• Adobe After Effects

  Is interpolated rotoscoping possible?

  Posted by Grayson Earle on December 5, 2009 at 10:41 pm

  Hello,

  I’ve been doing some research on Wacom tabs, animation, etc. and messing around with Flash. As far as I can tell, no tweening option will allow for a good interpolation of keyframes to achieve the Scanner Darkly (or anything like that) effect. I know that the film makers have a proprietary software that does this for them, is it possible without their software? All the examples I have seen have been frame by frame! Someone told me that with After Effects you can do this, but I haven’t been able to locate such a tutorial.
  Thanks,
  Me

  Revolt

  Todd Kopriva replied 16 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Todd Kopriva

  December 5, 2009 at 11:03 pm

  Yes, After Effects will interpolate mask shapes between keyframes that you set.

  I recommend starting on this page and checking out the resources that it links to:

  “Rotoscoping introduction and resources”

  But your question isn’t just about rotoscoping. You are talking about achieving a specific look. Don’t get confused and think that the A-Scanner-Darkly result is synonymous with rotoscoping.

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