For several years I felt an important part was missing from the compositing side of Blender, namely, rotoscoping. So, a while back I decided to try and add it myself. The result is Roto2D. It allows the user to create and animate Bezier masks in the Image Editor of Blender and makes them instantly available in the Node Editor. If you are not familiar with rotoscoping, have a look at the video on the right to get an idea.

The current version, 0.48a, is a combination of a Python script and a custom Blender build containing a number of functions written in C. In future versions the Python script will be replaced by a new rotoscoping compositing node to increase both speed and usability.

Currently, it is still in the 'Alpha phase' of development. However, downloads for both Windows and Linux are available for testing. For more information, please visit the Roto2D development blog.