RotoPaint - Nuke 101: Professional Compositing and Visual Effects - page 286

3. To see what you're doing, temporarily hide Bezier1 by clicking the Eye icon to
the right of the name Bezier1 ( FIGURE 6.61 ) .
Figure 6.61. The Eye icon controls visibility.
4. Select the Brush tool and hover your mouse pointer over the car window.
5. Makesureyournewlycreatedfolderisselected intheStroke/ShapeListwindow.
6. Make sure you're drawing on all frames by choosing All from the drop-down
menu in the Tool Settings bar.
7. Write CLEAN ME on the window. It took me 16 strokes ( FIGURE 6.62 ).
Figure 6.62. I wrote this with a trackpad. Don't blame me.
8. Turn Shape1 back on by clicking to bring back the Eye icon in the Stroke/Shape
List window to the right of the name Bezier1.
Youwon'tseethewritinganymore.Thisisbecauseboththeshapeandthestrokes
drawinwhite.However,RotoPaintisamini-compositingsysteminitsownright.
You can tell all the strokes to punch holes in the shape just as you can with a
Merge node.