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#Rotoscoping

    02-Jul-92 16:33:05
Sb: #18327-#Rotoscoping
Fm: Steve T Cahill 70403,1111
To: BILL CLAGHORN 70244,11
Bill, sorry Diaquest DOES NOT have the FLDCOPY.COM file! Though it is mention in my new manual, the file is NOT in the software I just purchased. A follow up call to Diaquest confirmed this. They are addressing that issue now. BTW, I did not have any prolbem w/o the @echo off. In fact with my QFX Batch files I ECHO what is happening as it is happening. Just to provide additional documentation. The Chroma Key capture sounds good. BTW I had great sucess in rotoscoping, with both OPACITY mapping and using the Video Post module. (Queue Alpha channel) I wrote another batch file to make OPACITY maps using Ron Scott's Hi Rez QFX. The simple test I performed; was video taping my hand, against a black backgrd (crushed velvet). I then mapped and applied the rotoscoping to a 3DS flat plane created in the shaper and then imported into the editor. The results were; fingers moving, and my entire hand rotating, (by rotating the 3DS plane\Keyframer) over a cloud backgrd. It looks great. So if you have HI RES QFX, and if you don't you should, you can get great results just with the object on a black backgrd. If you would like additional information on this I can upload more, including additional batch files. Regards Steve