Rotoscope

A rotoscope is a device that enables animators to trace live action movement, frame by frame, for use in animation. Originally, pre-recorded live-film images were projected onto a matte windowpane and redrawn by an animator. The device was invented by Max Fleischer, who used it in his series "Out of the Inkwell" starting around 1914, with his brother Dave Fleischer dressed in a clown outfit as the live-film reference for the character Koko the Clown.

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Frame - Animation - Animator - Max Fleischer - 1914 - Dave Fleischer - Clown - Koko the Clown

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Motion capture is a form of digital rotoscope (often referred to by animators as "the devil's rotoscope").

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Motion capture - Devil

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