I have wanted this feature for about 15 years. You know the feeling: a Silhouette roto project with hundreds of layers, and you need to collapse all the main layers to find something in the Object List. Now you can. Assign it to a keyboard shortcut and boom.
Because the Python API has no direct way to do this, I had to dig into the Qt/PySide UI to find the correct panel and trigger the layer-expansion action.
Credit: matchmove artist; paint artist; roto artist: Accenture Song VFX
Yes! I also worked on Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. As a contractor for Accenture Song VFX, I worked from May 2024 to April 2026 on 74 shots: 28 matchmove shots, three paint shots, and 43 roto shots. The VFX breakdown below includes a few of my shots.
Use this script to optimise frame sequences before sending the smallest necessary frame area to ComfyUI, VitMatte, or another GPU-memory-hungry processing or compositing step. It works with RotoShapes, Crop, and CurveTool. Use the offset parameter to enlarge or reduce the bounding box.
Python Script is here on Github
Demo video
