How To Use Roto Brush 3.0 in After Effects

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🎬 Ready to take your visual effects to the next level? Join us in this comprehensive tutorial on how to use Roto Brush 3.0 in Adobe After Effects! 🚀
Rotoscoping has never been this efficient and user-friendly, thanks to the powerful tools and improvements introduced in Roto Brush 3.0. In this step-by-step guide, we'll walk you through the entire process, from selecting your subject to refining your mask for perfect results.
🔹 What You'll Learn:
Introduction to Rotoscoping and its importance in visual effects
Overview of Roto Brush 3.0's interface and features
Creating an initial brush stroke for subject selection
Fine-tuning your mask for accurate results
Working with keyframes for complex animations
Tips and tricks for streamlining your workflow
Common mistakes to avoid when rotoscoping
Whether you're a beginner looking to get started with rotoscoping or an experienced After Effects user wanting to explore the latest features, this tutorial is designed for you. We'll break down each step, making it easy to follow along and achieve professional-level results.
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🕒 Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Basic Overview
0:55 - Selecting Your Subject
1:46 - Refining the Mask
4:34 - Freezing the Mask
5:06 - Creative Use Cases

[@paulie2140]

Thank you so much for this, too many vids on YT about the pros, cons, comparisons - rather than just a simple 'how to'. Good job guys, as always 👍

[@DamonBowe]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@sydstrength7]

6:20 "And if you export this with a transparent bg, you can just actually place it over top of any other piece of footage, and it just works as a transition." That's some really useful imformation to me as a newbie to After Effect and content creating. I really like the way how dude is sharing insipring tricks for us to learn and shine!

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[@surachai04]

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[@tonybp]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Wow! Thank you so much!🙏100% I'll keep 'em coming! 😄

[@cmbazinet]

I'll need to rewatch this a couple more times but this gave me a good idea of how it works and might actually get me to start using it. Been avoiding it just trying to learn basics for now but I have been realizing lately I will need to start using this a lot soon for stuff I want to make

[@WShawn]

Thanks! Nice and concise. After watching this I used the new Rotobrush on a woman whose right arm enters the frame from screen left, then the left arm comes in 12 frames later. I isolated the right arm thinking I'd have to do both arms separately, but after 20 seconds of calculations not only had it done a great job on the right arm it found and isolated the left arm AND her body. Pretty impressive and super-fast compared to the older version.

[@Blood4Mercy717]

it's crazy how much potential this Adobe program has. More video creators need to upskill themselves if they want to produce creative and unmatched content. I'm just starting to learn After FX after 2 years video editing on Premier and the potential this thing holds is breathtaking. Thank you so much for the detailed and fast guide through!

[@NikiWinProd]

I love After Effects :)

[@nebula0024]

This was absolutely perfect, and exactly the tutorial I needed! Thank you!! ❤

[@khmerembasy]

As always, an AMAZING tutorial. Thank you

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Wow! 😄 Thank you so much!🙏 That's SO kind of you to say!

[@MoE-il8yw]

Fascinating. I never paid attention to that tool until now. So many applications for this effect. Thank you

[@vidaveo8666]

Very clear and super informative. Many Thanks

[@dung1youtube582]

Love your work! Keep up the good work and you are a inspiration

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

WOW! 😄 Thank you so much!🙏That's incredibly kind of you to say and that really means a lot to me!

[@VermontJones]

Just in time! This saved me hours of doing it by hand. Thanks!

[@mbrkich]

That was so great! Sharp tutorial thank you.

[@jacquesbroquard]

Thanks man! This is a great example of high-level excitation transfer, succint knowledge dump and quick tip. I remember when you guy were first starting out, now you're taking over the world, lol. Keep going!

[@PorraSerra]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@verona4263]

I am in video editing school, thank you so so much for your tutorials, they really help me when I do not catch something when we have lessions at school and I can learn the feature at home with your help, you are a life saver😊

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Fantastic, and well explained!

[@lukakoprivica]

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[@gugarc1]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@irenethemotiondesigner]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@mishkacz]

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[@DeltaXMusic]

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[@davidamar99]

love the editing of this video

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@prodmattfoster]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Thrilled to help! What are you working on?

[@jamesrara]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@EndGameEdits]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@rashad500]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@MoreCreativeGFX]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Thanks so much, so happy to hear this is helpful to you!

[@steventapia_motiondesigner]

Thanks for this tutorial!!!

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@steventapia_motiondesigner]

For sure!!

[@vikas2076]

thanks for very easy explaination

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

My pleasure! 😄🙏 Glad it was easy to follow!

[@AlexGulinov]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@queenrao17]

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@jimsullivanyoutube]

F'ing AWESOME VIDEO! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You know your sh!t, teach it really well and concise with great zoom ins to interface details AND you get to the point fast AND nail it in 7 minutes! Liked, Commented, Subscribed! Wish I could do more but that's all I've got right now! 🤟

[@user-bp2vg3mf6e]

coolest video ever

[@brasiloikos]

very good video thanks

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

So glad you think so! 😄🙏

[@Ahmad_Fakheri]

version 3 is incredible

[@MannyGrey]

I haven't used after effects myself in over 10 years. What a difference these days from drawing masks by hand.

[@NONE2NONE]

Dude how do you talk so fast and clean? I was really impressed by your vocals lol

[@iLovG]

thank you bb

[@MW-fl8mu]

WOW

[@SashaBaych]

Amazing tutorial, thank you so very much for making this! What is your opinion of the two-app workflow of Premiere + AfterEffects? You say in the beginning that it is important to commit to the edit at first. But yet it is so hard to commit to the edit without having seen the VFX. The entire back-and-forth between PP and AE seems like such a tedious hassle when you need to change edits. How are coping with it?

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Hi Sasha, Thanks so much! Great question 😄 for me personally if there's any concern that a shot might not work out I usually do a really bad basic version as a proof of concept to make sure that what's in my head can actually work on screen in editing, so doing a quick version usually happens before even committing to a project to begin with 😄 But that's also what I like about PP + Ae because I usually link the actual After effects project into PP which prevents needing to jump back and forth as much, and no exporting 😄 I really love that process but I've also noticed I only love it on my desktop with quality hardware but I hate it on my laptop because it's much slower 😑 so I guess it also depends on your computer, at least that's my opinion. Hope that answered your question 😄 So glad you liked the tutorial!

[@SashaBaych]

@@MotionArrayTutorials It does) thank you so much for taking the time to answer the question!🎆

[@Atsolok]

Cool video!! Would you recommend color correction before or after this editing?

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

After 😄 even if you do color correction Ae will default to the video file itself and discard color corrections during the actual process of using Rotobrush so it sadly doesn't make a difference

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[@MotionArrayTutorials]

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[@LukeHomay]

Great video! I have a question that I can't seem to find the answer for. If you don't freeze the roto, does the beginning of the clip lose its roto affect you put on it? That seems to happen to me quite often and I don't understand why. I'll get thru 75% of my clip with the roto brush and then the beginning starts to lose the progress I've done on it. Should I freeze half way thru and then continue on? Then freeze again? Appreciate your help!

[@SappyDa]

As someone who is has been using rotobrush since v1, I can say that v3 is incredibly faster and accurate as far as human subjects are concerned, but it is still borderline unusable unless you have a top of the line PC. The refine brush tool adds processing time multiple over what the regular brush would have taken. Making a correction in the middle of a track destroys the entire track ahead of it. Thats a major time waster. We are still a long way away from a one stop AI driven roto solution. (quick tip - instead of using the refine edge brush, use only the regular brush, freeze the roto and drop in a refine soft matte effect. Saves loads of time.)

[@andydreadsbmx]

Was looking for a little more info on V3.0 not just "Here is how the roto brush has always worked".

[@ItsWesSmithYo]

Good thing there’s 20k channels with Ae tuts 😂 right 😎🖤🍭🫶🐓. Although he did say it’s way faster and more accurate 😂 than 2.0 🌯 enjoy my friend 🙏

[@knewone6806]

The music in this advertisement is so good. Can you tell me the name of the song, or where I can download it to listen to? Thank you.

[@robjoyce-lifestyle6464]

Thanks, I have question, for sports video clips that have faster movement, what is the ideal frame rate and how much shutter speed is ideal when using RB 3.0 to help prevent motion blur or ghosting in the movements.

[@christophermoonlightproduction]

Great video but I feel like Adobe has just been gaslighting me for years into believing that the rotobrush has ever gotten any better. lol

[@mj_nooker]

Hmm, thanx for introduction! But when I tried to use rotobrush in my AE 2023 - there is a rotobrush 1.0 and 2.0 only... Maybe it's because my integrated (not discreet) GPU?

[@rayw9451]

Thank you! I feel like I'm missing a step. Once I've rotobrush the first frame, I press play, the brush/mask doesn't follow on the subsequent frames. What am I missing here?

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Hi Ray, sorry to hear about the frustration. It could be simply that it's working too hard that it's taking a really long time for every frame 😔 The other issue is that sometimes when there's a mismatch between the framerate of your clip and the framerate of your composition it can have some problems. Is your computer really really slow in general? If so it might just be that Rotobrush could be pushing it too hard. Hopefully something in there is able to help. So glad you liked the tutorial, thank you so much for watching! 😄

[@mr.dikkens]

Where can i find your final video product/commercial?

[@InfluencerPodcast2023]

my after effects only has 2.0. How did you get the 3.0 version?

[@ash7324]

How do you make it analyse and roto the entire clip though? If I go to play it it just plays a second and them just loops that, and the part thats been analysed disappears from the timeline once it goes so far past it.

[@radioactiveag2531]

thank you!! great explanation! needed this.

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

My pleasure! 😄 So glad it was helpful! 🙏

[@mikele8476]

which IN AFTER EFFECT got roro 3? thank

[@georgew.fladeland3613]

What is happening when I'm in rotobrush mode but when I have my green marker to make a path, there are not lines that pop up to indicate a path has been made? I've used this method before but not working this time. Thanks for any help

[@franciscojauregui6634]

anzwaz to invert the rotoscop mask? to keep the background but remove the subject?

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

There's not quite a one click solution, but you can get around it by duplicating the layer and removing the roto from the bottom. Then you can set the top roto layer to be the matte for another layer with the layer controls on the left. This makes it look like the roto is cutout and you can see through it which would be exactly the same thing that you're getting at but in a messy workaround.

[@NONE2NONE]

My biggest issue with rotobrush is that its always used in a scene where a single actor is performing. In that context, its much easier for AI to determine how to scope, but real scenes can include two or more actors. This is where it falls apart. I see that lightroom is able to determine different faces in a picture. I wonder if that tech could be integrated into rotobrush so that the AI can tell this guy is different from that guy when rotobrushing

[@zainzachary6019]

1:00 after clicking the tool, my cursor doesnt draw a line to the object. please advise

[@desperatefeistytesticle]

my roto brush never works 😭 is there like a certain thing i need to do to make it work?

[@karolowczarek7712]

Can I find this folding paper animation from 0:20 on motion array?

[@vahidamini1863]

✌...

[@talktoyourself00]

why is it that when there's a part of footage where AE included some unwanted background, I try to go back in with the red rotobrush and it doesn't erase the background? Or it does, partly, but it only shows it after playing the scene again. I think I have enough RAM and mycomputer is optimized for doing all of this. Has this ever happened to anyone?

[@cabisch]

Man I'm struggling here.. I don't get the green cursor after double clicking the footage.. I have selected the roto tool.. but I don't get to "paint" the green lines..

[@lvpower5214]

You guys need to expand your filters and categories in the music section of your website a bit

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

We'd love to know what you're missing?

[@satviksharma6405]

Which version of after effects support roto brush 3.0?

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Ae 2024 - (Version 24.0 onward)

[@sofiakch]

how do you export the roto without bg i always get a black bg

[@tomfoolerydean]

Is this Roto Brush 3.0 only available in Beta version?

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

Correct, but it will be coming to the main very shortly. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a part of the next main update given the stability and positive community reception

[@tomfoolerydean]

@@MotionArrayTutorials Ok excellent, thank you for the reply! I'll download the Beta now then.

[@2424rocket]

Still not nearly as good as the magic mask in resolve.

[@jn2400]

I have a clip where 90% isnt even moving yet my rotoscope sections i removed are moving frame by frame how does that even make sense?

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

This could be a problem where your footage framerate is different from your composition framerate. Check for a message at the bottom of your footage window and double check that those two frame rates match

[@CryptoFeeders]

which ae version has 3?

[@boxy3087]

how to propogate this faster?

[@TheBradley82]

Doesn't work for me. I get as far as drawing the green line or even a green line around the subject, but no selection actually happens. Then I try play back, and it says rendering, but still absolutely no selection. Checked over and over on this and another video tutorial and all the settings in the panels are identical.

[@jaysonfontela5761]

✔

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

😄🙏

[@14onyx]

Why do you reply only to comments praising you with Wow amazing exactly what I needed Leaving out the ones like - "still not the same as.." with constructive replies such as, ok we'll consider that thank you. Do you need extra affirmations to your content?

[@qnolic]

in Resolve, magic mask still better

[@patfish3291]

still not a too big jump - was expecting more form that AI

[@globemachinemanufacturingc6357]

Does anyone else not have RotoBrush 3.0

[@carsofmedicine]

I don't even edit with After Effects and watched the whole video lol

[@MotionArrayTutorials]

😂 😅

[@karmayeshi]

Still davinciresolve has better

[@geoseason5800]

Slow down a bit 🙂