What is Rotoscoping?

Jim Steffel · January 2nd, 2003, 03:18 PM

Sorry about that. Discreet seems to be making it difficult to get info on Combustion.
There is not a lot of written instruction on Combustion. In fact there are no books available.
There is a free demo available from Discreet.

Marc Betz · January 4th, 2003, 08:01 AM

How good is your internet connection? I can try to email you the tutorial file from Combustion2. It is a 13.5 MB PDF file. Also the help files are navigate-able HTMLs at about 30 MB.

Let me know if you want em.

Marc Betz · January 4th, 2003, 08:08 AM

So they are now 16.5mb HTML and 11.5mb pdf.

Let me know....

Marc

Peter Koller · January 4th, 2003, 04:55 PM

Hi Marc, just in case you have a little bandwith left..

could you email the stuff to me, too? ;-)

p.koller@kabsi.at

Thanks a lot!

PS: Do you mean the Help Files that come up when you hit F1 in Combustion? Don´t need them. Just the -pdf then.

Marc Betz · January 5th, 2003, 08:21 AM

The files I have are what came with combustion2. If you have combuction 2 installed and you go to /program files/discreet/combustion2/tutorials/ and look at combustion tutorials.pdf. It is about 14 mb 11.5 ZIPPED. If you don't have this file, I'll send it right along.

Marc

Bob Deming · January 5th, 2003, 01:06 PM

Check rotoscoping out here

http://www.borisfx.com/search/index.php

Robert Poulton · January 6th, 2003, 01:10 AM

Hey you need to goto www.dvgarage.com they have the best information on this subject and have a good forum. They also have a compositing toolkit that shows you how to make lightsabers in AF (After Effects).

Rob

Peter Koller · January 6th, 2003, 06:40 AM

@Marc

No, I don´t have the tutorials. Please, pretty, pretty please mail 'em! p.koller@kabsi.at

Marc Betz · January 6th, 2003, 07:14 PM

Check your email inbox...

Hope thats what you needed.

Aaron Nanto · January 8th, 2003, 05:25 PM

Actually commenting about no books being available for Combustion, there are actually a few books out:

Combustion 2 Courseware from Autodesk Press
(However I'm not sure if you can get this without being a student)

Discreet should still have a few tutorials on their site from the courseware which are very informative (sorry if this was already brought up)
http://www.discreet.com/products/com...tutorials.html

Marc Betz · January 9th, 2003, 04:54 PM

Were the files I sent what you needed?

Alexander Pruss · October 23rd, 2007, 01:45 AM

Try new free tool for rotoscoping named "Claxa". It can output Bezier masks but can also work on pixel level to provide really live contour almost automatically. http://patchmaker.net/Claxa/

Emre Safak · October 23rd, 2007, 07:47 AM

Very clever, Alexander. It looks like you are going to give mocha a run for its money. When do you plan on releasing an AE plug-in?

January 4th, 2003, 08:01 AM	#17
Marc Betz Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NH Posts: 95	Hey Robert How good is your internet connection? I can try to email you the tutorial file from Combustion2. It is a 13.5 MB PDF file. Also the help files are navigate-able HTMLs at about 30 MB. Let me know if you want em. __________________ Marc Betz

January 4th, 2003, 08:08 AM	#18
Marc Betz Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NH Posts: 95	I zipped em So they are now 16.5mb HTML and 11.5mb pdf. Let me know.... Marc __________________ Marc Betz

January 4th, 2003, 04:55 PM	#19
Peter Koller Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brunn am Gebirge, Austria Posts: 161	Hi Marc, just in case you have a little bandwith left.. could you email the stuff to me, too? ;-) p.koller@kabsi.at Thanks a lot! PS: Do you mean the Help Files that come up when you hit F1 in Combustion? Don´t need them. Just the -pdf then. __________________ Peter Koller Vienna, Austria http://www.kop11.com

January 5th, 2003, 08:21 AM	#20
Marc Betz Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NH Posts: 95	Peter The files I have are what came with combustion2. If you have combuction 2 installed and you go to /program files/discreet/combustion2/tutorials/ and look at combustion tutorials.pdf. It is about 14 mb 11.5 ZIPPED. If you don't have this file, I'll send it right along. Marc __________________ Marc Betz

January 5th, 2003, 01:06 PM	#21
Bob Deming Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Tucson, Arizona USA Posts: 93	Check rotoscoping out here http://www.borisfx.com/search/index.php __________________ Bob Deming evc@starband.net

January 2nd, 2003, 03:18 PM	#16
Jim Steffel New Boot Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 10	Sorry about that. Discreet seems to be making it difficult to get info on Combustion. There is not a lot of written instruction on Combustion. In fact there are no books available. There is a free demo available from Discreet.

January 6th, 2003, 01:10 AM	#22
Robert Poulton Major Player Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 245	Hey you need to goto www.dvgarage.com they have the best information on this subject and have a good forum. They also have a compositing toolkit that shows you how to make lightsabers in AF (After Effects). Rob

January 6th, 2003, 06:40 AM	#23
Peter Koller Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brunn am Gebirge, Austria Posts: 161	@Marc No, I don´t have the tutorials. Please, pretty, pretty please mail 'em! p.koller@kabsi.at __________________ Peter Koller Vienna, Austria http://www.kop11.com

January 6th, 2003, 07:14 PM	#24
Marc Betz Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NH Posts: 95	Hey Peter Check your email inbox... Hope thats what you needed. __________________ Marc Betz

January 8th, 2003, 05:25 PM	#25
Aaron Nanto Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 46	Combustion stuffs... Actually commenting about no books being available for Combustion, there are actually a few books out: Combustion 2 Courseware from Autodesk Press (However I'm not sure if you can get this without being a student) Discreet should still have a few tutorials on their site from the courseware which are very informative (sorry if this was already brought up) http://www.discreet.com/products/com...tutorials.html __________________ Aaron Nanto \| Photo+Cinema www.aaronnanto.com

January 9th, 2003, 04:54 PM	#26
Marc Betz Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NH Posts: 95	Hey Peter Were the files I sent what you needed? __________________ Marc Betz

October 23rd, 2007, 01:45 AM	#27
Alexander Pruss Tourist Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Armavir (Russia) Posts: 1	Tool for rotoscoping Try new free tool for rotoscoping named "Claxa". It can output Bezier masks but can also work on pixel level to provide really live contour almost automatically. http://patchmaker.net/Claxa/

October 23rd, 2007, 07:47 AM	#28
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Very clever, Alexander. It looks like you are going to give mocha a run for its money. When do you plan on releasing an AE plug-in?