Remove Your Background with the Rotobrush - After Effects Tutorial

Using the rotobrush in After Effects, we can remove the background behind a subject and place them wherever we like! Find out how to use this tool with this video.
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[@jackh_irl]

Thanks for the vid! Also here's a tip - When you're on either of the Roto brushes, you can hold Ctrl/Cmd and Hold Left-Click, Up or Down, to increase or decrease the size of the brush. This is especially useful when you want to select hair using the Refine Edge tool

[@DeceptiveRealityMusic]

Thanks!

[@tiredfrog308]

Thank you for this comment! I am a total newbie to AE so I apprecite the tip.

[@JasonCHEUNG0523]

This is the best AE rotobrush tutorial. Clear step, smooth and easy understanding.

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you very much!

[@valeriaservigna2891]

You just opened up a whole new world for me

[@k1c1us2008]

Impressive and very clearly explained. Well done that man.

[@tiredfrog308]

Absolutely brilliant guide! As an AE newbie, I am very grateful for your easy-to-follow explanation.

[@siabu2271]

You saved me. Thank you so much. Although the language is different, I understood it through subtitle translation. Because he taught me so well, language wasn't a problem! I'm touched!

[@angelagraffam9488]

Thanks for making this video for new users. I've watched many others today and they either talk too fast, the video is too long, or they assume the person watching knows how to find everything the mention. I appreciate you explaining the roto brush method so clearly and fluidly!

[@chrisbently3253]

A great standard of communication! Concise yet thorough, and clearly explained! Very very good!

[@JoJailo]

I've been using Ae for years and i've never heard of this Refined Edge tool, it's a literal game changer for me, thanks a lot !

[@leahmclaine6162]

straight to the point, amazing, concise

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you very much!

[@taylorshain12]

Tutorial starts at :58 - still a great tutorial!

[@willjb89]

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[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you! I really appreciate that.

[@LeopARTnik]

Thank you

[@jacoblittle3693]

I literally spent all day trying to figure how to exactly this and had no idea the roto brush even existed and then this video pops up in my recommended..Thank you for the video!!!!

[@yanraychuk]

Found it helpful enough to go back to the tutorial again :) Especially the hair selection option, and adding a new solid

[@jasonfenton8250]

It's a really amazing tool, and this tutorial is very easy to follow. Thank you!

[@nicklaytonUK]

Unbelievable tool! Great video. Days of my life spared! Thanks!

[@alicecoehoorn6298]

Thank you so much, I have a final this afternoon where I have to use this tool and now I know how to do it your tutorial saved my life

[@MMaDness21]

Just wanted to let you know that I'm taking my first steps into learning After Effects and your video was key in the latest video on my channel for how I wanted to do it. The rotobrush has unlocked so much video potential for me, and was very fun to learn how to even use. Thank you for the explanation and video.

[@bodeneivy1006]

great vid, thanks. thinking of getting After Effects again... the cost... ugh, but... watching this has convinced me I might want to.

[@FuzzyEQ]

I like the smudge on the eye. gives it a nice cinematic feel. I give it a perfect 5/7

[@RonathanXP]

Thank you. The last tutorial I saw was so unclear on how to delete areas of the brush. It was also a pretty quick tutorial. You're the best.

[@manuelalemann-gank2576]

Thank you for your help. Without your video it would be absolutly impossible for me to create video content. Thank You sooo much!

[@sarahtourangeauartist]

Hi i'm new with after effect, and I wanted to know if this is possible to invert the backfround while using rotobrush exemple if I just want to keep the background

[@jaff4u]

Woah! Thank you so much! ❤️ I was literally searching this in whole youtube and i got it here love your work!

[@Slicque]

Thank you for the excellent video tutorial! And love the hairy mic, too! :)

[@BrookerFilms]

Haha, thank you so muchh

[@kenbarnes7853]

Clear, concise, coverage! Well done.

[@JoseBYOB]

Great and simple explanation. In version 2.0 of this video play your sample video so we can see how the effect worked.

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Absolutely amazing you have saved my whole university project

[@AksMRTech]

Hey... You just rocking man.... I am now a pro in premiere pro by you... Now I will be better in Ae by you!!..
Thank you very much man!

[@VFX_MEGA]

Thanks for this, perfectly simple and easy to follow

[@BrookerFilms]

You're welcome!

[@scatbucket44]

Everything works for me until 4:33. If I go back to Composition, I just get a black screen. What did I do wrong?

[@DanFaitDesJeux]

Great! Much better than what Premiere Pro does for this!

[@howtostandupcomedy800]

i dont see the grey area to select the rotobrushing area

[@chrisduester2468]

Perfect explanation. Clear and To the point. With a quick idea or 2 as to how to use it with text and whatnot.

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you ever so much!

[@guntherthequizmaster9515]

@@BrookerFilms How do you do red brush? I can't find it!

[@willwardc.hughes8404]

Clear and Concise! Thank you!

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Thank you so much!

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Very systematically you have teach..Thanks for sharing this tutorial..😊

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@zirryzir4834]

I´ve been trying to use the tool but apparently it only applies it to one frame, so I have to apply the brush frame by frame, is there some way to fix this?

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Get a lav mic that clips onto you or a shotgun mic that mounts on the camera. Also, you don't need a wind gag indoors!
Thats an amazing new tool - is that the South Downs looking over Brighton by any chance?

[@VideoLanxer]

But, my pointer is not changing to a brush tool when I click on That option!!

[@dieweltentdecker5878]

Hold your mouse button for a while!

[@nicolaslalonde8740]

Hey! Wonderful video, thanks! Is there any way to apply transparency to the removed area?

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Wow! You're a life saver

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You are an excellent instructor. I will stick with you.

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thanks for this tutorial! I was in a really tight spot myself!

[@BrookerFilms]

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[@ogden_toto]

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This is totally awesome, and you explained it perfectly, thank you.

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[@howdyrogue]

Actually the best tutorial out there. Thank you bro :)

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[@arifikhwan1730]

Tysm for teaching me this! Ive been waiting for a tutorial like this and i finally found it! Ur explaination is very clear, thank you 🙂

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this helped me a lot And thanks For your understandable way of this tutorial

[@mmckee58]

Also, really well done tutorial. you have a gift, young man!

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Thank you for the video

[@harithasheshu9702]

Nice. Thanks a lot actually. It worked, you explained it well. Thank you

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[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@harrisonreed8718]

That mic wind screen is absolutely ridiculous. Are you filming in a tornado?
Already favorited and liked this video because the tutorial is awesome. Love it.

[@TaLoRecord]

Perfect! Thanks man.

[@unemployicus]

The one part that 100% of these videos don't cover is how to export without the background with an alpha channel (Prores 4444). I'm trying to do this and I'm getting a partial color bar and random artifacts when I try to export after using the roto brush to remove the background.

[@96B3N]

So having a small issue here, I'll use the rotobrush fine and it removes exactly what I need then I'll when I begin working on a different thing I'll come back and then the rotobrush will have changed what it is supposed to remove, often removing the clip over. Any ideas what I am doing to cause this or if I'm missing something? Hope I have explained this well enough.

[@user-us1ud3ts7c]

This is going to help me very well. Thanks.

[@hcaprette1]

Thank you for this helpful tutorial. I’m new to using rotobrush. I’ve seen some other tutorials that show a freeze process after the initial propagation process. Is the freeze process necessary after the initial propagation, or can I just click on Composition after propagation and not lose the extraction? My laptop has been running for days now going through an initial propagation. This is why I ask. I’d like to skip the many days of “freezing” if not needed.

[@samyakjain6893]

Thank you so much man! You explained it so well!!! Thanks

[@untimoj1893]

Thank you sooooo much

[@BrookerFilms]

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[@EscapeTheHold]

Very helpful video, thank you!

[@shokhjahonboykhonov8933]

Amazing. THANK YOU FOR TUTORIAL)

[@BrookerFilms]

You’re welcome! Thanks for your support

[@gametests]

Can I use rotobrush to select text and numbers instead of a person, please tell.

[@mukulmhembrom]

Thank You so much. Your video helped me a lot.

[@BrookerFilms]

The HeadRoom that’s amazing to hear! Thank you so much

[@joeljoyce1756]

Thanks and well explained. Exactly what i was in need

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[@Aaug7]

Great video! Thank you so much!

[@BrookerFilms]

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[@JayBaggio]

very good and clear. thanks.it would have been nice to see how you rotoscope those frames that don't automatically mask well tho

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This is so amazing, love it.

[@AllanGildea]

Excellent, thanks.

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Thank you So Much!!

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i like your easy steps and your explain way

[@YunusEmreSevuk]

Nice video, however the edges become flicker and the drawing moves elsewhere, which does not give a clean result. What should we do in such a situation?

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Thank you for making this video!

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This really helped thanks a lot!

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Thanks for sharing.
It was really helpful

[@BrookerFilms]

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[@birdy0127]

Great explanation! Thank you!

[@BrookerFilms]

Thank you ever so much!

[@3ngi_n33r]

Say this scene is a few minutes long. What would be the protocol for removing the background, then adding new backgrounds at a later time? I guess it would be cleaning the clip up for further processing. If that makes sense.

[@anotherzakwan]

Very helpful! Thank you!

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