The Smurfs

Credit: stereoscopic roto artist

I worked on approximately 32 shots for this film conversion. We had to deliver After Effects layers to the client, with every layer in the correct depth order, layer subtractions, and the corresponding animated splines. The roto was challenging, but keeping layers in order during export to After Effects was a pain. Every time we had to review and re-export shots, the process started again.

After a while, I developed custom After Effects JavaScript to order and organise the layers without human intervention. It became our secret weapon for efficient delivery on every stereoscopic show we worked on afterwards.