Cropping characters from Anime

Hey Otto,
Can you provide a sample?
Are you talking about an animation or still image?

There are many ways to extract a foreground from the background but it really depends on the clip or image.
Try to provide as many details as possible as to what you're trying to do.

Mike Sevigny
TorusFX Inc.
http://www.torusfx.com
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-sevigny/49/875/495

Are you trying to stabilize and crop the character?
Or follow the edge of the character and cut him out in detail?

From the sounds of it you're trying to do something relatively difficult for someone new to after effects. Those animation sequences usually have a high rate of change so the odds are you'll have to cut the character out frame by frame using masks.

Please provide at least a single frame of the animation for further feedback.

Mike Sevigny
TorusFX Inc.
http://www.torusfx.com
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-sevigny/49/875/495

You are talking about rotoscoping. If you search for rotoscoping tips you will find lots. Here is a list of my 10 tips: http://conradolson.com/my-top-10-roto-tips

I don't do it in After Effects much so can't help you specifically with After Effects tips.

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