionVFX elements
06:14 Outro

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[ActionVFXofficial]

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[DafterThings]

Excellent tips. Breaking the form down into chunks seems more work at first but really saves time overall.

[germansrelins]

This is kind of amazing! Great job and thank you for these tips

[DGraphicsFun]

Thanks very much. Roto 2 is amazing. I also love the Magic Mask in Davinci Resolve 17 so for now I use them both. Nice work :)

[Heynicetie]

Yeah, baby! Speed running at its finest.

[mildlymoist]

As someone who has only rotoscoped with the built in automatic AE tool, this is enlightening

[ash]

Got some great tips man thanks 👊 nice and to the point too always appreciated

[blinnlambert]

Great tutorial! Clear, concise, and to the point without a bunch of unnecessary filler. Thank you, this is extremely helpful.

[josephb]

I learned the hard way, without all of the advances AE have now. All of this is solid advice.

[p.a.w.a.n]

Damn for real these tips are incredible! I don't usually comment on videos but this video made me do it

[VishalPatil-evnw]

amazing! simple and quick tips, Btw it will be good video to practice on if you share the stock footage.

[TangleWireTube]

You’ve done a great job on this. However, I’m really surprised you’re not utilizing Mocha AE.
Its tracking is so good, fast, and manipulating mask is so much more efficient in Mocha.
Guess we all have our comfort zones.
Cheers

[Tripeziums]

very2 detail roto with AE dude, good tips!! keep it up

[itchyJaw]

Wow this is a next level tips thanks for sharing

[chrisgavin]

Great tips. So do you make a new solid for tracking each new mask area ? Or do would you build all the new masks inside the one solid Layer ? I couldn't see from this video how you go on to start building the multiple combined masks after making the first one. I.e. after rotoing the backpack on the solid layer do you make a new solid layer for each additional mask area ?

[penguinn]

I've been studying the after effect for almost two years but didn't know you could do a shading mask on the points, where were you before? I needed this in a lot of my work) thank you

[Jmaxx]

These are good general tips. but don't roto any long scenes (or really anything) with AE mask, it's the most complicated process. Use mocha's built in version, or rotobrush if you don't mind it looking messy. Using default AE masks will always be a headache compared to literally anything else.

[passaggi]

I'm a newbie thank you, you show me the way . . . . .

[raymondstpaul]

Can you please show me how to do this in Hitfilm Pro?

[AriseFilms]

if you right click mask layer you could track it