rotoscoping (animating masks)...motion vs. shake
Can anyone provide me with info that explains the advantages of shake over motion?
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I'm not sure if you're only asking about rotoscoping, or about Shake in general. I'm also not sure why you'd come on a Motion forum asking us to tell you how another program is better. Those of us on this forum, tend to like using Motion.
I tried Shake years ago and found it difficult because I'm not really used to node style workflow. However, I muddled through a few projects; one was even a roto job.
Personally, Shake is ok at roto. I actually prefer After Effects to both Shake AND Motion for rotoscoping. I feel like roto'ing in Motion is difficult for a couple of reasons.
1) The control points are too big. Sounds like a weird complaint, but the most important part of rotoscoping is being able to see how close the mask is. I'm often finding out later that the mask wasn't as tight as I thought it was because the big control point was in the way.
2) It's really hard to select multiple points at once. Sometimes I can do it, but sometimes when I attempt to lasso multiple points, I only end up selecting layers and moving them. It's so hit and miss. I would love there to be a "mask-mode" that would make roto'ing easier.
3) Complex masks with lots of points can choke Motion. Now I haven't tried this with Motion 4, but in Motion 3 a complicated mask (more than 60 control points) would start to eat away at the performance of the program. At first it would be fine, but then there would be tremendous lag trying to move or even select a point. I would have to close Motion and open it again. Not fun.
Hope this helps you out.
Andy
I tried Shake years ago and found it difficult because I'm not really used to node style workflow. However, I muddled through a few projects; one was even a roto job.
Personally, Shake is ok at roto. I actually prefer After Effects to both Shake AND Motion for rotoscoping. I feel like roto'ing in Motion is difficult for a couple of reasons.
1) The control points are too big. Sounds like a weird complaint, but the most important part of rotoscoping is being able to see how close the mask is. I'm often finding out later that the mask wasn't as tight as I thought it was because the big control point was in the way.
2) It's really hard to select multiple points at once. Sometimes I can do it, but sometimes when I attempt to lasso multiple points, I only end up selecting layers and moving them. It's so hit and miss. I would love there to be a "mask-mode" that would make roto'ing easier.
3) Complex masks with lots of points can choke Motion. Now I haven't tried this with Motion 4, but in Motion 3 a complicated mask (more than 60 control points) would start to eat away at the performance of the program. At first it would be fine, but then there would be tremendous lag trying to move or even select a point. I would have to close Motion and open it again. Not fun.
Hope this helps you out.
Andy
