The Art Of Rotoscoping

[@ieatgremlins]

Tom Waits is pure genius. This was a fantastic video, super informative and entertaining.

[@bubblet321]

Great video and explanation! You definitely took your time to get all the information. Thanks!

[@ToastyRoland]

Fantastic video. Waking Life was a masterpiece. Cheers.

[@aussieknuckles]

Love this video, really well done. I can see how the song of the south would have been very captivating as a kid, very vibrant scenes with the rotoscoping.

[@S_Reaptor]

Taaaaake ooonnn meeeee (takeonme!) Taaaaaaaake meeeeee ooooooonnnn (takeonme!)

[@dewberry150]

Very cool I did not know it was used in so many things

[@mrlee666]

1:03 don’t tell the mouse, but I’ve actually got a copy of that movie on dvd, I think it’s a pirated version from China, 🤫 Preemptive context: splash mountain is (and, sadly, soon that “is” will be “was”) based on the animated portions of the movie. The first time I went to Disneyland when I was six, I went on splash mountain. For some *more* context, while we were in line, I saw the famous drop, and said to my mom “I’m glad we aren’t going on that ride.” It was too late when I realized the log was wet. Boy was I mad. I can look back and laugh now, and the picture from the ride is always fun to look back on. (Not the point of this story, but I still have a hard time going on splash mountain. I can tolerate it once these days, but that’s it). So, between the first and second trip, my parents wanted to convince me that it wasn’t a scary ride, so they (somehow) bought a copy. I have only watched it once, and I don’t really know where the thing went. I hope the disc isn’t cracked or scratched… TL:DR: I’m a big chicken, so mom and dad pirated a movie

[@motipic]

This is great. Happy that i found this!

[@TheEleventeen]

Wonderful video ! Thank you for making it !

[@Clauriffo]

Thank you for this very enjoyable and informative video.

[@ulysse6916]

Wow, love your vids and your style

[@bashisobsolete.pythonismyn6321]

4:00 this effect is gorgeous. how is this done?

[@SlobboVideo]

Holy shit! I thought that this would be another great video but I was not ready for the nostalgia overload! Why u do this?

[@MaxAmerica.Freedom]

Slobbo What are you a moron? I bet you never studied history.

[@allennavas3830]

I think this style looks nice IF done right, but after seeing amazon's new trailer for "UNDONE". It looks like the animator from wikihow made it.

[@helen8022]

The story was so wonderful tho. I loved it.

[@seumemel]

I like that animation. The weirdness fits

[@leiasart4610]

Excuse me? I think the style of undone is beautiful. The backgrounds are made with oil paintings, the characters with rotoscoping, I think it's stunning, though it took me a few episodes to get used to

[@KittyFace999]

Great video

[@YAakash]

what a joy ride !

[@worlem]

A good one that everyone should see is the music video for 'Baby I'm Yours' by Breakbot.

[@Arishaa]

hey that was a great job and lots of benefits but could you plz mention the names of all the resources that you've used I mean all the clips and actors if possible thanks a lot

[@harshrathod2101]

anyone knows music that starts at 3:27 ?

[@ramoncampirano814]

Greats video! I'm surprised you didn't mention Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Cool World.

[@verduynaaron]

thanks man

[@sudevgs1118]

Great content!

[@rayprod8571]

Great video, thanks. Can one use rotoscoping to change live video to this animated look? I have a film here on KZbin that I believe can benefit from a unifying style, as it is a combination of live action and models and animation... (What We Do is TOP SECRET)

[@jettion35]

I'm here because of "Undone" on Amazon Prime. Have you watched it? The rotoscoping is gorgeous

[@marvelousdecay]

Haven't watched it yet but it's definitely on my watch list! I've only read good things about it!

[@anonymoushippopotamus5008]

How am I just now finding the name of this method!?

[@svavelvinter]

Great video, but Im amazed you didn't mention the movie "Tron", which contrary to Bakshi's version of "Lord of the Rings", really perfected the art of rotoscoping. :)

[@THEVNTGNETWORK]

can I use some seconds of this video in my next? I'll cite your channel in the descrption of course. let me know!

[@marvelousdecay]

If it's a short segment sure.

[@espiritukon4294]

Thank ypu

[@filipemalveiro]

whats the name of the animation at 3:33

[@marvelousdecay]

American Pop

[@gregorywilliams8614]

Where would you draw the line between rotoscoping and motion capture? It's possible to model a 3D version of a character without using specific dot data or anatomy so would you say that there's a distinction to be made between 3D rotoscoping and motion capture or would you say that if it's 3D we might as well just call it motion capture?

[@LannasMissingLink]

Rotoscoping for vfx is just used in the 2D department because you're rotoing around footage. For animation you can't really draw straight over the footage and leave it at that. You then need to then exaggerate poses and clean up the shapes so it doesnt look rotoscoped. Mocap creates 3D points in space that then need to be cleaned up by 3D artists. So I guess that is to say, in animation, both are early stage tools that still need to be cleaned up by anim, but one is a 2D animators tools and another 3D animators tool Your question about mocap is a bit unclear but yes you can do photogrammetry of a character but you do need to clean it up or your character will be made of millions of points that a computer can't handle. I know this comment is 3 years old but figured since it wasn't answered yet, I'd leave an answer in case someone else was wondering the same thing

[@jayrenolds1952]

I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE GAME FLASHBACK!! It reminds me SOO much of Impossible Mission as far as the fluid animation is concerned.

[@LordsofMedia]

Wow, someone that actually knows what rotoscoping is and doesn't think it's all about using the rotobrush to mask stuff in After Effects.

[@DIYTFY]

A Scanner Darkly is a sci-fi drug movie. You asked what was the point of using this effect if it looks exactly like the original footage. If you actually watch the movie you will notice many reasons why it works. A lot of the characters are hallucinating things such as alien figures and spiders, etc. It also gives the viewer the a drug like feeling while watching it. So that is the point.

[@michaeld954]

What software do you use to do it

[@hannarivera4801]

3:48 some one know what is the name of this video plis

[@marvelousdecay]

It's Gullivers Travels (1939)

[@hannarivera4801]

@@marvelousdecay Ahh sorry in the minute 3:46 the band with the guitarrs

[@simontrickfilmer]

I enjoyed your Essay! Now I'm wondering how you did your owen Rotoscape

[@marvelousdecay]

Glad you enjoyed it! The first segment was hand drawn and all the other segments were computer generated. The first segment definitely tested my patience. It took forever to finish!

[@simontrickfilmer]

@@marvelousdecay First is great, gratulatation! Did you use AE for the others or special Software? Tutorial? :-)

[@marvelousdecay]

The first part was hand drawn using an iPad and the rest was computer generated. A combination of After Effects and other programs. I'll add it to the list of videos for the future.

[@jgjg5182]

That fucking scene at 3:40 is so goddamn *C L E A N* I love it so much

[@mikel1709]

I watched the snow white and the minnie the moocher animations lots of times and I didn't realise how they were made until now

[@Cloud83]

hi dimitris , I am mohit from India . I am an independent filmmaker . what I know today is self learned . Rotoscoping is a new thing to me technically . can you do me a favour? please do tell me where to begin with rotoscoping? i want to make a shortfilm , using this technique . which application is good for begining ? I can not buy a paid application. so p[lease suggest me a free application to trust . Thanks and love from India . Mohit Singh ( cloud83 : The storyteller )

[@marvelousdecay]

You could always try using the apps already on your PC. For example Paint. All you need is a way to load an image and then draw over it. With a paid application you would have some extra nice features but for starting things out MS Paint could do the trick.

[@JRTET21]

what are 3 31 to 3 34 from? American pop?

[@marvelousdecay]

That is correct!

[@sirlancerstien]

You wanna prime example of this, look up the show Dream Corp LLC. Now THAT is one beautifully done show, using the semi-real feel of rotoscoping for dream sequences combined with 3d animated settings. Check it out.

[@joostariens]

Great!

[@samgamer4183]

Can you tell me the source of that clip from 3:50

[@marvelousdecay]

It’s from Animatrix. I forget the name of the short but it’s from That collection of shorts.

[@Funnybananapoka]

Μπραβο ρε!

[@creacion7d]

tremendo. sin desperticios. uuuffff, triple uuufff

[@Arishaa]

ahhhhhh I found them thanks thanks

[@yanggyan9729]

AWSM,i'll save it.👍

[@velovelog]

What about Sin City?

[@madjidchouarbi3921]

Sin City wasn't really rotoscoped. It's a regular movie with a video treatment.

[@Chic01taliano]

I've landed here because i wanted to see how rotoscoping works given that it's a technique used in the game Hotel Dusk: Room 215.

[@RolandsDad]

Dude, easily one of my favourite games and seiously underrated. Good pick!

[@ryuhayabusapwns]

Dudes of Hazmat and Princess Punchalot brought me here.

[@kuziokundera]

Darn, I was hoping for an explanation of how rotoscoping was used in Star Wars for the lightsabers since the lightsaber never looked cartoonish.

[@marvelousdecay]

The process is not much different there. They had some real life props/swords which they used in order to track and add the glowing effect on top with rotoscoping. The real life props also helped the actors with their performance because they had something to interact with.

[@jotun.616]

Linclatter is just making acid trip movies. Thinking because he has a name as a director it wont just be seen as another heavy metal.

[@RayPointerChannel]

THE TANTALIZING FLY is not display a great deal of Rotoscoping. One of the early examples of Rotoscoping can be seen in PERPETUAL MOTION (1920). Another of the advantages of Rotoscoping is the capturing of subtleties in acting that might not be realized by the Animator. These are among the things that add to the sense of the character being alive. It is interesting that Rotoscoping was relied upon for the character running in the video game. This speaks more about the experience level of the Animators working on the fame since any seasoned Animator can animate a running character that is smooth and believable. There is nothing of a major level of acting involved here that would require Rotoscoping.

[@constantinosschinas4503]

*walking life and scanner darkly are just horrible.* computer tracking is way too visible and spools animation. together with the pretty bad aesthetics, they are really good examples on what to not do with the aid of computers (as you mentioned). distant characters are left still and expressionless and cuts are just too obvious. faster is always cheaper and worse, in these cases. nice and very unbiased presentation, well done.

[@curiusfox784]

Ψάχνω βίντεο για rotoscoping και βρίσκω Έλληνα :)

[@narmale]

I miss song of the south... =(

[@mojojoji5493]

The south lost the civil war

[@solomontumu726]

Haha Prince of persia!

[@marcosgomezolivos]

Animatrix Is not rotoscopi

[@marvelousdecay]

Each episode used a variation of animation techniques. The episode I’m talking about did in fact use rotoscoping.

[@ericpeterson2960]

Robert Downey DR was in scanner darkly? Bruh..

[@stereo123]

Yikes, most of that stuff looks goddamn awful. Rotoscope is almost always lifeless at best, and utter shit from hell at worst