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BCC7 (Vegas) Wire Remover Tool Question
BCC7 (Vegas) Wire Remover Tool Question –
I have a wall outlet in the background of an interview shot and the client wants it to disappear. I am using Wire Remover – Clone Method (if I am using the wrong tool, please let me know). It works, but is there any way to see/preview the clone center? I have to switch to the “Rendered” view and drag the center target around to find a section of the wall that I want to use for the clone over the outlet. But other than the X-Y position, I have no visual clue where the clone center actually is.
Am I doing something wrong or using the wrong tool?
TIA
Steve MannSteve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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4 Replies
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HI,
Wire Remover should be able to handle that but sometimes the Match Move filter can be easier . Better than either of these options is Boris RED.
If I had to do the task that you describe, I would apply RED to the clip, then create a spline mask shape over the wall outlet. Then I’d motion track the mask so that it’s locked to the socket (assuming a camera move here) and to eliminate the socket I’d place the original clip right behind it and offset the XY position so that the masked region, which created a knock-out hole where the socket was, is now filled with a similar background. You can blend the edges of the spline mask shape by applying a blur filter to the mask.
Or you could use the clone paint feature in RED to do this and motion track the paint strokes if the camera is moving.
I hope this helps.
Peter.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I could barely afford BCC7, so Red is off the radar for now. (But, I did ask if there was a better tool). The Wire Removal Tool in clone method does work, but other than the X-Y coordinates, I have no visual clue where the clone center is at.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com -
Using BCC in other hosts there would be an overlay for the onscreen point picker and so that would act as a better visual reference for where the clone center was within the image. Unfortunately Vegas doesn’t support overlays that way and I agree it’s a bit awkward in this case since the XY point being adjusted is not obvious in the effect output. I just recorded a quick screencap movie with voiceover offering an admittedly unsatisfactory workaround and a suggestion for how we (BorisFX) might provide that functionality in Vegas by adding another choice in the “view” popup menu ;
https://www.borisfxresources.com/CreativeCowForum/BCCVegasPointControls/BCCVegasPointControls.html
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Wow – Thank you Dirk. I owe you a lunch for the hours you just saved me. I have 14 more clips of this project to clone out the wall outlets and your workaround is definitely going to be a time saver.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com
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