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by Keyframe 3554 days ago
This is impressive! But, I'll be really impressed once this 'new thing' brings us roto masks in motion. That is, isolating objects from background on a movie with pixel-perfect accuracy. It will also make a lot of people out of job and a lot of people happy at the same time.
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Considering motion blur, "pixel-perfect" is a difficult requirement.
There are ways around it. In case of motion blur, edge has a 'feather' where mask's alpha is a gradient. In severe cases, mask's curve has a lot of control segments with each having a different in and out feather defined.

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example: https://youtu.be/yZyIYUEfT3U?t=71

Also, masks themselves can be motion blurred, and if motion blur approximation is close enough to the footage, then it's good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biginQL6NIo

And, what it looks like pulling a matte with state-of-the-art tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oQqr6Lfmag Still a pain.