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What Is Rotoscope Animation? The Process Explained (2020)


Rotoscoping is a technique used in animation to trace over live-action motion picture footage frame by frame. Here's its fascinating history.

Alice in Wonderland Cinderella A Scanner Darkly Fantasia I Lost My Body Loving Vincent TRON Rotoscoping also played a role in the “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” sequence of Yellow Submarine as well as the original The Lord of the Rings animated film in 1978. He invented a process called “interpolated rotoscoping.” Essentially, this allows animators to use the basic rotoscoping technique within a computer.

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