Week 14 - Rotoscoping Tips

Here is a video tutorial on how to import Video and setup your Flash file for Rotoscoping - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up9UbSndNO4

The technique is very similar to what I showed you in class.  The only difference was that I demonstrated a method in which you save your video as a series of JPEGs and import it as a sequence (to avoid potential video compatibility issues in Flash).  If the method in the video fails, try saving the video as a JPEG sequence and importing it to the stage in Flash as a sequence of images.


The steps I demonstrated in class, were as follows:

Step 1 - Download .mp4 Video

1. Find a video on YouTube
2. Copy the URL of the video (eg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up9UbSndNO4)
3. Go to http://saveyoutube.com/ and Paste the YouTube URL into the form and Select 'Download'
4. Choose the '.mp4' video format
5. Your video will then begin to download

Step 2 - Convert Video to JPEG image sequence

1. Open Adobe Media Encoder
2. "Add..." the video you recently downloaded to the Queue
3. Change the Output Format to 'JPEG'
4. Click on the 'Custom' hyperlink (orange underlined link)
5. In the 'Video' tab, check the box to output the video as an 'Export As Sequence'
6. Change the Frame Rate to 12 fps
7. Select the time range that you want to start and end the video by moving the time markers
8. Click on the 'Output Name:' hyperlink (orange underlined link)
9. Select the desired output location and create a new folder to store all of the new images
10. Click 'OK'
11. Click 'Start Queue'

Step 3 - Import image sequence to Flash

1. You will now have a folder full of JPEG images.  These can now be imported into Flash
2. Open Flash.  Create a new document and choose 'Import-->Import to Stage' from the 'File' menu
3. Select the first JPEG image from the folder you recently created
4. Flash will ask if you want to import the rest of the sequence.  Choose 'Yes'

Your Flash file is now ready for Rotoscoping!