Hi Travis,
I don’t know how much you know about AP – so maybe you know this already – AP has import for exactly this reason. When you import a sequence of frames (png’s, jpg’s or animated gif) AP will automatically put them in a special layer called reference layer. Then you just add a normal layer on top and draw your rotoscoping.
But maybe you are asking about the need for importing a movie file instead? This will come soon. One of the relatively few things left on our todo list is import of mp4 and mov clips.
Looking forward to your response.
Thanks,
Niels