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best way to roto
G’day,
I’ve been doing a fair bit of research on the best ways to roto with after effects.
Firstly I’m a pc with CS3 and I have HDV footage.
I have been looking at imagineers software. I played with motor and got a track and roto over a character without to much of a problem but then I found that you can’t export to AE. Is there a way to do it? Or do I have to learn how to use fusion? Mocha AE exports but only track and corner pin…is there a way around this? Can you link a AE mask with the imported tracking data from mocha… So it works out like motor? I’ve checked out all tutorials but there are none showing how to export into AE.
What do people here find the best way to roto? Is everyone mostly using Imagineer? Or are a majority of people just doing it inside AE? Or are there other roto programs I haven’t heard of?
Cheers
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Mocha(stand alone not Mocha-AE version) does export to AE, but not as an AE file…
Depending upon the situtation (i.e., sound or no sound)… the best exporting method I have found is to use animation/picture files in a tif format (or, any frame by frame pic format that will support alpha channels).
Imagineer is the best and easiest way I have found to roto. However, you can use AE to roto but it can be much more problematic and time consuming.
Joe
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yeah. mocha AE can export an image sequence. so, for instance, if you’re rotoscoping a ball to remove it: mocha will track and roto the ball. then you export an image sequence with alpha. then you can put that over the ball footage and use the “alpha inverted” track matte (or whatever) and make it disappear.
THE BiG HONKIN’
“The Defenders Of Stan”-lots of after effects -
oh…and personally, i still prefer to roto in AE, just because i have more control and better results. but i’m stubborn.
THE BiG HONKIN’
“The Defenders Of Stan”-lots of after effects -
I’ve updated my journey with another thread. Roto with motor.
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