Rotoscoping Notes

Constant = Solid
Connect to viewer

R= 1, G=0, B=0 is Pure Red

Click on the screen where solid is hit R to turn white.
Hit R key 2x to turn to Red

Alpha channel is a stencil

Make another Constant in Blue

MERGE Blue & Red, makes purple

Shuffle= Allows you to shuffle channels

Click shuffle, then MERGE, Shift-click, X

Solids are 2048x 1556, standard film size 2K_Super

Select ROTO
-Make sure same format as clip you want to roto
-CTRL-Click on the shape to get the Pen Tool

Right click on point
-Select smooth to make it curve
-CUSP makes angles

Plug in MERGE to VIEWER
Take Mask arrow over to ROTO so you can see the blue is on top

IMPORTANT FOR ROTOSCOPING
1. Want to make an acturate map. Try to break down like a 3-D model
2. Use few points as possible
3. 10 Frames in beginning and end

Trace out head
Don't move the points if you don't need to.
Move points as a group

Group ROTO together
-Then do COLOR CORRECT
-Drop SATURATION TO .025

"A" Alpha Channel
Pre Multipy Alpha against Black