Digital Tutors - Unlocking the Power of the Roto Brush Tool in After Effects

Duration 1h 34m Project Files Included MP4

In this series of lessons, we'll be learning how to use the Roto Brush Tool. A lot

of people try to use the Roto Brush Tool without knowing how it works. They jump in,

start painting one frame after the other and depending on their patience level, they

soon give up.

This is because there are a few ground rules for using this tool, and if you don't

know them, your matte will not turn out well. If you understand the ground rules,

then you don't need to be a certified "Roto Brush Tool Expert" to use it. This tool

is meant to speed up your workflow. With that being said, this training doesn't use

footage examples that are unrealistically easy to roto. So, after we get a basic

understanding of this tool, we are going to have some hard lessons with

uncooperative footage that will help you learn the real challenges of using this

tool. As well as, some of the perfect places to use it and how to trick your footage

into looking just as you envisioned, with a combination of techniques.

This training is for you if you've never used the Roto Brush before and you're ready

to learn. It's also for you if you've tried it, had trouble, and want to learn how

to make it work the right way.

01.Introduction and project overview

02.Should I use the Roto Brush tool with my footage?

03.Getting started using the Roto Brush: The Do's and Don'ts

04.Making corrective strokes

05.Using the Refine Edge Tool and using different view modes

06.Roto Brush propagation and matte settings

07.Refine Edge matte settings

08.Motion blurring and decontaminating edge colors

09.Caching and locking Roto Brush progress

10.What to do when edges are swimming

11.Combining multiple mattes

12.Using a mask with a Roto Brushed layer