In Chapter Six, we explore how to capture or recreate motion.

In this section, we explain how compositing software can be used to ‘trace’ the shape and movement of on-screen subjects in order to recreate that motion.

To recreate your own rotoscope, the video file used in these illustrations can be downloaded below, in PAL or NTSC formats. You may need to download and install Apple's QuickTime player in order to view the video.

In this section, we explain how compositing software can analyse and track parts of the motion image. To recreate your own motion tracking, the video file used in these illustrations can be downloaded below, in PAL or NTSC formats. You may need to download and install Apple's QuickTime player in order to view the video.

In this exercise, we use a series of photographic frames from a video sequence to manually trace a figure. This way, rotoscoping can be accomplished without the need for compositing software.

The image files used in this exercise can be downloaded below.