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Remove object from footage
I am trying to remove an object from stock footage and not having much luck. I have used AI generated software and it ends up looking wonky. The object is a tablet that is seen in a close up shoot. The camera then zooms out. So eventually, the tablet gets smaller and is not seen. However, while it is seen, it’s a pesky problem to remove. Does anyone know how I could remove it? Is there a plugin or some other software I could use? Any help would be appreciated. The stock footage can be seen at this link, watermarked https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-16209469-zoom-out-earth-space-clip-contains-cityed –
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Hey Pris,
You need to create a clean plate of the grass.
I would look to do it on a frame about 1 second in.
Either in photoshop, or by layering and cropping different pardts of the video on top of tablet.
Say top right grass, is copied, cropped and moved to cover top right of tablet. Same with top left, bottom right and left.
Make sure that there is a nice blur or overlap between the frames…Quicker way could be to to use generative fill in After Effects.
Or you can use BrotisFX Mocha Pro inside either Premiere Pro, or in After Effects.
But your starting point is to have a “clean frame” with no tablet in – actually, the latest version of photoshop might do that best and fastest for you.
I know that it is a still, so you might want to add some noise to it – but because of the speed of the zoom, the eye watching will hopefully be forgiving.Hope that this helps?
Atb
Mads -
Its quick and easy enough using a static frame even in Premiere.
Take a clean frame and use the clone tool in Photoshop.
The camera movement is fast enough to just use the scale on that layer.
No need for tracking/mocha.
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Hello,
Thank you so much, Eric and Mads! Both your recommendations were very helpful. I did try After Effects to remove the object but the result was wonky. Thus, I took a clean shot and used the clone tool in Photoshop to remove the object. It works mostly fine. What I plan to do is to make the first few seconds of the clip really fast so that it tricks the eye and one cannot see the imperfections. Thanks so much again!
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