Removing power and phone wires.

[Chris Tompkins]

Do you have Adobe After Effects?
This is what I would use.
Keyframe, remove.

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[David Roth weiss]

Is the shot going to be static or moving? Static you’ll be able handle yourself. If it’s not locked off you’d best either hire a VFX person ASAP or master motion tracking yourself ASAP. And, Autodesk Combustion would be a better tool than AE.

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[Warren Elliott]

Thanks Guys. One shot static. Just don’t have those additional software packages you both suggested. Is it not possible in Color or Motion then?

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[Michael Gissing]

Color is a grading tool. Motion can do this job. You could also do it in FCP but Motion is much better.

[Warren Elliott]

Cool thanks. Looks like its time to hit the motion study books and work out how. Cheers

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[Ben Holmes]

I would think you could duplicate the footage in Motion, mask out the wires with the pen tool, invert the mask so you have a layer with just the wires, then move the mask up a little so you have a layer with just sky of a similar colour. Then move that layer back down so the wires are covered by Sky. Feather the mask or blur the layer a little to cover any gradient joins. Should be OK.

The area on the front of the building might require more work – if the shot is static, you could make a layer in Photoshop using clone tools using a clean bit on the wooden panelling.

If the thought of any of this makes your head spin, hire a pro for half an hour – it’s a very quick fix.

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[Warren Elliott]

Thanks Ben I’ll just put the me head back into the right spot. Look at it then make a call. Cheers

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