Rotoscoping
Adobe is about to release version 4.0 of Premiere for Windows. (Current version
is 1.1a which sells for $199.00) It will retail for 699.00 and will have an
introductory price of $499.00. I believe there may be competitve upgrades for
it as well. If that is a little too rich for your blood, In:Sync puts out an
excellent digital video editor called Razor for $199.00 (Razor Pro will be
released next month for $799.00). All of these products offer plugin
capabilites as well as DVE (digital video effects) including chroma-keying,
fades, wipes, etc. They also support infinite video and audio tracks. They
will accept AVI, Quicktime, FLC, sequential Targas, stills, and many other
formats as well. There is no picking one over the other, it is all a matter of
what requirements need to be met. I use them both and given the choice between
them would be a difficult task.
I hope this answered some of your questions. If not, drop me a line anytime.
Dean Oliver
Virtually Real