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[@shutterstocktutorials]

Heads up - the shortcut for the Pen tool is (G), not (P). I had changed my keyboard shortcuts recently to make P the pen tool in After Effects and forgot to change it back. Sorry for the confusion! -Robbie

[@originalname8093]

Lol

[@AfricanGeek]

How were you able to do that?

[@samnum69]

@@AfricanGeek Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts ( shortcut is CTRL + ALT + ' )

[@AfricanGeek]

@@samnum69 Thanks a lot! You are the best!

[@omarciyo]

when I try to use the rotobrush it just ends up putting on a paint effect. How do I fix this?

[@shirayamakai5866]

Rotoscoping is easier if you make masks separating the parts of the object. With less points to control, the easier it gets to animate the masks. And sometimes it avoids doing the work frame by frame. You can interpolate the movement, so it’s less hazle than moving multiple points frame after frame. \o/

[@Chribit]

THANK YOU, thought i was the only one thinking that...

[@krasavam1625]

@@Chribit can you use mask in After Effects like you do mask in Photoshop. In Photoshop you can perfectly trace any object including hair etc. using mask, can you do the same in After Effects

[@Chribit]

Krasava M yes, there‘s an extra tool for hair :)

[@dsrikanth5875]

Hello me Srikanth Dugyala I am senior VFX rotoscoping artist if you have any rotoscoping work please tell me

[@thesunrock]

Is there any video showing this?

[@KatieEpner]

Helpful, relaxed tutorial. Robbie is one of the few on-camera tutorial hosts who doesn't annoy me. Well done!

[@shutterstocktutorials]

That's a huge relief, because I CONSTANTLY think my voice is annoying lol. Thanks! -Robbie

[@Weirtoe]

@@shutterstocktutorials absolutely not, some tutors on here can break me, you're very easy to listen to.

[@omarknowsphotos]

I can't even begin to tell you how helpful this was. Thank you!

[@Eddie-Film]

Excellent video! 0:52 "Masking is like the OG way of rotoscoping" XD Great!

[@streeterbuilds]

Hey dude, I just wanna say, I really appreciated your tutorial. I subscribed after about 1 minute of watching because I like the way you explain things, and you have an overall charisma that helps the videos flow. It's hard to find tutorials where the person explaining the process doesn't love to hear themselves talk. As a creative, I appreciate your tutorials a ton. THANKS!

[@intrlvdes]

ohmygosh i’ve watched so many tuts but this was the only one actually understandable THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@user-pr5ux3xw7g]

Excellent no-nonsense, unpadded tutorial video that was genuinely worth nine minutes of my life. Thanks for the help. Robbie.

[@richiebricker]

Thank You much!!! Ive been having a hard time with this tool

[@zxro3681]

Thanks man big help

[@maxfxgr]

Loved it, to the point. :) Great pace and nice examples.

[@MrGeoWolf]

Exactly what I needed! Thank You so much!

[@dragoEfuoco89]

Thanks for this video! That's exactly what I was looking for. 🤩

[@SakanaKogane]

very cool thank you! for the roto-brush part, i would've liked to see the "Freeze" button explained and exactly what to do when you're finished adjusting every frame that's interesting

[@SusieSu321]

omg thank you! the refine edge tool is so so great. thank you for giving me another reason to love after effects

[@ravinder791]

thank u bro. this is what i wanted to learn in rotoscoping.

[@calebstopa]

2:45 That's the face of a man who has forgoten to click the stopwatch... 😂Don't worry your not the only one. 😩😵

[@shutterstocktutorials]

I knew someone would notice 😂😂😂 But thanks to the magic of editing, you all didn't see me lose an hour of work because I didn't click the stopwatch. -Robbie

[@calebstopa]

@@shutterstocktutorials OHHH THAT STINKS

[@Remavi]

Been there, Done that...More times than i should have.

[@roryvalintine5792]

​@@shutterstocktutorials i'm not getting this stop watch at all on mine, need help !

[@Pauluz_The_Web_Gnome]

@@shutterstocktutorials After five tries and losing a couple of hours, I discovered that I had to choose the stopwatch in After Effects and not my real stopwatch! Duh....

[@karimoon5323]

Love the background elevated music Lol..GREAT VIDEO..THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!😊

[@GothamOtakuTV]

This helped in so many ways man thank you so much for your knowledge we truly appreciate you!

[@renatonuneslima7995]

Very nice. Thanks for sharing that. One question. How could I copy that selection defined by rotobrush and use it, for example, as a path to an audio spectrum or a stroke?

[@mr.wafwaf7488]

Very nice work man. Keep rollin'

[@gabrielladesantis3241]

THANK YOU! THIS WAS AWESOME! Do you have any tips for someone editing a photo that wants to make the background edited?

[@VideoUpskill]

Good comparison and shows how fast the newer tool is to work with.

[@TB-fk4qm]

Thank you!

[@alexidoesmusic]

Thanks so much for this! I'm trying to rotoscope a quick 7sec video using the rotobrush and its taking forever-do you have any recommendations on how to speed up the process? I'm on macbook pro with 16GB of memory. It seems like any tiny adjustment I make takes 5mins to "propogate" and only gets longer with each adjustment!

[@TeaCius1]

You’re a really good teacher! Thank you🏆

[@musabinho]

Very easy and very helpful tutorial 👌

[@jacobchristianglover3655]

Another great tutorial Robbie... It looked a little challenging, but I'll give it shot and see how things turn out :-) Be well, stay encouraged, and thanks for sharing!

[@Madruguitar]

This was really helpful. Thnx!

[@evgeniicherniak3332]

Great tutorial, dude! Thx!

[@bvladimirpl]

Thanks a lot!

[@James-si9xe]

Incredible tutorial !

[@sweakley1]

Always try the AE rotoscoping feature before you subject yourself to this arduous frame by frame pen too method.

[@seumemel]

EbSynth

[@dsrikanth5875]

Hello sir me Srikanth Dugyala I am senior VFX rotoscoping artist if you have any rotoscoping work please tell me

[@memenazi7078]

Yeah Vegas masking sucks

[@pranavmhatre1292]

THE WAY U TEACHING MEN ITS VERY CLEAR

[@akhiraheemm]

Man, u really are a funny lad. It was a really informative video. Earned my sub G!

[@shootncut67]

Awesome, wish I knew this a long time ago, thanks.

[@shahidsheikh6259]

I didn't know about the game thanks man

[@kmkm-dp9wc]

Homie really gave me a website to practice the pen tool, i really cant thank you enough

[@thetropicanas530]

Cheers dude! That's quite helpful.

[@GroundUpProduct00]

The look you gave at 2:47. ON GOD I FELT THAT

[@KNIGH7]

Thank you for this tutorial. I'm new to rotoscoping so this video is basically my Bible.

[@nemoitrex9643]

Fantastic, thanks❗

[@RachelLerch]

Love it. Thanks!

[@carrymcbarry]

Mate you smashed it

[@isaacas1218]

Thanks a lot Sir... It's really useful for me to know roto brush and color correction...

[@NickCreatesArt]

Thanks for the video. You made it sound super easy. My question is it only worked for the first three seconds when I ran it with my other comp. Do I need to do it again and again. It jumped back into the original background. Or is this a Ram issue? I do have an older Mac with only 8GB or RAM.

[@RommySandhuDirChoreo]

Great quick tutorial. Does it have to propagate as you go, or can you skim and check as needed?

[@dtrain138]

I used to hate the pen tool, but made myself learn it and now it's easy and less of a hassle. I spent one all-nighter cutting out objects from pictures. If you can remember when and how to use the Alt/Option Key and Control/Command/Apple key, it will come together for you. THAT and how to continue a path.

[@dsrikanth5875]

Hello me Srikanth Dugyala I am senior VFX rotoscoping artist if you have any rotoscoping work please tell me you need more details please text me...

[@AJMac1]

Great tip on using the refine edge tool, my only complaint is the propagating. My Lil 13inch Pro M1 fan kicked on big time to render my roto on a green background.

[@wendellpo3814]

Nice one both methods explained really well 👍

[@piasmaker5173]

amazing bruh

[@raybreezee]

thanks for this video man!

[@EdGobina]

This was a good piece mate.

[@Micropterus06]

Thanks bro

[@f1nn3rs]

this was so useful tysm

[@BrandonPlantz]

That was really good! Thanks, man.

[@dsrikanth5875]

Hello sir me Srikanth Dugyala I am senior VFX rotoscoping artist if you have any rotoscoping work please tell me

[@antarctic8927]

Thanks for the tutorial, helps me a lot Also 2:45 I felt that same pain many times before too

[@roryvalintine5792]

i'm not getting this stop watch at all on mine, need help !

[@SweetSourTravel]

Great tutorial, nice tips good pace

[@allyncia]

Lo-hove this! Also, I notice it takes so much time to propogate! I have a dynamic link from PP and I went to edit the original because I missed some frames (should have watched your video- my roto took 13hrs so I ignored some spots but now I want to fix them. I used a proxy set up in premiere but still, my computer is taking a long time to get through this. Also, I didn't see you mention freeze and unfreeze. I unfreezed so I could use the rotobrush again in my layer on the frames that need touch up. Oh, I also want to use that skin color changing effect... I'm subscribing. Thanks for any answers!

[@petermukisaamegovu5450]

Love it 💯

[@ilhamramadhan2099]

thanks broo

[@sveva-patrizi]

hi :) around 7:20 what do i press to make the blue feathering line that adjusts the border automatically :)) thanks

[@kalgoatee]

Do you have tips for rotoscoping footage that is heavily shadowed and it is hard for AE to get a good read background vs actor? Traditional old school roto?

[@rangiorataura1397]

what if it just outlines the whole image after trying to outline one thing?

[@robertorodriguez934]

amazing tutorial SUBSCRIBED

[@VicVegaTW]

This was good

[@PrasadTiruvalluri]

Good tutorial. I just wish you had magnified when selecting menu options (such as selecting "Stopwatch") as we cannot actually see anything as to what you are selecting.

[@mirzazaidtariq2322]

Amazing man

[@leylynn87]

Thanks! 5:20 for rotobrush tool instead of masking manually

[@matoflynn]

So good!!

[@mariammcdaniel1605]

That was so helpful tho! Thanks a bunch

[@JohnBrownTV]

appreciate all the tip vids.. subbing. thanks.

[@balinciwaaga3797]

Thank you because I did not know what it was

[@shubhambisht1328]

thankyou to save my time

[@trisv1974]

dude just save my life!!!

[@BenHengst]

I'm new to After Effects. I have rotoscoped some footage into 2 parts. I have then isolated them and precomposed them separately. When I add the precomp into the main composition that I need them for it seems the mask changes. It removes sections that were not removed before. Any tips?

[@brokentv9296]

thanks man

[@staticbuilds7613]

How can you add a line which goes around the object. I want to add this to a building

[@nilodossantosorlandi6751]

you are genuinely cool

[@Mr.CreamCheese69]

your options and setting look completely different from mine. is it do to a newer update?

[@_Ajax]

Can someone tell me which app to use? I just heard the word and wanted to check it out, so I don’t really know anything.

[@suleimanisa6075]

a very intuitive video on rotoscoping but supposing Im rotoscoping on a scene where i need to add a text how do i go about it?

[@DaveSy]

Those C-stands were featured extras to make rotoscoping this scene essential.

[@defnu]

nicceeeee...I LIKE!!

[@CTAPLLII4HA]

Very cool job. How do I make a clean rotoscoping of a moving object with particles? Say a car and dirt from under the wheels + shadow

[@dsrikanth5875]

Hello me Srikanth Dugyala I am senior VFX rotoscoping artist if you have any rotoscoping work please tell me you need more details please text me...

[@rdedit4195]

That clicks of rotobrush saved my day

[@VAHEABED]

Thanks

[@dudoodle2425]

is it possible to mask multiple things in a 5 sec clip with each mask having different effects?

[@akmalhasan7549]

can u use rotobrush to erase the background for a long video?

[@bigironfist626]

I'm very new to this and this is my first video on rotoscoping. What program are you using exactly and what's the price range? I only have a laptop at the moment. A pretty old one at that...

[@swashy8933]

how do i use rotobrush on media linked clip in premiere? Double clicking does not create a layer

[@LocalForecast]

Nice, i was using that prehistoric adobe ANIMATE hahaha it's time for a level up this is great ty

[@LocalForecast]

also hi shameless plug: my animation took many hours, its a video for a Ween cover I did if anyone likes the sound of that, pls check it out! peace

[@thomaswindfeld728]

Hi. Great video. However, it looks like AE is only rendering like 1=5 sec of the rotoscoped timeline. Any ideas why this may be?

[@yomodojo]

I have this issue right now...

[@robertabize]

Thankyou

[@bl624]

Hi I was watching the tutorial, but noticed after you clicked the page down button, there is missing the next steps? What do you do after it processes? How do you save it? I am new to this, please let me know, also how do I get the photo I want it to go on top of? how do we mesh these two together please?

[@Noealz]

Pretty great tutorial : )

[@tayballtop]

What if you want to add a second layer of rotoscoping?

[@dragonheart9672]

Why after i save the animation,it doesn’t correspond with the video in the programm? Can you help me?

[@BroScro]

Apparently rotoscope in the current Beta version of AE is active and automatic for each frame and pretty accurate.

[@85FilmsProductions]

Easiest way to export the foreground with a transparent background?