Rotoscope - Fruit Ninja Fail - IT 11 - Kevin

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Rotoscope - Fruit Ninja Fail (GIF)

Rotoscope - Fruit Ninja Fail (VIDEO)

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        How to Rotoscope!

Rotoscoping can be quite difficult at first, but once you get the hang of it, you will be finished a project in no time. The idea is to recreate a video clip, but with the use of the paintbrush tool, and precision. By precision, that means each frame is carefully looked at and replicated. Before you paint over anything, you must export a frame as a PNG. Once you have that PNG, you will import it into your timeline. You then use the "lasso tool" and trace over the things you WANT to Rotoscope. This part is very important. When you do this, you will have an empty background. From there, you need to create a blank video layer, and rename it to "Rotoscope". Once you have that layer, you bring it above the original video clip. The Rotoscope layer will be transparent, giving you the ability to see the original video layer while being on it. From there, you go to each and every frame and use the paintbrush tool to replicate each movement of the things you would like to Rotoscope.