Rotoscoping

Diane Ko

Siyu Song

November 5, 2007

Rotoscoping

Animation of live-action film Images projected onto

screen and redrawn Frame by frame

reanimation

http://lambiek.net/artists/f/fleischer_max.htm

http://www.a-ha.com/

Origins

1915: invented by Max Fleischer 1920s: Fleischer Studios Goal to make more fluid

animation style Created in response to

mechanical form of previousanimation techniques

http://www.atos.org/Pages/Journal/Koko/Koko.html

http://www.archive.org/details/bb_snow_white

Origins

First cartoons of Koko the Clown, Popeye, and Betty Boop

Allowed multiple artists working on same characters in Snow White

http://www.fxguide.com/fxtips-243.html

“... With only the aid of his imagination, an artist cannot, as a rule, get the perspective and related motions of reality."

-Max Fleischer

http://www.archive.org/details/gullivers_travels1939

Feature Films

Special effects Artistic boiling Animation references

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping

http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-08-01-rotoscoping_x.htm

http://www.foxhome.com/wakinglife/

Modern Extensions

More effective tracing using computers Modern software uses splines

http://www.fxguide.com/fxtips-243.html

Modern Extensions

Effects painting Cloning/Paint touch-up Matte creation Motion tracking Match moving

http://www.fxguide.com/fxtips-243.html

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