Development regarding Rotoscoping

After researching how to do Rotoscoping I improved the more I used the Wacom Intous Graphics Tablet. Purely cause I had to get used to going along the lines and choosing which ones should be kept and left out or changed to how I wanted it. Rotoscoping onto Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 was very useful as the layers made it more comfortable on checking everything is moving in the correct direction without to many changes.

Tool Kit for Rotoscope

Creepy Smile Reference

I used this short clip I filmed as reference for the creepy smile, it made it easier to rotoscope having this to look at.

Rotoscoping Scissor Practice

This is the finished animation that I made using a Wacom Intous Graphics Tablet in Photoshop Elements 7. This animation is set at 0.20 frames per second.

This is a screenshot of my process for making this small animation. On the right hand side you can see all of the layers that I have made/have open. For each of the frames that I have to rotoscope I made two more frames after it, then made the first frame a white solid background and the second a transparent layer for the drawing.

This is a screenshot of the next step - preparing to begin to draw. I zoom in so that I can see it better.

This is a screenshot of me having started the drawing. You can see that it is on the transparent layer after the image and white solid layers. I used a 3 pt soft round brush to do all of the lines for this animation.

This is a screenshot of the outcome of one of the frames. I have both the solid white layer and the transparent layer with the drawing lines so visible, so that it makes the image. I then save this as a JPEG to make into a video format, or I press Save as Web from the file drop down menu which instantly makes the files into a GIF.