Digital Juice announced today that it is releasing a new DJTV show titled Suite Effects. The first episode "The Roto Route" features industry veteran and After Effects guru Sean Mullen showing how anyone can use the technique called "rotoscoping" to create the same eye-popping special effects previously thought only the domain of big-budget Hollywood movie studios. Rotoscoping is the process of manually extracting individual video elements frame-by-frame to create the mats you need to make effects as seamless as possible. The effect itself is used heavily in films, commercials, music videos, television and video games.
"People are often so amazed by the coolness and wow factor of an effect shot and they think 'There’s no way I can do that!'" says Sean Mullen, host of DJTV's Suite Effects. "The fact is, effects are a bit like magic tricks. They’re smoke and mirrors in a sense. Even the most complex feature film shots can be broken down into simple parts and performed by using the same basic techniques."

What editors will learn in this episode:

  • How to extract individual elements from your video
  • Creating "Pleasantville" and "Sin City" style color effects
  • What to do when the element you extracted changes shape
  • Techniques for isolating two or more objects that intersect
  • Masking and stylizing different elements to spice things up
About Suite Effects
In Suite Effects, visual effects veteran Sean Mullen draws back the curtain to reveal some trade secrets on how video editors can pull off cool effects right from their own edit bay. Whether it's tackling foundational techniques like rotoscoping, tracking logos to a van, or blasting fireballs from the hands, Suite Effects will share the tips and tricks that will help video editors produce the same quality visual effects normally reserved for big-budget Hollywood movie studios. Suite Effects "The Roto Route" is the reason I like Digital Juice," says Kenneth O'Banyoun of Concepts & Designs. "What you can learn in less than 7 minutes is priceless!"

About DJTV
Digital Juice Television or DJTV™ is an award-winning web-based television network like no other and is designed to reach a targeted audience of creative professionals with high-quality, highly-produced programming that is interesting, informative, instructional, inspiring and entertaining. Digital Juice posts new episodes of DJTV each week and viewers can check out the latest shows at www.digitaljuice.com/djtv. Easy to use navigational tools like keyword search and sorting by views and ratings help viewers quickly find the episode they are looking for. DJTV episodes are displayed using a custom Flash ® player with download speeds ranging from Ultra to iPod. DJTV is completely free and all shows are archived in case viewers miss or would like to relive a specific episode.