Adobe After Effects Tutorial | Content-Aware Fill - WHEN IT DOESN’T WORK

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What’s up everybody!
There’s a new feature in Adobe After Effects called Content-Aware Fill that allows you to remove anything from your shots fairly easily! It's pretty powerful, but if you’ve tried it you know that it doesn’t always work perfectly. In fact, it’s only in certain situations where it’s going to give you an acceptable result. So what do you do when it doesn’t work?? Check out the video to find out... Leave a comment below if you have any questions and let me know what you want to see next!
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[@CodyPyper]

DreGonnaDre preciate it!

[@dansmith9569]

Noticed your clock on the iMac started at 9:39am and ended at 2:05pm. Took roughly 4 and half hours to remove him from that single 6 second clip! That’s total dedication!

[@CodyPyper]

Haha yea it takes some true dedication and patience! Working on a similar project right now that’s much more than 4.5 hours and it’s kicking my butt!

[@MigueldeAguirre]

@@CodyPyper You can use mocha for your masks and 2d tracking to speed up 2X your work.

[@CodyPyper]

Miguel de Aguirre I was wondering if Mocha would work! Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to try that. For this project though i wouldn’t be able to use it though because I can’t get Mocha Track data to come back into AE no matter what I try. Even tech support couldn’t help me make it work. Hopefully the newer versions of AE have fixed it for me

[@jakehoner1600]

You are an absolute wizard. I was always so hesitant to use Content Aware because I never believed it could tackle shots like this. But you took a pretty damn complex shot and killed it in comp. Thank you SO MUCH for this tut! Will definitely use this for reference

[@CodyPyper]

Haha thanks man! I appreciate that. Glad it could help you out. Wanted to make this video because I knew people would either assume it wouldn’t work on complex shots, or get frustrated when it didn’t work perfectly like they expected it too. Sometimes it just takes time learning how something works to know how to use it to your full advantage ya know

[@vickiadj]

Late to the party but this video helped me a lot. I use to be afraid to touch After Effects but your video just gave me the courage and confidence to want to play around in it more.

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Thank u so much, interested in starting so soft during quarintine and just need a place to get started, thx for the support

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[@CodyPyper]

Thank you man I appreciate that! Means a lot coming from you

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This is excellent, thank you so much!! Been wanting to understand the reference layer for so long now. You rock!

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks! Glad it helped, it was confusing for me too at first. If you really want to dive deep into reference layers check out the second part of that tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szp3dmq9CFeK8

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[@CodyPyper]

Of course! And just take it project by project and you will gain the skills you need over time, that’s what I did!

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Thank you ! You did a great job simplifying such a complex daw....Looking forward to be a great producer

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[@CodyPyper]

Thanks Zach that means a lot! Just started out and growing steady, hope to be at 1k subs soon as well!

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[@thethiefman2681]

this tutorial blew me away with how specific and explanatory you were, left a like, thank you

[@CodyPyper]

Absolutely, glad I could help!

[@CodyPyper]

I saw your comment about masking. If you’re still wondering this video will explain a bit of that process: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szp3dmq9CFeK8 Doing a precise mask is helpful, but not critical. More importantly, you need to keep as much of the original background as possible when removing in photoshop. Don’t just press content aware in Ps and call it done. If you have more of the background from another frame, use that to remove the object. If not then clone it and rebuild it very precisely, and make sure to remove areas you may have painted over the original background.

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[@davidflannery1973]

Thank you! Other tutorials had the mask expansion way too high - 1 worked best

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[@CodyPyper]

My voice does soft, tysm

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[@CodyPyper]

This comment made my day, so thank you! Means a lot. Started just recently and working hard to grow my channel and produce really good content

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basics it's encouraging to learn a little bit more! Well done!

[@CodyPyper]

Yes! A well written comment is appreciated around here

[@_dinesh]

This is mind blowing!! You just made it look so easy. I am so sharing this video to everyone I know. You deserve more subscribers! 💕

[@CodyPyper]

Thank you! Much appreciated

[@petersolomon5227]

A very nice job. The only other recommendation I would suggest is pre-denoising the clip/s, then reintroducing noise or grain after the FX have been done.

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks for the suggestion! Would you suggest this even if denoise isn’t needed?

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[@CodyPyper]

Haha thanks! Appreciate the support!

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Quality tutorial, id imagine you will have many subscribers soon! great work.

[@CodyPyper]

Thank you! That’s the goal haha

[@TanerProd]

The video was so helpful!Thanks a lot!

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Thanks so much for your thoughtful and detailed videos! On to the soft!

[@CodyPyper]

Yep, happy softing!

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This got me something amazing for real, brother. Thanks and God bless!

[@dreamersdayproductions8564]

I just learned something today. Thank you so much keep making more tutorials!

[@CodyPyper]

Awesome! And I actually have a new updated Content Aware After Effects Tutorial that I’m working on... stay tuned!

[@CodyPyper]

Here are my two newer tutorials on Content Aware, by the way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szp3dmq9CFeK8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo

[@GhosthubTV]

Wow nice , thank you so much , keep it up bro...

[@nauka9634]

nice job, bro. Much more detailed work than in the usual tutorials~.

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks! Yea, I always appreciate more details when I'm trying to figure something out, so thought I would do the same

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[@CodyPyper]

We take those!

[@nickkirastoulis4617]

very nice tutorial. I had and idea though which may remove your use of the secondary tracking and null object. instead of just rotoscoping the cameraman for the content aware fill, maybe try doing the same thing to a chunk of the audience where ghosting may occur. so that ghosting can happen further out that you can remove with a mask. then rotoscope the audience's heads back in.

[@nestedphotography]

Impressive tutorial. Very helpful! Nice shot of Masonboro in the intro ;)

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks man! And shhh it’s not Masonboro, its a “deserted island” lol

[@DaveBachinsky]

This is next level !! Amazing

[@OmarZaki]

This is incredible man. Well done. About to do this for my own project. Been avoiding PS for a while now but I guess it’s finally time 🤣

[@CodyPyper]

Photoshop is amazing haha! I love it. Do you mean avoiding it for the project or in general?

[@OmarZaki]

Cody Pyper In general! I only do video work so I spend all my time/energy in PP and AE so I’ve been avoiding learning another program haha

[@CodyPyper]

Haha yea understandable, but trust me - once you get the hang of photoshop you’ll realize how much potential it has for making your life easier, even in the video world. Might make a video about this because photoshop knowledge has really come in handy throughout the years

[@OmarZaki]

Cody Pyper Yeah and I’ve kind of known that for a while that it could make my life easier but still avoided it 🤣 LOL

[@CodyPyper]

Haha well best of luck to you! Have some photoshop videos in the works, but lemme know if you have any questions along the way 🙃

[@MattJackson_YouTube]

Great video, sir. Thank you so much!

[@CodyPyper]

You are welcome! Glad it could help you out

[@williedrone262]

Great tutorial! thank you!!!

[@CodyPyper]

You are welcome!

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[@CodyPyper]

Thanks!

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Subbed! You deserve more subscribers

[@CodyPyper]

Lazercore Good thanks for the sub!

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You have broken the Algorithm. That's where AI fails and Creators Excel. Outstanding work!!

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Awesome work Cody!

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks Nate!

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Thanks for the tutorial

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I’m sayin!

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[@CodyPyper]

Aye glad it could help

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[@thegorc5805]

production. Thanks again!

[@fernw4486]

Thank u soo much. i was wondering y it didnt soft the sa for as well

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[@CodyPyper]

Subhash Kini thank you! Preciate the love 👍🏼

[@SliwkaProductions]

Amazing! Thanks for this tutorial 😄

[@CodyPyper]

You are welcome!

[@Clifton100]

thanks Bruh, Very professional video.

[@CodyPyper]

You’re welcome my guy!

[@preserveofficial1337]

Love this video 👌, helped a load dude.

[@CodyPyper]

Awesome! So glad it helped you out!

[@marhawi565]

Nice tutorial Michael,

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Nice quality. Thanks

[@CodyPyper]

No problem!

[@Solar7177]

concepts finally line up in my brain and...well, who knows? Maybe I'll be able to make sotNice tutorialng now.

[@katharineparsons2171]

This was really well done. I think it would be faster though if I just paid you to fix my footage!

[@CodyPyper]

I’m open to that!

[@JustKwamz]

Want to see more of the Photoshop part, a lot of creators skip past that, but it's really important for people learning to know 🙌🏿

[@CodyPyper]

Yes! A lot of people requested that so I made a whole video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo

[@JustKwamz]

@@CodyPyper ayeee!! Thank you!!

[@CodyPyper]

You’re welcome! Let me know if you have any questions as well

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[@CodyPyper]

Welcome!

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[@CodyPyper]

Thank you! It was pretty fun haha

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[@CodyPyper]

Hey thanks man!

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imagine doing this for a whole concert

[@CodyPyper]

Don’t make me lol

[@_dinesh]

that would be a 6 months project haha.

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Thanks you bro. love you....

[@MyDigitalHub]

Now this is Content Quality Fill!

[@CodyPyper]

Thank you!

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very good. a lot of work

[@andrewriddle1570]

Would love if you did more AE tutorials! This was very helpful.

[@CodyPyper]

Glad it was helpful man! I plan to make more soon so be on the lookout 👀

[@CodyPyper]

Any suggestions to cover?

[@andrewriddle1570]

@@CodyPyper I'd love if you did a video on the Photoshop shop part and how that helped you in After Effects.

[@CodyPyper]

In this video I go into it a little deeper: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szp3dmq9CFeK8 But I have a video coming out soon that might also help clear that up!

[@CodyPyper]

@@andrewriddle1570 In case you missed it, here is a follow up video on that exact topic! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo

[@JimMather]

Awesome man! How long did the masking technique take for this particular shot?

[@CodyPyper]

So masking Jesse out at the beginning for the content-aware fill took about 30 minutes, and the rest of the masking to fix it took about 1.5 hours

[@Dancoliio]

You sir, ... are amazing

[@CodyPyper]

Thank you!!

[@strandskovmedia4606]

Awesome! I would love to see the PS aswell :-)

[@CodyPyper]

Here is the video I made about the photoshop section! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo

[@neilseiffer]

Great tutorial and explanation...how long did it take for you to complete this project? How much RAM did you have installed your computer to work in After Effects in real time...or reduce quality to 1/4 or 1/8 for smooth playback?

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks! It took me about 4 hours to complete this particular shot, and I actually only have 12GB RAM installed right now 😞. But working on a Mac Pro with a pretty good graphics card. I actually didn’t have playback in real time, I usually would hit play and wait for it to render each frame and then playback. I sped up the times in the video so you didn’t have to wait 😎

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Hey, I'm just starting to get into making soft and tNice tutorials 17 minute video helped a LOT MORE than those one hour long tutorials out

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Abit too fast for beginner like me but blew my mind what AE can do. Subscribed!

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks for the sub! And yes it took me a while to dive in to AE but it is powerful for sure

[@rahmatheking]

Can you tell how to change softal instrunt in Serum, please ?!

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watch more and learn more your are great thanks.

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Pretty cool, this is an automatic sub!!!!

[@CodyPyper]

Preciate the support!

[@berchten]

Certainly More Advanced Stuff, thanks! Is there a step by step runthru of the reference Image step to get better result?

[@CodyPyper]

Yep! You’re looking part 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo But I also have a really helpful part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szp3dmq9CFeK8

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I bought the Fruity Edition and tNice tutorials tutorial helped out a lot!

[@CodyPyper]

Awesome!

[@teamEP789]

a note. instead of masking around the heads, you can make extra masks on each head, and set them to "Add"

[@CodyPyper]

Yesss, then you can track them individually too. That’s a good note

[@monicadelrio8663]

Hey, I just wanted to check briesofty if there is a way for to import a new soft into the program, for example softs or sotNice tutorialng that

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Awesome tut! Subbed... Do you have a video walking thru the details, that breaks down all the specifics of this process?

[@CodyPyper]

I don’t at the moment, but I am considering doing one because quite a few people have asked

[@CodyPyper]

If you have a question about something in particular, feel free to ask

[@CodyPyper]

Here ya go!! Advanced Content-Aware Fill Tutorial in After Effects | Deep Dive into Photoshop kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo

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In The setup hey bro i wanted to know how do u load your Sample guide into the packs in the browser?

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Really great job! Sub'd!

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks for the sub 👍🏼

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Cheers man!

[@CodyPyper]

For sure!

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How can I use this plugin for AE 2018 if I don't have it?

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Please make full tutorial , talk about everything including photoshop part too Upload in 3-4 parts so I would be better

[@johnvallance3969]

@codypyper did this ever happen? need it! great job one these

[@CodyPyper]

Yep! Here’s part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szp3dmq9CFeK8

[@stevancrary8722]

Incredible

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks!

[@kaatilbilla]

im having a problem when i put gms and na the patter "app" it doesnt soft like what it was in the video its a loud annoying soft

[@worksfromla_]

FANTASTIC TRICK AND TUTORIAL OVER ALL! Any way you can break down the middle part of the video from copying many refs to how to open those refs into photoshop please? I am having a hard time finding the files for my project using your same techniques. THANKS SO MUCH!!

[@CodyPyper]

Hey, I will try to break that down more in a future video, but just for clarity, are you referring to the part at 4:14 where I export a few more stills to help remove Jesse in photoshop?

[@worksfromla_]

Yes, that is correct. No need to go into detail how to remove something in photoshop. Just the creating references, how to save and use. It wasn't working for me when I was trying it, so I think I messed up somewhere along the way. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@CodyPyper]

@@worksfromla_ again, you're welcome! So did my comment clear it up or are you still getting stuck on that step?

[@worksfromla_]

@@CodyPyper , sadly still getting stuck. You can email me if you'd like if that makes it easier, instead of doing a whole video. I completely understand the production life and juggling time with projects.

[@CodyPyper]

@@worksfromla_ Sure - send an email to [e-mail] and I'll see if I can help you get unstuck

[@rasto4e4ek]

That's crazy. in a good way. Just wow!

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks my friend!

[@gatzq]

Great tutorial! Didn't know one could pack so much info in 10 min. Thanks

[@CodyPyper]

No problem! Glad you enjoyed 👌🏻

[@eskil123451]

wow man, this is great, I would love an other tutorial more spesific o the photoshop part:-)

[@CodyPyper]

Well you’re in luck: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo

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[@CodyPyper]

Yea maybe I’ll add chapters in actually, good point

[@mayankbhardwaj9110]

wait to learn more!

[@garyquintrell4878]

wow ....great work ...it was a little to fast for me as I am only learning AE

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks! Let me know if you had any questions about anything specific

[@arslanmahmood]

Hi Cody Pyper, that's a really amazing tutorial. I am actually facing a problem. So, I basically want to remove a power extension from the shot but the problem is, we use smoke as its a music video. After effects can't fill the area because of changes in texture. I hope you understand my question.

[@CodyPyper]

Thanks! And yes I think I know what you mean, the best way to fill it will be a mix of using AE Content Aware fill, and then taking some pieces to overlay over top of where AE messed up. Either creating clones in photoshop or in AE, you'll have to manually create and track some of the fixes on there. It's really tough but short of recreating something in a 3d environment, it's the best way I know how to do it!

[@arslanmahmood]

Cody Pyper Thanks for the advise. I will look into this.

[@CodyPyper]

You’re welcome, let me know how it goes!

[@TheFollert]

Hey cody, for those moving shots reverse stabilization is a great technique. u can achieve that easily with mocha and cc powerpin!

[@CodyPyper]

Nice! You think that would work on a shot like this? And would you stabilize and then do the removal?

[@TheFollert]

@@CodyPyper exactly! have you tied it yet?

[@CodyPyper]

Not yet, I’ll let you know if I do and how it goes!

[@javitzproductions]

I see it took you about 4 hours. Not sure if you had something else going on that made you have to pause and take longer, but I think with mocha and the sweet plugin "mocha import plus" either you or I could do it in less than 2 hours and have a slightly better final result. If you accept my challenge, send me the high quality clip and I will do a screen recording.

[@CodyPyper]

I like it Javitz. What’s your email? I’d like to see what you can do with it. Loser buys the other creator a coffee

[@dashantpanigrahi]

This video is great but I have one problem it's saying " caf. Out of memory" after that content aware thing going to 15%. Please help.

[@CodyPyper]

Try making sure your disks have plenty of space

[@SheilaHouse]

Great tutorial. How do you proceed to remove more than one object in a video? Thanks. Is there a more detailed tutorial on this?

[@CodyPyper]

Yes, I’ll post a few links to my other tutorials that will help!

[@CodyPyper]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Szp3dmq9CFeK8

[@CodyPyper]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5e0mGOIdqelgpo

[@CodyPyper]

This one I remove two things in one comp! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKeupWymo9WGbtU

[@antonmercer6203]

Hello, please tell me what to do if an error appears after effects the Warning CAF out of memory ?

[@CodyPyper]

I think you need to make sure your hard drive/disk cache has enough space