Wire removal

[EdwardMartinIII]

Using AE CS3 on one computer and AE 7 (just updated) on another computer.

So, wire removal...

In Photoshop, I'd just copy a fuzzy patch of pixels next door, but that's a still image. Is there a motion-tracking sort of technique for moving images?

How would you do it? Any favorite tutorials?

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[maruyama]

There is a new wire removal tool that allows you to do the same with a straight line.

As long as your "wire" isn't a bending cable, it'll do all of the heavy lifting for you. It's in the 3rd party freebies: CC Wire Removal




Ko Maruyama
Free Tutorials

http://homepage.mac.com/komaruyama/Tutorials

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I found that -- been working with it. It... usually does okay. Sometimes I've had to cheat a bit.

Sometimes I cut a mask to cover just the wire and change the masked layer's levels enough to make the wire invisible.

Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[maruyama]

yeh - unfortunately it's one of those that works "most of the time" really well, but sometimes not at all.

When we can fly around without cables, I won't be sittin' around on AE tho'

Ko Maruyama
Free Tutorials

http://homepage.mac.com/komaruyama/Tutorials