GLOSSARY
The boat is a 3DS MAX object composited over a video of a breaking wave
Rotoscoping is the process of bringing video frames into 3DS MAX to use as the background for matching objects in a scene.
The way to use rotoscoping in 3DS MAX is to specify a digital disk recorder or movie file and read the frames into the 3DS MAX viewport using the Animation Synchronization controls in the Viewport Background dialog.
Once you've specified your source device or file in the Viewport Background dialog, 3DS MAX displays one frame of the video for each scene frame by default. Remember to check the Animate background box as well as the Show Background box to have your video frames appear in sequence in the viewport.
To produce the composited, rendered image, use 3DS MAX Video Post to composite the background image and the rendered scene together.