• Adobe After Effects

  Mask only things in foreground?

  Posted by Ken Maxwell on February 22, 2011 at 11:08 pm

  So I have footage where the background is static and a person is moving in the foreground. I am going to be compositing objects into the background. The problem is they are moving quickly. Is there a way to just mask the elements that are moving within the shot?
  Any ideas or do I just have to roto the mask?
  Thanks!

  Ken Maxwell replied 15 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Ken Maxwell

  February 22, 2011 at 11:46 pm

  Ah, the answer seems like it is the Rotobrush but I only have CS4 🙁
  Thanks though!
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  Michael Szalapski

  February 23, 2011 at 7:39 pm

  Here is a set of resources for rotoscoping with your version of AE:
  https://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WS39e706a46ad531be1172e0812179ce5d44-8000.html

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  Ken Maxwell

  February 23, 2011 at 7:46 pm

  Awesome,Thank you!

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