How to Rotoscope in 3 Minutes

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

In this video, I explain how to rotoscope using Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. First, choose a video and upload it to Adobe After Effects. Then export your clip as a PNG sequence. There may be repeats of the same frame so pay attention. Next, import the PNGs to Photoshop and add a layer, so you don't paint directly on the clip. You can do this in Illustrator as well, but I like to use Photoshop. After using the paint tool to create an image, I exported it as a PNG. Make sure to number the PNGs in the correct order and to put them in the same folder of your computer. Lastly, import the PNG sequence into Adobe After Effects and change the composition settings to the desired frame rate. To save, export the video to add the adobe media encoder queue and adjust the video settings. When it's done hit the green play button and the animation should save to your computer.
The original video I animated over: • Take Me With You
Full animation: • Short Dance Animation
Linktree to my Tik Tok and Instagram: linktr.ee/K.Schroeder.art

Пікірлер: 108

  • @phexus82
    @phexus823 жыл бұрын

    Here is a much easier way: With a new document 1920x1080 (or whatever size) open in photoshop, make sure your timeline window is open, if not, go to window, timeline. Go to Layer, Video Layers, New video layer from file. Select your video file. Next, go to Layer, Video Layers, New Blank Video Layer. Make sure your new blank video layer is selected, start drawing over your video. Click on the next frame in the timeline window, repeat. When your done drawing all the frames, turn off your original video layer and go to File, Export, Render video. Select Photoshop Image Sequence, and PNG in render settings (if you want the pngs)

  • @Author_SoftwareDesigner

    @Author_SoftwareDesigner

    3 жыл бұрын

    How long will this take for 10 minutes of footage?

  • @phexus82

    @phexus82

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Author_SoftwareDesigner Depends on the framrate and complexity. But your talking about 7,200 frames if your doing 12fps. If you spend 5 minutes on each frame, that is 600 HOURS! That is 75 eight hour days!

  • @nakshatra1541

    @nakshatra1541

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Author_SoftwareDesigner ages!

  • @IAdoreYouMattyHealy

    @IAdoreYouMattyHealy

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @Bluemoon_wav

    @Bluemoon_wav

    Жыл бұрын

    or just add a fill on the rotoscoped layer, all Ae.

  • @VaterundSohnFITNESSSPASS
    @VaterundSohnFITNESSSPASS2 жыл бұрын

    This is so Time consuming cos you have to edit every frame separately in photoshop . But There are many other ways to do so easier and faster like masking the dancers or just using the rotobrush tool .

  • @Bossfightmedia

    @Bossfightmedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, rotobrush tools are in almost every program an extreme pain to use and oftentimes will just crash your Computer because the CPU load is really heavy. Doing it in Photoshop or GIMP is not only way faster once you got your controls down and/ or a Graphics tablet, but also cleaner since you can really put some detailwork into the edges.

  • @saeglopur74
    @saeglopur743 жыл бұрын

    This is really really good!!! your voice sounds super sweet too. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much I really appreciate that!

  • @zaidhassan3047

    @zaidhassan3047

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thnks fr sharing.. But if we draw brush with different colors thn the object is hidden.... Likewise in this video object is missing only the draw line with brush is visible... I have ths confussion so just ask... And again thnks fr sharing😊

  • @OpusDelRey
    @OpusDelRey2 жыл бұрын

    This was super cool and very easy to follow. I’m usually terrible when it comes to editing but your video really helps. Thank you so much. Hope you have a great week 😊

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m really glad to hear this video was helpful! I hope you have a great week as well

  • @blakmaskaraStudio
    @blakmaskaraStudio3 жыл бұрын

    To the point, clear and complete explanation. Thank you!

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad you found this video helpful!

  • @NationofFoxes
    @NationofFoxes3 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! I'm not an animator or a visual artist of any sort, I was just curious, but now I feel inspired to create some rotoscopic animation!

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy creating

  • @teguhimamsetiawan3489

    @teguhimamsetiawan3489

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackCat_Dream hello may i save your vids?

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@teguhimamsetiawan3489 sure!

  • @kyngsanim7035
    @kyngsanim70353 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou for this explanation. Short and simple. No extra info No excess chatter Not technically intimidating. This has made it more easier in my mind to try it out.

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m glad it helped!

  • @JerrellConner
    @JerrellConner3 жыл бұрын

    Great informative and concise clip!

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @PierreDaGriot
    @PierreDaGriot3 жыл бұрын

    great breakdown

  • @mattfender9727
    @mattfender97273 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @chewface
    @chewface2 жыл бұрын

    Rotoscope takes such a looooong time, but the end result is worth it :)

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed!

  • @popospapotopolos4036
    @popospapotopolos40362 жыл бұрын

    *Clean and Simple*

  • @Dopamineaddict
    @Dopamineaddict2 жыл бұрын

    This deserves more views and is helpful

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I’m glad you found this video helpful

  • @Levi-Luke
    @Levi-Luke3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you thank you so much I hav a hard time for splitting frames u helped me and it's a easy way to get the frames. Once again thank you. 😇

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m so happy this video helped!

  • @jordyncreates
    @jordyncreates2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you soo much!!

  • @JonDan
    @JonDan Жыл бұрын

    Nice, I have been thinking of using Rotoscope for one of my next videos

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    11 ай бұрын

    That would be so cool!

  • @suryatechvolgs4127
    @suryatechvolgs4127 Жыл бұрын

    New trick I learnt this video TQ u

  • @infinitygamers6845
    @infinitygamers68452 жыл бұрын

    nice and great tutorial you deserve more subscribers dear

  • @CastleBomber
    @CastleBomber2 жыл бұрын

    explained very well, babe

  • @riyan7425
    @riyan74253 жыл бұрын

    thanks a lot

  • @himanshu_Shukla3
    @himanshu_Shukla32 жыл бұрын

    just osm😍😍

  • @ig.pandavisuals
    @ig.pandavisuals3 жыл бұрын

    Wishes you many subs!

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @isaacas1218
    @isaacas12183 жыл бұрын

    Awesome sister. I am going to try.

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes!! Go make some cool animations!

  • @joelpowergames9630
    @joelpowergames96303 жыл бұрын

    Wow.🔥🔥 Helped me more than I thought it would. Thanks for that. 👍

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im glad to hear that!

  • @aryangharde2013
    @aryangharde20133 жыл бұрын

    Coming to this video was completely unintentional. But as a PC user the this tutorial video is really helpful more because it's not just step-wise tutorial, you gave some tips and know-why to the process.

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m happy you found this video helpful! I am not really a rotoscope expert but I tried to put everything I know into this video.

  • @aryangharde2013

    @aryangharde2013

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackCat_Dream Still your explanation was very well. I appreciate it.

  • @asifjaved7672
    @asifjaved7672 Жыл бұрын

    Do we need to draw all the frames? Or just two or three what you drew and the remaining will be automatically auto traced?

  • @mdafridi1181
    @mdafridi11812 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this tips ..

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    2 жыл бұрын

    Of course!

  • @mdafridi1181

    @mdafridi1181

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackCat_Dream ☺️☺️

  • @supreemcourt9181
    @supreemcourt91813 жыл бұрын

    thank u

  • @felipepintana
    @felipepintana2 жыл бұрын

    I love you

  • @AlexReynosoArt
    @AlexReynosoArtАй бұрын

    Thanks for the tutorial. oh... i'm on my 3rd gallon.

  • @AMadScientist
    @AMadScientist3 жыл бұрын

    Hello. Do you have to paint EVERY file in photoshop or just one? Thanks.

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    I painted every file because that was the class assignment. There is a way to create a mask in adobe after effects and animate the mask. There are a lot of helpful tutorials about it if you search “how to animate a mask in adobe after effects”. I’m not a very knowledgeable animator but I hope this was helpful.

  • @eztutor823
    @eztutor8233 жыл бұрын

    Question: 1. Did you just rotoscope that 1 frame and save everything accordingly and Adobe stuff does the rest? 2. Or did you do the rotoscope for each and every frame? If you did method 1. .then this is freakishly awesome!! If you did method 2..then better do it all withing after effects

  • @copaboy

    @copaboy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also wondering

  • @AMadScientist

    @AMadScientist

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right.

  • @jeremiarezaaditya5038

    @jeremiarezaaditya5038

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pls i need answers

  • @redness2323
    @redness2323 Жыл бұрын

    Best to use rotobrush in after effects. Will give a cleaner matte and far quicker to do.

  • @Lucasthecat_
    @Lucasthecat_2 жыл бұрын

    In this way Animating will be so easy

  • @GaVinLuNeTTA
    @GaVinLuNeTTA3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot, this helped me so much! Just one question ,if we have to keep a still background ,is it possible to do so in after effects ? ( Adding background png behind the animated sequence )

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes that works! that is exactly what I did for this project

  • @SaffireAnimation
    @SaffireAnimation3 жыл бұрын

    I heard that there is an AI (artificial intelligence) plugin available for AE that does 10 seconds of rotoscoping in just 5 minutes. Does anyone know about that plugin?

  • @Dontbelikedad

    @Dontbelikedad

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Prooffme - smart gadgets any word?

  • @shaunstark1365

    @shaunstark1365

    3 жыл бұрын

    Following

  • @Currychicken5

    @Currychicken5

    3 жыл бұрын

    rotobrush 2?

  • @Currychicken5

    @Currychicken5

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Prooffme - smart gadgets you can use the mask to color it in like in the video, but the op could also be talking about ebsynth (not sure though)

  • @Samuel-wl4fw

    @Samuel-wl4fw

    3 жыл бұрын

    maybe you meant this? www.3dart.it/rotoscoping-in-real-time-using-machine-learning-ai/

  • @jinalbhuptani2548
    @jinalbhuptani25483 жыл бұрын

    Do we have to paint on all the pngs separately in Ps?

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes since animation works by presenting a sequence of still images (in this case PNGs) in quick enough succession, the viewer interprets them as a continuous moving image. Make sure you have a PNG painting for every PNG video file. To make the process of painting PNGs faster you can duplicate one and then erase and paint over it to match the new image, so you don’t have to redraw the whole thing.

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope that makes sense!

  • @jinalbhuptani2548

    @jinalbhuptani2548

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackCat_Dream Oh wow! That was such a smart tip! Thanks a lot😊

  • @Nolancookies
    @Nolancookies3 жыл бұрын

    i love your voice

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Bulking_guy
    @Bulking_guy Жыл бұрын

    maam i need your help

  • @SpiderPanda
    @SpiderPanda3 жыл бұрын

    faster way is to open photoshop and import frames to layers

  • @elishalyndaneedham9660
    @elishalyndaneedham96602 жыл бұрын

    It won’t let me render the video

  • @xprojectcamerateam480
    @xprojectcamerateam4803 жыл бұрын

    render button is disappear how can i slove this problem

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Try pushing the enter key on your keyboard it should start the Render Queue

  • @freeT0watch
    @freeT0watch2 жыл бұрын

    This would take an hour just for 60 frames. 🤔. With 25 f/s it will be just 2 second clip Wow.

  • @Yokomotoproduct
    @Yokomotoproduct2 жыл бұрын

    1 frame = 3 min - 25 frame is 1 sec = 75 minuts ))

  • @NaruphonPunphairoj
    @NaruphonPunphairoj2 жыл бұрын

    I think the better way is Rotobrush, at least you don't need to paint every frame.

  • @mattfender9727
    @mattfender97273 жыл бұрын

    I FORGOT THE WATER

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh no! I will animate some water and send it to you

  • @externalaffairs662
    @externalaffairs6622 жыл бұрын

    Have you done roto

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes!

  • @externalaffairs662

    @externalaffairs662

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackCat_Dream I am a roto artist I want it grow ...so what can I do I have 5 years experience plz plz plz help me

  • @oldgamermusic
    @oldgamermusic3 жыл бұрын

    No one uses quicktime player or their stupid format. Why is it still the default

  • @user-ds4jh5vd8z
    @user-ds4jh5vd8z8 ай бұрын

    hi

  • @herojitsingh5945
    @herojitsingh5945 Жыл бұрын

    what is this ?

  • @Tlfcringe
    @Tlfcringe2 жыл бұрын

    If you have AE why do this

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have no idea honestly

  • @OscarMemo333
    @OscarMemo3333 жыл бұрын

    u traced EVERY SINGLE FRAME¿¿!

  • @BlackCat_Dream

    @BlackCat_Dream

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep!

  • @jcsfx710
    @jcsfx7103 жыл бұрын

    this is misleading... you're not rotoscoping in 3 minutes you're transferring files from after effects to photoshop, you're painting each frame which might take you 3 minutes but over the period of 300 frames you've spent hours then you bring in to AE and the Rotoscoped is jumpy... this is not professional rotoscoping this is painting video in photoshop.. there's a difference.. I'll tell you what I just wasted 3 minutes watching something that doesn't help.

  • @AMadScientist

    @AMadScientist

    3 жыл бұрын

    So they had to paint EVERY frame?

  • @jcsfx710

    @jcsfx710

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AMadScientist yes

Келесі