dwdmguy Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Thank you for looking. I'm just about ready to purchase for first time. Can I import an image, weather it be a digital camera image, paint program image, etc.... and use this to either "trace" or use as a guideline for making my image in AM? Again and thank you. Just a suggestion, a "Pre Sales" forum may be useful. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 What you are referring to is a rotoscope and yes you can import any compatible image format as a rotoscope. Consider the whole forum to be Pre-Sales and Post-Sales. You can lurk to learn and you can certainly post in the newbie section to get answers. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnl3d Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Yes you can use any image as a rotoscope and have one for the front and side view for example.. I captured your question traced around it with a few patches then used it as a decal and pasted it on the side of the model I made the added some hair pieces and rendered the small animation quest.mov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-wheeler Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 You can import images in many different formats - jpg,jpeg,.png, tga, bmp,pcx,mov plus others I forget which. So its very easy to import directly from a digital camera, the web, or another package. What hasn't been said is you can import a series of images, and use that as a rotoscope sequence to aid your animating - so for example you can use a series of still captures, or frames from a live action shot, as reference for acting or body position. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwdmguy Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 To each one of you. Thank you very much. I am pumped. I'm not doing this professional but I simply want to "train" myself to something new. My idea is to capture my 10 year old son in his Karate Uniform (Black Belt) and maybe have some fun with it. I have the time so..... Besides the forum, is there any good books on the market? I like training vid's and to be frank, this site has the best training videos I've ever seen, (no wonder they get so much market share) but for some reason I love books too! Again, thank you for your support. I'll be purchasing this week. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjustme Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Besides the forum, is there any good books on the market? I like training vid's and to be frank, this site has the best training videos I've ever seen, (no wonder they get so much market share) but for some reason I love books too! David Rogers' book would be the way to go. Hope that helps, Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtaz Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hi Tom ... Welcome aboard ... I animated a karate scene in 2004 using rotoscope ... you can check it clicking HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I'ld also suggest looking up "Learning to Animate with Jeff Lew" He has 3 Informational dvds you can order. They're set up in such a way that they could work for any 3d program, but the program he uses for the dvds is A:M 2003. I've been finding them very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwdmguy Posted May 17, 2007 Author Share Posted May 17, 2007 Xtaz, that's too cool. I guess you Retroscoped the Kata and added your own "model"? Thanks to all again Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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