Roto Scoping in Motion 5

[Lawrence Diggs]

Does Studio Artist ever go on sale? Do they have an academic discount? I am not a student now but i might take some classes in the near future and might get it then.

[Chris Northcross]

I’m not sure. They have in the past, not sure if they still do. Best way to find out is to contact them through the support page on their website.

“Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.”

[Simon Ubsdell]

Looking at the moon example you have given, this is just very easy to do in Motion – you don’t need to buy a dedicated app/filter/plug-in to do it, although all the suggestions in this thread are good ones. (I guess you’re not really in the market for Studio Artist at $399 though even though it’s a really good solution.)

Here’s a very quick example of what you can do in Motion – here’s before and after.

And here’s a more painted look using blurs on some of the layers.

(OK, so it’s not the most exciting shot in the world but it’s just to give you and idea.)

I used Color Reduce to limit the palette to just four colours and a combination of Edges, Line Art, High Pass and Threshold applied to separate clones and blended in different ways.

I’m not saying that this is great art or that I’m especially happy with the result, but it only took a few minutes to knock up without thinking too hard about it. It’s really not hard to do and there are an infinite number of ways you can go about combining these different techniques.

Any filter or plug-in you buy is only going to be using the same kind of things under the hood at the end of the day, some more cleverly than others.

Sorry to keep banging on about this but if it’s convenience you’re after, then go ahead and spend your precious pennies on a dedicated app or plug-in, but if you want a world of infinite possibilities then go for Motion which is probably going to cost you a whole lot less in the first place.

Simon Ubsdell
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Simon Ubsdell]

And here just for the fun of it is a more obviously painted example (before and after):

Simon Ubsdell
http://www.tokyo-uk.com

[Lawrence Diggs]

I don’t mind the banging, You’re ringing my bell. Thanks for the example. That’s what I was looking for.

[Lawrence Diggs]

I don’t mind the banging, You’re ringing my bell.

[Simon Ubsdell]

[Lawrence Diggs] “I don’t mind the banging, You’re ringing my bell. Thanks for the example. That’s what I was looking for.”

Glad to hear it 🙂

Now let’s see if Apple are going to pay me ny commission …

Simon Ubsdell
http://www.tokyo-uk.com