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ramiro
03-03-2004, 05:55 PM
After having spent a lot of time doing roto work for a project(either painting out or repositioning) I was wondering if there is any software that automates the process like some highend discreet products do. Im interested in removing elements but most of all repositioning, since i mainly work with dv formats that lack the resolution.
thanks
Jayk2k
03-03-2004, 07:30 PM
Check out mokey

http://www.imagineersystems.com/mokey/

and 2D3 is working on one called pixel dust, which looks great, but has yet to be released.

http://www.2d3.com/2d3/products/pixeldust.shtml
beaker
03-03-2004, 08:33 PM
If your just repositioning stuff your SOL. It's all doing it by hand work.

What software are you rotoing with? There are some packages made specifically for roto work. Like gFX:
http://www.curious-software.com/
from the creators of Matador Paint.
dg
03-04-2004, 01:53 AM
Hey Jayk2k,


Do you have any info about the Pixel Dust development, because that is anounced at the 2d3 web page for more then a year now, and nothing changed since then.

I just hope that they release that someday, it seems as nice as Mookey.



Cheers,
dg
Jayk2k
03-04-2004, 02:04 AM
I don't know anything more than what is posted unfortunately. I was quite impressed with boujou, so I imagine the standards for this new pixel dust are going to be quite high.

I also can't wait till it's released... Would have saved me so many hours of roto on a shot for my current project involving a large amout of crowd duplication sans screens.
beaker
03-04-2004, 03:28 AM
Originally posted by diogo girondi
Do you have any info about the Pixel Dust development, because that is anounced at the 2d3 web page for more then a year now, and nothing changed since then.

Longer than that, I saw it shown at siggraph 00 in New Orleans.
Tuqui-tuqui
03-04-2004, 03:26 PM
Longer than that, I saw it shown at siggraph 00 in New Orleans.

I emailed them yesterday and they are still in development. No betas have been released yet :banghead: and they have not decided on price yet.

BTW, I'm thinking of acquiring their stabilizing app. Any comments on that one?
ramiro
03-04-2004, 07:01 PM
actually the demo video of pixeldust(the one with the city street) is one of my problems(removing foreground elements, either moving or static camera).
when i said repositioning, i meant that i need a program capable of doing the roto work of a foreground element for me, so i can move it around afterwards.
thanks
beaker
03-04-2004, 07:17 PM
Use mokey to remove the foreground object that you want the matte of and then do a difference key between the original plate and the mokey modified scene.
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