rotoscoping

[Matt Callac]

pretty well for stills but as far as animatiing the mask, don’t expext anything too precise (between fingers or anything like that.) I wouldn’t recomend it for real rotoscoping work. it dosn’t quite have a robust toolbox, but it’ll work of for basic shapes, but nothing too complex.
matt

[Richard Harrington]

HAH! That’s a good one…

Motion is for MOTION GRAPHICS

Shake or AE or Commotion are for Compositing

Apple will not add that ability to Motion

Richard M. Harrington, PMP

Author: Photoshop CS for Nonlinear Editors
Co-Author Final Cut Pro On The Spot & After Effects on the Spot
Check out the new DVD: Photoshop CS: Essentials for Digital Video from http://www.vasst.com

edit – produce – direct –

[Noah Kadner]

I’ve done some very solid keyframed rotoscoping with Motion. Assuming we’re talking about the same thing. Not like a Ralph Bakshi animation but rather the frame by frame animating of a mask to follow a subject. I’ve been able to do very well by key frame animating b-splines and bezier masks. Saved quite a few shots that shot past the side of a greenscreen backing.

Noah

[Richard Harrington]

Yes and I can technically edit video in Adobe Image Ready by importing all of my movie frames as layers, the throwing away the ones a don’t want… plus do opacity blends and merges for dissolves.

I am not doubting your ability to do this…

I am just saying there are MUCH better programs for it and it is WAY out of scope for the intended uses of Motion , theroefore don’t expect to see imporvements on it.