ROTOSCOPING

To rotoscope my video I used ADOBE FLASH PROFESSIONAL. First, I needed to export the section of the video I wanted to rotoscope, to do this I went to File > Export > Media and clicked 'match sequence settings' so everything was at the right settings.
I then needed to use ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER to change the format of the video to a FLV Flash file.
I selected the video I wanted to encode and looked for the FLV Flash video setting making sure it had 'match source attributes' selected. I then pressed the encode button and it was done!

Next I needed to start rotoscoping my test video. So I created a new file in Flash also known as the 'Stage' I made sure the stage was also set to 1080 x 1920 so none of the video would be cropped out.

Flash made it so much more easier than hand rendering drawings - this is because it imports the video frame by frame so you can adjust each one as you go along.
I started off by creating a new layer and naming it rotoscope. I did this so I wouldn't be drawing over the actual video footage, but a new layer so I could easily rub out or make any changes without rubbing the video out. I made sure I was always clicked on the video layer when drawing.

I then right clicked on the frame which I wanted to start drawing on, and clicked 'INSERT BLANK KEYFRAME'. Adding a key frame meant the drawing would only be applied to that certain frame, and not be floating in the same place when the video was played through.

 I then pressed F6 to copy the blank key frames to the rest of the frames which I wanted to draw on. Now I was ready to start!

To draw with I used a graphics tablet with the pen it came with. I hadn't used it much before so was worried if it would be easy to use, and it definitely was. Once I got the hang of it I could draw easily on my key frames.

I used the brush tool and set it to a medium thickness. I wanted the rotoscope to appear like it was gradually building up in to a cartoon effect, so I started off by drawing a small line, moving to the next key frame and doing the same thing.

At the start of the process I was worried as I'd not used Flash before, but felt like it was a challenging task and would develop my skills and prove to be a good idea at the end. The whole process was quite tedious and seems never ending. However, once playing the video back and seeing how well it looks all played together is what kept my motivation up.
I also hid the video layer to see what the rotoscope would look like without it and played it back, which I also liked aswell.

Final outcome test!


I have also started rotoscoping the chorus where my artist touches the wall and it turns into a rotoscoped alternate reality. (Unfinished)