Rotoscoping & Cleanup

Behind each clean composite in a Tokyo drama or Osaka commercial sits detailed roto and cleanup. We line up that volume through Japanese VFX houses, including OmnibusJapan, Sublimation, and Frame Sequence.

Rotoscoping runs in Silhouette for fine shape work, in Nuke when downstream comp blend matters, and in Mocha Pro for planar tracking-aided setups. Wire removal, rig erasure, tracking-marker paint-outs, and unwanted-element removal route through paint teams. A QC hand-off between artists keeps the look steady across long sequences.

We match motion blur direction, lens distortion, and atmospheric haze to the source plates, so edges read as real at full 4K resolution. Tricky items such as fine hair, fur, semi-transparent fabric, smoke, and water run through core-matte plus soft-edge flows. Our team adds multi-channel keying and fine hand-work where auto tools fall short.

Shot turnover scales from hours per shot for simple cleanup to many days for character-level hair work. Team size flexes to match deadlines for Japanese broadcast slot dates or global streaming releases. Each shot ships with the right alpha channels, edge passes, and clean plate items, ready for compositor hand-off. Whatever the source plate looks like, we hand back footage that vanishes into the final composite.

Each plate is prepped to match its end point. Work feeding NHK, TBS, and Fuji TV finishing follows Rec.709 broadcast norms, while shots bound for Netflix Japan run through HDR pipelines. We hand off through finishing houses such as OmnibusJapan, Sony PCL, and Imagica to keep the chain tight. Bilingual handling stays in step throughout, so English and Japanese supervisors review the same shots. Online sessions keep global teams aligned across time zones.

Cost is quoted in Japanese yen, with the 10 percent consumption tax shown plainly on every line. Simple cleanup carries a clear per-shot rate, while character roto with hair and motion blur is priced against the shot breakdown. We set the schedule around broadcast slot dates or streaming windows and scale the team to hold it. Progress reports track each turnover. Whatever the source plate, we hand back prep that vanishes into the final composite.