Remove Objects From Video in After Effects | Content Aware Fill

In this tutorial I show you how to remove objects from videos in after effects using content aware fill. This simple way allows you to remove objects in a few simple steps. This video includes: remove objects from video in after effects, how to remove objects from video in after effects, how to remove objects from videos, content aware fill tutorial, content aware fill after effects, content aware fill, remove objects, remove objects tutorial, remove objects after effects, video editing, filmmaking, editing, after effects, after effects tutorial, tutorial, masking, masking tutorial, remove objects with content aware fill, remove objects with masking, content aware fill tool, remove stuff from videos, remove things from video, remove areas from video.
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[@seanlamothe1825]

This reversed a huge headache. Thank you so much!

[@julixttx]

For those who's fill layer is still black, you need to make sure to switch back from your layer if you're in one to your composition.

[@gejacky7233]

翻译：对于那些填充图层仍然是黑色的人，如果您处于其中之一，则需要确保从图层切换回合成。

[@Emolederc]

thanks man!

[@sorryiwasinanotherworldforasec]

what do you mean? I dont understand :(

[@indigosay]

@@sorryiwasinanotherworldforasec click upper tab started with "composition" words

[@Isolation7v7]

@@sorryiwasinanotherworldforasec He just helped to translate your words into Chinese for non-English speaker :)

[@officialz3p]

If your "Generate Fill Layer" button does not show up after following the steps like mine did. Close the Content-Aware Fill panel and reopen it under Window> Content-Aware Fill

[@Ally880]

i literally love u omg bruh tysm

[@ZeebftblAep]

love you dude

[@jimenaruiz2448]

bro thank you so much

[@Pxrsche911]

Thank youuu!!!!!!!

[@DavidDufourq]

Just the best video tutorials ever!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I appreciate it ♥️

[@adeebmalik2547]

Easy to follow tutorial thank you!!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You're welcome!

[@shaunbrown3806]

The best Tutorial I have found so far, very grateful for this video looking forward to learning more from you, and of course I just subbed :)

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Thank you for the sub, won't disappoint you😁

[@MrLogi]

If your layer is still black when working with multiple layers, I "soloed" the layer that I am filling since the layers underneath kept filling in the gap apparently and it worked!

[@ccc3]

1:43 - save before generating; if you know you know

[@13TheLostSpaceman]

Best video I found for this topic. Thanks a lot!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Glad it was helpful✌️

[@JA809_]

Thanks man , learned something new today

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Glad to hear✌️

[@GartBrand]

Very practical 👋👋

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Glad you think so!

[@GartBrand]

@@SmertimbaGraphics 🙏🙏

[@CiclismoEnCasa]

WHAAAAAAAAATTTTT!!!!??? Thanks!!!

[@DavidFaxon]

Wait what?? It’s that easy? Thank you!!!

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Easy peasy😂

[@allenjos10]

You need a whole lot of ram if ur using 4k footage

[@Sloppy_pippen]

Any tips on how to make the process faster? Took my computer 1 hour for a 10 second clip for some sensor dust

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Not much you can do there except upgrade the hardware

[@keshiskesh69]

this is a really nice tutorial and it helped, thank you very much also just wanted to ask is there a tutorial where I can change the opacity of the object I masked in after effects

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

I don't have a tutorial for it, but you can adjust every mask's opacity in mask settings, next to feather and path

[@keshiskesh69]

@@SmertimbaGraphics managed to find it, but how would you make the mask of the object you made to only fade out with the rest of the background kept, as if I try that either the object will only appear and then fade out or if its just the background that appears that entirely fades with the masked object not showing

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You could separately rotobrush the object and have it appear and disappear when needed

[@SelfcareSofie]

Can I remove the background with this method? As I am working with something complicated for rotobrush to do easily. Thank you

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You should remove the background using rotobrush, content aware fill can't remove backgrounds since it needs to replace it with something else

[@shaunbrown3806]

Just a quick one do you know how to remove and replace a background lets say the floor in this scene for example but keep tracking on it so that it doesn't merge with the characters feet, would be very grateful for knowledge on this as I am a total noob thanks in advance :)

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

To remove larger areas you should use masks or roto brush instead to mask out the whole area, then replace it with something else

[@shaunbrown3806]

@@SmertimbaGraphics I was afraid that was the case as I did a whole scene in blender which means I will have to delete the scenes I already created, if that makes sense I thought I could add new scenes without it interfering with the characters in movement.

[@shaunbrown3806]

All I really wanted to do is add a background, and stabilize it without it interfering with anything else.

[@jorgeireyes]

Does this method apply/ work with moving objects that are coming into the scene?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It does, but the results may vary based on the video

[@jorgeireyes]

@@SmertimbaGraphics hmm. Would you recommend After Effects or Premiere to remove a moving object that slides into the frame?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Premiere can't really do stuff like that, after effects for sure is the choice here.

[@donnellodom5729]

I'm working on a beach scene to remove a person by the water. I tracked the mask manually. When i generate fill layer the outcome wasn't what expected. The wave lines of the water are off where the person was standing and is very noticeable. Is there a fix for this, did I do something wrong, or is it impossible because of the moving water?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It has limitations but generally the result turns out decent and usable, try a few more times

[@johneygd]

WooooW you telling me that if i want to remove certain objects in a video,that i only have to tell object aware filler algorithm to remove those objects in the first frame sothat it can do the rest automatically based on identical objects/ pixels it detects in the video??? whether reliable or not? Well if this is true,that would be really really time saving and mind blowing .

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Pretty much. It does a really good job at it too😂

[@johneygd]

@@SmertimbaGraphics holy cow.

[@dulaz_z]

When I use Subtract mode in After Effects only transparent masking appears, it doesn't turn black like in the tutorial, can anyone help?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You probably have transparency grid toggled, it's fine either way, proceed with the rest if the tutorial

[@NadonzaJeanelC]

i have a black in the part of the words i need to remove how i do fix this?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

It's designed to work on footage, not sure about the text, maybe painting over with the same color helps

[@tazistarfire]

My fill layer is just black still after I generate. What did I miss?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Not sure why that happens, I've seen people commenting about it, hasn't happened to me yet🤔

[@VibePhoenix.]

wait for the process to complete and after the process is completed you wont have a black still.

[@jamesarcher1]

For me everything works up until i press generate fill and it is generated but i can still see the black on the screen even after it is rendered, how do i remove the black?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You mean the fill layers are generated but not visible?

[@tazistarfire]

Same, how did you solve?

[@tazistarfire]

My fill layer is generated but it hasn't change in the preview window. It is the same as before I generated@@SmertimbaGraphics

[@Junabku]

same problem here, the mask is still black after the fill layer, didnt even track properlyt, i had to manually track it.

[@sorryiwasinanotherworldforasec]

im confused to

[@GiovanniiPh]

why when I go to generate fill level does pick a folder open and it doesn't generate anything? can someone help me thx

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Make sure you go back to the composition view to see the results

[@youtubewatcher2006]

My mask is set to Subtract, yet nothing shows up in the Content Aware Fill window. It stay pitch black. Any ideas why that is?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Go back to the composition view

[@youtubewatcher2006]

@@SmertimbaGraphics That didn't work. The fix was to solo the layer.

[@buffeddave]

If you have the effect "Rolling Shutter Repair" on the target clip, this all won't work. Delete the effect and the mask will appear in the tiny "content awuwu fill" window.

[@Caroline-pk9jq]

The mask is tracked well in the beginning but then loses the object slightly. How do I adjust the mask without manually changing it in each frame?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You can adjust it at the frame it starts losing the object and track forward from there, if it still doesn't do the job then manually adjustment is the best you can do

[@squeaky_buddha]

SORCERY! 🧙🏼‍♂

[@dalibenrayana5040]

i can't find generate fill layer as you

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Find and enable content aware fill window

[@Rhin0beak]

My problem is a hand passes in front of the thing I want to edit out and it messes it all up

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

If it's a large area then content aware fill might struggle

[@totopiccillocool]

Id tried to right click but it wouldn't right click for me

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

What time exactly?

[@PTFWWDB]

this process is still convoluted as hell

[@allenjos10]

How much ram do u need tho?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

My laptop has 16 gb ddr5 and even then it doesn't crash, it could just slow down once the rams full

[@priyanshukushwaha2197]

Bro its taking forever how much time it takes to you to render and give me some tips for fast rendering

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Like 10-15 seconds

[@priyanshukushwaha2197]

@@SmertimbaGraphics how whats your specs

[@priyanshukushwaha2197]

@@SmertimbaGraphics bro literally mine takes 1 hr just to render 30 out of 224🫠 is it becz im using free version or something else becz its a ryzen 7 and rtx 4060 laptop

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Ryzen 5600 32gb ram rtx 3060 ti, nothing fancy😂

[@priyanshukushwaha2197]

@@SmertimbaGraphics 16 gb ram here🫠

[@SolatrumMortale]

The object I want to remove is only visible for part of the clip. It appears and disappears and I can't cut the clip. How do I tell it to stop?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Select the work area (B, N shortcuts) before you do content aware fill

[@SolatrumMortale]

@@SmertimbaGraphics Awesome, thank you!

[@signitemedia648]

My rendering is extremely high and my laptop hates it. It's a really short clip, what's wrong here?

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Not much you can do there, use hardware encoding if available, that's best you can do

[@gamingbd7836]

bri bangladesh

[@priyanshukushwaha2197]

Broooo in my mask parent and link is not showing😭😭 any solution

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You don't need parent and link for this video, but you can toggle/switch the modes or right click and enable it that way

[@priyanshukushwaha2197]

@@SmertimbaGraphics thanks but i get the solution its my fault that i didnt complete my mask😝😝 but thanks for reply

[@varbiecore]

is it free

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You need adobe subscription for after effects to work, if that's what you meant

[@johnbaumgartner]

That's one object. You said objects. Can't out how to do more than one.

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You can just repeat the steps for a different object in the same video, it will create another generative fill layer to fill the gap

[@user-kp6ud7ht4z]

why wouldn't you show us how to manually adjust the mask?????????

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Well, you just select the individual points of a mask and move them to make adjustments

[@rw3452]

Did not work

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

What part of it did not?

[@rw3452]

@@SmertimbaGraphics basically created a blank layer 😞

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

You have to target an area with a mask, once the mask is there and its mode is set to subtract, it should recognize it and create a fill layer

[@rw3452]

@@SmertimbaGraphics honestly I did do that 😇. Thanks for the help but I needed to create a ref layer in photoshop and just freeze that layer 😞

[@allenjos10]

You have a quantum computer? Cuz I have laptop with a 3070ti + 64 gb of ram and it crashes 😂😂

[@SmertimbaGraphics]

Nah, I've got 3060 ti with 32 gb ram but it's a desktop pc, never had crashing issues when removing objects, it usually happens when using third party plugins