The comment was about naive tracing. When Disney used rotoscoping they had animators draw conforming to a character model on top of the live action pose.
The experienced animator and inbetweeners knew how to produce smooth line motion, and the live action was used for lifelike pose, movement, etc. It wasn’t really tracing.
There’s examples of this in the Disney animation books, the finished animation looks very different from the live actors, but with the same movement.
The experienced animator and inbetweeners knew how to produce smooth line motion, and the live action was used for lifelike pose, movement, etc. It wasn’t really tracing.
There’s examples of this in the Disney animation books, the finished animation looks very different from the live actors, but with the same movement.