From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from atl4mhob08.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.46] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTP id 5795886 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:23:49 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.208]) by atl4mhob08.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t6JCSnWw005389 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 08:28:49 -0400 Received: (qmail 735 invoked by uid 0); 19 Jul 2015 12:28:49 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 60.225.151.161 X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.58?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.151.161) by 0 with ESMTPA; 19 Jul 2015 12:28:48 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2102\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Technique question In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:28:45 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2102) Hi, I do similar work on TVCs, I generally do the same thing Roei said - = make a clean plate, sometimes in PS with content aware fill, then track = it back in. There is no shortcut in AE. However if you do a lot of this then check out Mocha Pro - I=E2=80=99m = fairly sure it has tools to automatically make clean plates. The = tracking is faster, better and friendlier than within AE. It could be that the tool you=E2=80=99re looking for is not = content-aware fill in AE, but simply an upgrade to Mocha Pro. -Chris (PS I=E2=80=99m not that familiar with the full product range of = Imagineer, so it could be one of the other products that does it, but = I=E2=80=99m sure one of their products makes clean plates automatically) > On 19 Jul 2015, at 11:16 am, Lachlan Westfall = wrote: >=20 > Sorry, I don't know how to make the subject more specific. >=20 > I'm working on a few crime-solving TV shows. One of the themes is that = they write stuff with markers on whiteboards. As the show develops, the = whiteboards get filled with more and more information. And they often = refer back to the whiteboards. These are NOT lockdown shots. It's all = hand-held. >=20 > Sometimes they write something on the whiteboard that "network legal" = doesn't like. My job is to remove it, or fix it. >=20 > If it was a Still in Photoshop, I would just use "content aware fill" = and be done with it, but it's not. >=20 > Right now, I just track a solid and apply 4-color gradient to match = the whiteboard. This works 80-percent of the time. >=20 > However, sometimes a shadow of an arm goes across the area. Yes, I try = to animate the colors but it's not so great. >=20 > I guess my question is: is there any technique in AE that can (per = frame) act like "content aware fill" in Photoshop? >=20 > Thanks. >=20 > -Lachlan >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to >=20