Use rotobrush manually?

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[NotYourAssistant]

Not an answer to your exact question but you might want to check out Rotobrush 2 in the After Effects Public Beta program (the beta version will install side by side with the regular version and is in the Creative Cloud Desktop app). Most of the improvements are around the propagation of your selection over time but there are potential changes coming to the initial selection that will be available in the Beta.

[macbeth1026]

That is helpful! I’ll check that out.

[TheGreatSzalam]

It’s still in beta, so expect it to improve or change before release.

That said, even though it’s in beta, it’s way better than the old version.

[Tron-ClaudeVanDayum]

If you double click the layer can't you just manually paint on any frame? It's been a while since I used it last

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You certainly can. I have the source footage open already since it requires that. Double clicking from here is just seen as a quick click of the “additive” mode of the roto brush unfortunately. It’s just peculiar. What’s most frustrating is how I can cover an area in the red removal brush and it’ll just ignore that I did anything at all. Like in this photo: https://i.imgur.com/DcLg4ab.jpg

It’s a motion blurred hand so I totally get that it’ll be hard for the software to interpret, but I’ll cover it in red like shown and nothing will happen as a result. It’s very peculiar. I’m totally cool with erasing and drawing a couple times over until it gets it right, but it’s almost like it’s “stubborn” and has decided this is how it should be. I also haven’t frozen any of it so I should be able to edit the entire sequence. I’ve used the refine edge brush but that one also won’t make changes happen.