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August 15, 2023
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problems with the Roto brush tool

  • August 15, 2023
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when working with the Roto brush tool, the problem is that the background can only be replaced on one second of the video. When you try to scroll through the video, nothing happens further. The video just freezes on the first frame

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Community Expert
August 15, 2023

Rotobrush is the wrong tool to create a matte when you have a plain background. You should be creating a procedural matte by manipulating the color values on a duplicate copy of the footage that you can use as a track matte. For that footage, duplicate the footage layer, rename the duplicate layer "Matte," add the Black and White Effect with maximum negative values for Red, Yellow, Green, and Magenta, then set the layer as an Inverted Luma Matte for the original footage layer should do the trick. A simple shape layer background for a sky and a couple of clicks will get you there:

I also have a suggestion for your posts. When you want to share a screenshot, you can copy and paste them or drag them to the reply field instead of using the Drag & drop here... button. You can also use the toolbar to place images and videos directly in your post. It makes them a lot easier to see. The Drag & drop here... button is useful for sharing AEP files if you need to do that. 

Participant
August 30, 2023

I want to remove and replace the background on this video. But when I highlight the background with the Roto Brush tool, my video doesn't play/ I show this on the second video

Community Expert
August 30, 2023

It is going to take a while for that shot to start propagating. I have had shots that took five or ten minutes to start creating the matte.   If Rotobrush never starts creating the matte, you may want to transcode your footage to a standard production format like ProRez. You can do that with the Adobe Media Encoder or the Render Queue and the High-Quality output module preset.

 

You should consider doing some serious color correction to improve the edge detail on the shot, pre-compose, and then run Rotobrush. You will get cleaner results. After the matte is generated, you can then turn off the color correction or adjust it for the final render.