Rotoscoping, animation process for the window enemy in You've Changed

Here is a behind the scenes look at how one of the sequences in the "House" level was rotoscoped frame-by-frame in You've Changed.

Rough guide for rotoscoping process for this sequence:

• Record video
• Create new Da Vinci Resolve timeline as 30fps when you create your project
• Use Da Vinci Resolve stabilization perspective and locked camera mode to stabilize
• Import 1080p, nearest neighbour scaled-up scene from the game as a reference to help position the camera
• Move the video into position within the scene
• It may help to remove the background of the video or crop it
• Export the video as 320x180 (the game's resolution) with the following settings: Alpha, Png 16 bit, 30 fps
• If you need to have 15fps animation, use a PowerShell script to delete every other frame. Then I used a script to rename all the files to ascending numbers so Aseprite would be able to import them correctly.
• Import folder into Aseprite as animation. 33ms duration for 30fps. 67ms duration for 15fps.
• Use select tool to select area of animation
• Then use crop tool
• Then press save and it will export all the pngs again
• Import your desired color palette, in my case I'm using a NES color palette
• Create a new layer in Aseprite, draw on that then remove the bottom layer before export
• Save Aseprite project

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