![]() ![]() Perform quick object removal inside of After Effects with this brand new feature. NAB 2019 is here and Adobe just announced the latest updates to Creative Cloud. One of the biggest features is the addition of Content-Aware Fill to After Effects. That’s right-you can now use the popular Photoshop feature on videos. If you’re new to the object removal game, then let me explain. Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop removes a selected area of your image, replacing it with an automatically generated background via sampling adjacent pixels. The new feature in After Effects does the same, but since we’re working with multiple images instead of just one, it also samples from adjacent frames. Let’s take a closer look at how it works.įor this tutorial, I’ll be removing a vehicle that’s cruising through my shot. ![]() This eleven-second landscape clip of the lovely Mont Saint Michel in France looks nice, that is until a bright yellow van rides into frame. Removing it is quite simple with the new Content-Aware Fill feature. Step 1 - Create an Area of Transparencyįor the first step, I need to isolate the van and make it transparent. ![]() I can use whatever method I like, whether it’s the rotobrush, or mask tracking. The key is to make the area transparent, as Content-Aware Fill only fills in transparent areas.įirst, I’ll grab my Ellipse tool and create a small selected area around the van. I’ll change the mask to None, just so I can easily see everything. In the Content-Aware Fill panel, select the Fill Method, and set the Range that you want After Effects to analyze. Next, I’ll animate the Mask Path to follow the vehicle as it moves through screen. This is relatively easy, as the van is moving in a straight line. ![]() For more difficult objects, I can track the mask. Once my mask is animated, I’ll switch the mode to Subtract. With my mask and transparency in place, I’ll go to Window > Content-Aware Fill. First, I’ll see a preview of the Fill Target, which I can expand via the Alpha Expansion slider bar. Once again, it will affect any and all transparency, so you can mask out multiple objects at the same time. Next, I’ll choose from between three different Fill Methods. Sponsor: Download millions of stock videos, music. Object-Removes an object from the footage. Use Content-Aware Fill to remove unwanted objects from your footage, such as boom mics, logos, and even people. How to remove unwanted objects in your videos with the Content-aware fill panel in Adobe After effects. Fills the transparent area by synthesizing pixels from the current and surrounding frames. Best for replacing moving objects, like a car on a road. Surface-Replaces the surface of an object. Similar to Object in that it fills the transparent area by synthesizing pixels, but it does not estimate the motion of the surface. And in this episode, Ill show you how to use the Content Aware Fill to remove objects that are moving. Best for static surfaces, like a sign on a wall.Įdge Blend-Blends surrounding edge pixels. Eran Welcome to After Effects Weekly, Im Eran Stern. Fills the transparent area by sampling pixels at the edges of the transparent area and blending them together. Best for replacing static objects on surfaces that lack texture, like text on paper. The scripts are provided for free over at the Motion Boutique’s site – Check out the Content Aware Fill Script for After Effects and Photoshop here.Since I’m removing a vehicle, I’ll select Object and press the Generate Fill Layer button. It sounds like a longer process than it actually is, and respectfully, it doesn’t seem to do too bad a job. From Photoshop, selecting and running the script will start to process the images out and back into another image sequence which you can bring back into AE. If you are able to create a track point for the footage in After Effects, then you can use the script to export an image sequence that can be brought into Photoshop. only a scheme reserving them for future absorp- must have been aware of the contents of. The script is actually two scripts, one for the After Effects component, and the other to handle the processing in Photoshop. After Sir, Will you permit me, through your columns, to rewhy. Quick experimentation attempting to use Photoshop’s Content Aware Fill feature on a video (actually images sequence) Here’s a tutorial by request motionboutique A while back, the I posted a bit on the Motion Boutique’s Content Aware Fill Script for After Effects and Photoshop, (which was more of an experiment really) to see if you can pair Photoshops content aware fill feature with After Effects to create some semi-automated “removals”. ![]()
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