Week 13 - Rotoscoping

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Discussion: Example of Rotoscoping:



Rotoscoped Animals:


Exercise: Create an animation of an ostrich walking (walk cycle)

1. Download the following images or locate them on the local public drive (if you are in class)
• Ostrich Walk - 1
• Ostrich Walk - 2
• Ostrich Walk - 3
• Ostrich Walk - 4
• Ostrich Walk - 5
• Ostrich Walk - 6
• Ostrich Walk - 7
• Ostrich Walk - 8
• Ostrich Walk - 9
• Ostrich Walk - 10
• Ostrich Walk - 11
• Ostrich Walk - 12
2. Import the images to the stage as a sequence (import the first image and flash will locate the rest)
3. Lock the layer of photos
4. Create a new layer for the each of the following 'left leg', 'right leg', 'body', 'neckAndHead'
5. Convert the frames of each layer to 'blank keyframes'
6. Begin tracing over each body part for each frame of the animation (its a good idea to use different colours for the legs so the action is clearer to understand.  Make the leg furthest from camera slightly darker)
7. Once you are finished, delete the photo layer and play it!

Further Reading: Importing Video to flash for Rotoscoping