Rotoscoping
Animation of live-action film Images projected onto
screen and redrawn Frame by frame
reanimation
http://lambiek.net/artists/f/fleischer_max.htm
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
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
Feature Films
Special effects Artistic boiling Animation references
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping
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