Roto-masking of Actors

SynthEyes users must be alert for actors and other situations where some portions of the imagery are moving independently of the main portion of the shot being tracked: all the trackers that are used must be rigidly positioned with respect to the rest.

Notes:

  1. The tutorial is 6:32/11.5 MB. You can download the mp4 by right-clicking this link: RotoMask.mp4.
  2. Note that in production use, the created automatic or supervised tracks would be scrutinized carefully for problems before releasing the tracked scenes. These tutorials concentrate on the other aspects of these shots.

  3. Tutorials and images (c)2009 Andersson Technologies LLC, not for re-distribution or usage other than with SynthEyes. Ninja Babes images courtesy of Dan Lantz, Impulse FX.
  4. Everything is done and shown real-time on an 8-core (16-thread) 2009 Mac Pro running 64-bit Windows Vista. The process is the same in OSX.