9 Using the Roto Brush Tool

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

  • Extract a foreground object from the background using the Roto Brush tool.

  • Correct the segmentation boundary across a span of frames.

  • Touch up a matte with the Refine Edge tool.

  • Freeze a matte across a clip.

  • Animate properties for creative effects.

  • Track a face in footage.

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This lesson will take approximately an hour to complete. Download the project files for this lesson, following the instructions in the Getting Started section under “Accessing the lesson files and Web Edition,” if you haven’t already done so. As you work on this lesson, you’ll ...

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