Frame reconstruction?

[Mark]

After effects has an excellent paint engine….You can use things like the clone tool, or paint tools to paint out either frame by frame, or every few frames etc. To use paint, you have to open the layer in the viewer (Double click on the layer in the timeline)

Mark

[Tony Kloiber]

[KurryFiddler] “I have some ideas about rotoscoping and using some effects to make some video productions extra special. What I want to know is that if it’s possible, “

Well at this point it might be more like everyday, but yes. PS can help you make a clean plate. Keep in mind that it is a still application. All footage (sequence of frames) shot with a camera has some grain or noise. If part of your bkg is from a still file there will be a difference in appearance between it and the rest of the shot.

Best bet is to shoot the shot with and without the objects you want to “paint” out.

Mark and Dave both have good tips about working right in AE. I never use PS for roto or paint, I just do it in AE. I don’t paint that often so it always takes a while for me to figure out which to use (paint or vector paint) and how.

TonyTony

[Andrew Shanks]

I don’t have too much to add to what the others have said. If you are wanting to paint on the moving frame, I’d stay within After Effects, if you are wanting to make a clean plate to insert back into a shot (for example to track-in, in order to help with removing something in a scene), use Photoshop (just be sure to degrain before bringing into Photoshop, then regrain (grain match) or add a tiny bit of monochrome noise to the still when you bring it back into your composite (so, as mentioned above, it doesn’t stand out in your shot, as your film/video elements will have grain/noise).

Goodluck,

andrew

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