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Tracker2Mask: new script for tracker-assisted rotoscoping
Hi,
I just finished my After Effects script Tracker2Mask, which helps to animate masks with motion trackers. In contrast to other approaches I have seen, you don’t need one track point for each mask point.The workflow is as follows:
1) track a few points (something between one and four points is reasonable, even for complex mask shapes) that represent the basic movement of the object which you want to draw a mask around
2) keyframe the mask by hand in the first and last frame
3) use the script to predict keyframes in between (the script uses the tracker information for this prediction which is hence much better than the simple interpolation done by after effects itself)Step 3) can be interleaved with manual corrections which leads to a quite fast assisted rotoscoping workflow.
I explain the tool in a video-tutorial that you can find here:
https://www.vimeo.com/2393127
At this page you will also find a download link; you can use the tool for free.Any feedback welcome.
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Here is a second tutorial that explains some new features (local manipulation of parts of masks):
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This is outstanding! What a huge productivity booster!
Where can I download it to try it out?
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The download link is here (right below the heading)
https://aextensions.blogspot.com/2009/02/tracker2mask.html
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