rotoscoping
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Also called roto. Movies, Graphic Arts. an animation technique that traces live-action footage and transforms it into animated sequences by use of a rotoscope, which was largely replaced by digital technology by the end of the 20th century.
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Digital Technology. a technique of merging live-action footage with digital animation and other graphics to create composite images.
Etymology
Origin of rotoscoping
First recorded in 1960–65; roto ( def. ) + scop(e) ( def. ) + -ing 1 ( def. ); applied to a technique invented in 1915 by Polish-born U.S. animator and film director Max Fleischer (1883–1972)
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The deceptively simple-looking “Ghost Cat Anzu” is actually idiosyncratically drawn from live-action frames in a rotoscoping process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Each section has a wildly different look, from computer animation to CGI to rotoscoping to live-action stick puppets and actors.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
This isn’t the first time he has used animation layered over live performances, and this digital rotoscoping technique is especially attuned to nuances of gesture and facial expression.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
What sets it apart is its animation style, which is reminiscent of rotoscoping.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2020
Using the technique called rotoscoping, animators traced the footage frame by frame to produce the film that immediately won critical and popular acclaim.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2020
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