Rotobrush 2 Tutorial - Adobe After Effects

In this After Effects tutorial I will explore and show you how to use Rotobrush 2 (which is insane by the way). Powered by Sensei, Roto Brush 2 will select and track the object, frame by frame, isolating the subject automatically. Also, HUGE thanks to Adobe for letting me get my hands on this thing before it was launched. If you enjoy my content, consider subscribing and hitting that like button!
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00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - The Goal
01:22 - What is Rotoscoping
01:54 - How to use Rotobrush 2
03:11 - Rotobrush 2 Settings
03:52 - How to Rotoscope Footage
04:30 - Rotobrush View Modes
04:44 - Freezing / Saving Your Rotoscope
04:59 - Fine Tuning the Rotobrush Matte
05:37 - Inserting a Graphic
06:03 - Making Changes to Results
06:14 - Using the Refine Edge Tool
06:55 - Results from Rotobrush V1
07:43 - Differences between Rotobrush V1 and V2
08:42 - Do More with Rotobrush 2
09:13 - Ending
Rotobrush 2 Tutorial - Adobe After Effects
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[@adarshchandran758]

Which version of Adobe after effects will rotobrush 2 be in exactly? (Assuming it officially releases after the beta)

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You can download After Effects Beta from the Creative Cloud app! There's a little science / beaker icon where you can explore beta apps!

[@Rickbison]

Knowing its adobe, its their newest paywall cloud version.

[@zachhunter1479]

Rotobrush 1 was trash. Could never hold a selection, and it would end up taking as much time to create a matte as it would just using masks. I'm always finding myself having to redraw the rotobrush matte for every single frame. I hope Rotobrush 2 is better.

[@Winamp_]

But do you have an "idea" or a time estimation regarding for how long it takes for the beta to become an official update and being released?? What is it usually like (timewise)? approx how many weeks?

[@itsaer0]

Adarsh Chandran yo could you help when i render a regular video with no masking it renders perfectly but when i mask a video the video doesnt render fully

[@rhysobasi811]

Damn! As someone who literally spent 5 hours rotoscoping frame by frame last night with the mask tool I am SUPER HYPED for this! Thanks for another amazing tutorial Ian, you da man!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

OOF - should have waited 1 more day :P

[@bySterling]

A M A Z I N G !!! I have to say I kept waiting for you to notice and take out the background area between his arm. Thanks so much for this awesome showcase vid!

[@AlexCAnderson]

I had a very difficult time roto-ing a dark monster face and separating the facial elements (lower jaw, upper teeth, upper face, etc.) and roto v1 was SLOW and very tedious to see how the smoothness of the roto would look in motion. This tutorial convinced me to port over to AE 17.1.3 beta to try the roto brush v2, and I'm so thankful I did. The roto speed is remarkably faster and more responsive, and scrubbing in full resolution was a breeze compared to before. Your tips on editing the mask after the roto brush is finished was super helpful-I wasn't following that before and some pesky problems went away after adopting that workflow. Million thanks for this great tutorial!

[@alejandrortorres]

Love Rotobrush 2. Thanks for doing this easy-to-follow demo. I've had moderate success with Rotobrush 1, but this is huge leap forward. It blew my mind to see how well the chatter reduction works. Adobe, I am impressed...again. I no longer dread having to roto a shot.

[@RM-mb6vg]

I love the way you teach, entertaining yet informative.

[@thecluelesschef4690]

one of the most engaging tutorials I've watched in a long time!

[@MattEatsMochi]

I come back to this video every time I need a refresher on rotobrush 2.

[@tackeyyyy]

came across this video on my recommendations, watched it, saw that you were wearing a sweet Team Liquid shirt, then found out you work there! SUBBED.

[@ronikverma2246]

Yaay, another awesome tutorial from my favorite KZbin. Love your content man... keep making more !!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Thank you for watching!

[@andyc7777]

I like how you made the guy walk away 8:24 haha.

[@HarlemKnite]

This is Epic! There is a Twiki that I have been wanting to add to my bit Alert but I almost threw my laptop across the room because of Roto1!! Let’s see how Roto 2 works with bad quality pixelation lol. Missed ya dude! Welcome back! Stay easy!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Thanks man!

[@aimanifest]

I love this! I’ll definitely work on getting my hands on this to add new dimensions to my videos! Thank you!

[@sarahmocke]

Best tutorial I’ve seen. Super easy to follow. Thank you.

[@rebecastret5046]

you're the first youtuber to showcase this.. awesome :P

[@alexandros_theofanous]

I tried to hit the like button 2-3 times, but I realized that I've already hitted it!! Great tutorial and great effect!!

[@LifeBloodMarketing]

I once spent 14 hours rotoing a clip, 8 seconds long, 30fps. After the second crash. I never roto'd again, until now. But it also crashed while working through this tut.

[@LifeBloodMarketing]

Update: Clear adobe AE Cache before each roto project, also convert video into tiff seq seems to be more stable doing those two items.

[@happymeal2159]

thats why u spam save

[@jonnomonodesu]

Feel for you bro; doing a 5 minute video myself. I may not survive to completion

[@mvfvideos]

I spent two full days and still having problems

[@melanienegron340]

@@LifeBloodMarketing z

[@Finlod]

Just got After Effects to go along with Premier, nice to have so many tutorials from you!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

There's a lot to watch ;)

[@NahshonWebb]

I watched 3 prior roto vids b4 this, and my friend this was most easiest to grasp understand and follow. Thank bro ✊🏾

[@ROYALVIDEOS_ROYALVIDEOS]

This bay far the best tutorial i have seen in 2020 thank you so much i really needed this your the best thank you.

[@jwood999]

You are a life saver, these videos are helping me so much with my music visualizers. Much love and many thanks!!

[@gamerpoets]

I have done this manually. SOOO many times lol... Finally found a good tutorial that just tells it how it is = ) Thanks

[@ukmonk]

Awesome, thank you. Can’t wait to try this out . This works like I thought the OG rotobrush would work.

[@PHEELL822]

This tutorial was thorough I want to scream. I love it. Got me unstuck on something I'm working on thank you.

[@rebeccacravatta5528]

Hi, I loved this video! Funny and super helpful too! So excited to try it. Thank you Ian!

[@PurrfectMedia]

Wow this looks really fun!

[@enzothepalekid]

I havent even tried the rotobrush 2 tool yet but im positive that it will work fine. Thanks for the tutorial!!

[@mp_reviews]

Awesome tutorial! And entertaining. Thanks for this.

[@DigitalGenki]

Great tutorial, my fave so far!

[@sashanakitende8532]

Great, just what i needed and thanks so much for the time stamps!

[@aadiinmotion]

Excellent tut, well done man. Liked and subed!

[@shakesnbake]

Wow! So clear and easy to understand. Thank you!

[@rumerobnamia]

wow such a fun guy like how you showed everything with ease

[@prahsess4207]

Man, your videos are the TRUTH!

[@webdog3667]

This is actually so good

[@nicklampers1069]

Hell yeah, Exactly what I needed. Thanks dude

[@ozzyosmond1]

Everything I wanted to know and nothing I didn't - great tutorial!

[@xChuddy]

FFS... all I have forgotten was to freeze it... Thanks man, you saved my finals assignment!

[@random8358]

I learned a lot from this vids! Thanks! Also is there any plugin in After Effects that you would absolutely recommend?

[@yekky22]

Amazing video thank u so much!!! ❤ subscribed

[@thomaswindfeld728]

Yay! Weekend has now been planed! 😆

[@adityaakhare3519]

Thank you for in depth knowledge of rotobrush 2 ....♥️♥️

[@TheTMax]

I haven't even learned rotobrush 1 yet! 😅 I'm gonna go learn it now so I can upgrade to rotobrush 2 and be super impressed. Great video!

[@DialUpDigest]

This was super helpful, thank you so much!

[@abhishekrnair9847]

Thank you very much bro. I see this rotobrush tool in my after effects but didnt know that it is this much useful.

[@FLtrailblazer]

Wow I’m going to practice with this thank you!

[@EnterprisezJ]

I watched your tut soo IN TIME, made a rotoscope with the first version rotobrush and it was so bad.. Just now I'm trying the second version and it works PERFECTLY on my video. Thank you!!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Don't thank me! Thank the After Effects team lol

[@fcrhdesign_]

Thanks for the tutorials it's great bro!

[@ChrisytinaaCoffee]

Absolutely remarkable. What an amazing time saving tool.

[@tralfaz8628]

Thank you so much! This is helping me save hours of time on my project!

[@NLENinjaEffects]

Excellent tutorial and I just subbed your channel. Keep up the great work!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Thank you :D

[@Bthefilmer]

First time watching this.... Dope tutorial!!!

[@melissa_pastrana]

Excellent-- Thank you so much

[@ampimagery]

This is amazing!

[@hollycortez4943]

Great tutorial. Thanks!

[@kenbarnes7853]

Great tutorial. Thanks. I have a painting in the background that I am trying to change. Hands exchange some papers in front of the painting. I want to keep the 2 people, and rest of art gallery in the shot but get rid of the painting. I tried using 2.0 and all the info here (and there) but the rotoscope just jitters and jumps no matter how many times I go over it (about 8 hours and counting), partly because the tones in the faces and hands are quite similar to those in the painting I want to scope out. It would be great to be able to have the rotoscope 'read' a more contrasty background (red alpha overlay, for example) AND be able to see your original drawn lines. Possible? It's also STILL extremely frustrating to have to wait for the propagation time and time again, every time you make a few small changes. Any way to avoid the constant rendering until you're finally ready to freeze it? So far, for a rather complex and longish (5 seconds) clip, there isn't a lot of difference between 1.0 and 2.0 for me.

[@Marqed]

this is very nice guide

[@7ds27]

This guy is amazing! good energy

[@SharpDesign]

Thank you for the time stamps. Helps a lot

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

I legitimately just found out about this feature like... yesterday. Time to go back and do my entire catalog! lol

[@randiryn]

Thankss so much information i got here, subscribed!

[@maxizee8708]

Thank you for that tut mate!

[@artakturner]

*thnks, very cool tutorial*

[@apokalypseAATT]

Awesome video! Funny and super informative ! 😎👍😎👍😎👍

[@Endiversum]

Thank you! I never understood Rotobrush right and so didnt use it... But now i maybe can finally be like the deadline :D

[@americancrush]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[@NicholasAndrew1]

you're great, bro! cheers from brazil 🇧🇷

[@RommySandhuDirChoreo]

Seriously, great tutorial. I'm having a blast using rotobrush2. Question: I'm doing a 4 minute video, do I have to propagate frame by frame? Is there a faster way than FbF or 10F jumps? thanks in advance.

[@Insomniakin]

ever figure that out? I have a fast pc and its slow af

[@SkubiArt]

thanks for amazing lessons 💥💥

[@chrischaei]

Best tutorial ever thanks!

[@davidp158]

Thanks for this video. The original Rotobrush failed me virtually every time I used it. After watching so many tutorials, and trying to master Rotobrush V1, I finally gave up and avoided it altogether. I do see an improvement in edge quality with Rotobrush V2 in AE2022, but on my iMac Pro it crawls at an incredibly slow pace with 4K footage. Every time I create a brush stroke there is a 4 to 6 second lag before the stroke appears on screen. Any suggestions on which settings I can disable or adjust to improve performance?

[@XIIF]

fantastic.. i love rotobrush 2

[@astatine_OP]

bro this is really helpful for beginners like me thanks for sharing 😊😊

[@talalalzayedi]

thank you very much for the very simple way to explain this lessons i realy enjoy it thank you

[@RoyKerckhoffsArt]

Thanks so much! Was getting frustrated with difference matte.... Had a very busy background.

[@KhanKhan-ro2np]

u r so amazing and creative

[@HyperActive94]

great rotobrush tutorial thnx for this :)

[@mike_all]

Thanks man for this

[@TheIwatt1]

Thanks for easy to follow TUT.

[@fillphat]

looks good... no more headaches..

[@AmauriRJr]

So nice, thank's!!

[@MLPics]

Holy hell... Adobe should give you a truckload of money because this is an amazing tut!

[@dubonet24]

Amazingly good

[@MaxwellsUnearthly]

This video was so good, and I don t even use rotoscope, but maybe now I will, when will 2.0 come out for regular versions of AE?

[@zaynakassim4769]

Hi! Love your work! So, I am very much new to all this and nailed the rotobrush edit BUT I need to start the video masking from a certain point to put in a new background whilst ensuring the original is still intact for the first few seconds. How do I do that?

[@seradamframpton-oyamot4828]

Great video

[@tiktokanimeedit9784]

Great bro

[@NoelSufrin]

Excellent vid - was super turned off by version one, but this gives me great hope again!

[@emoultragaming]

Thank you bro

[@ItsNotFameItsLikes]

FINALY I CAN CHANGE THE SIZE OF MY BRUSH!! THANK YOOOOU!

[@ShoneTheGenije]

Nice tutorial, really helpful. I was wondering is there any chance to convert rotobrush mask as shape mask for any other layer. For example, would it be possible to use rotobrush you made for this guy in the video, and copy it as a mask for the Text layer. So that you don't need the rotobrushed layer any more. Just the original footage and masked text layer.

[@knockoutkayne8665]

I guess you could just fill the layer with white and then use it as a matte.

[@AdrianHaynes619]

Great video much success to you subd

[@deepanshudutt6080]

Excellent Explanation of RotoBrush 2.I like it and i need this Tutorial. Thanks Man. Do more Tik-Tok video effects tutorials

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

What is popular on TikTok these days anyway

[@shartcadet]

well done tut

[@chassa7266]

New Sub from Australia...Thanks

[@prodtumfy]

great vid

[@inspirationproductions4020]

I haven’t heard of Rotobrush until right now and its basically premieres equivalent of the quick selection tool in photoshop

[@iftiawan5690]

Subscribed thank u

[@lindseyrecanati8080]

hey there!! nice video!!! I just have some issues. I did step by step what you said. Did the selection with roto, duplicated the layer, erased rotoscoped from the first layer... worked perfect!! Now I need to do some changes. but I can't unfreeze the first layer BEACUSE I DELETED the roto from it. So how can I do some changes???? Thanks

[@ethangill3257]

Thanks! The problem I am having with rotobrush is that I am trying to cut out subjects from photos and then adding motion to the subject in the photo. The issue is now that I have 7 photos in a collage, the rotobrush propagating is taking a long time to run, and I cannot see any of my work on the screen. How can someone improve the propogation process speed so that I can play through my composition to check the motion?

[@JonathanLifeisForLiving]

Pure GOLD :)