Re: Any intelligent masking tools?

Thanks for the info J Bills. I shall check the tapes again. Am I right in assuming then that a different tracker can be applied to each of the 4 vertices of the spline thru the roto palette? Applying just 1 tracker to the whole spline will not work as the four points will, in real life cases, move differently relative to the camera (changes in perspective) and will require different trackers. But maybe this is easily possible after all.

I believe Combustion's trackers can be applied to individual mask vertices. But I don't have the software.

Yes, I've tried the Mokey personal learning edition and couldn't really apply it successfully. I think an ideal solution would involve keying as well rather than splines because the edges of the subject could easily be furry, semi-transparent and so on, where splines may be less useful. In fact, in most of the cases I'm talking about, Mask Pro for Photoshop does a beautiful job of local keying at the edge as you paint roughly around it. Keeps wispy hair, fur etc. Little effort in roughly outlining with a large brush. Only problem is since it is not a video format, there's no keyframing possible of the brush strokes. So as the subject moves, changes shape relative to camera etc., you can't apply any one Photoshop action to the entire .TIFF sequence, say. Every frame has to be worked on. That is the problem.

Cheers
Tatha