user6671: Basically my problem is I have footage which I need to manually key.  I need something like an unlimited point matte which would allow me to cut an actor out of a background by hand with no limits on the number of points in the matte.  Ideally this would be done in Premiere, but I have access to After Effects as well, I just don't like using it.  Also, if this is possible to do frame by frame as an image sequence in something like GIMP I can do that to.  I'm not sure if it's possible to import an alpha channel into Premiere though.

user4426: I think you need to use the Rotobrush rotoscope tool in AE.. Good luck!  It will take a while...
Tutorial link:
https://library.creativecow.net/harrington_richard/after-effects-cs5-roto/1

6671: <p>Basically my problem is I have footage which I need to manually key.  I need something like an unlimited point matte which would allow me to cut an actor out of a background by hand with no limits on the number of points in the matte.  Ideally this would be done in Premiere, but I have access to After Effects as well, I just don't like using it.  Also, if this is possible to do frame by frame as an image sequence in something like GIMP I can do that to.  I'm not sure if it's possible to import an alpha channel into Premiere though.</p>
 4426: <p>I think you need to use the Rotobrush rotoscope tool in AE.. Good luck!  It will take a while...</p>

<p>Tutorial link:
<a href="https://library.creativecow.net/harrington_richard/after-effects-cs5-roto/1" rel="nofollow">https://library.creativecow.net/harrington_richard/after-effects-cs5-roto/1</a></p>
