How to remove object behind a moving subject?

Question

Hello, I have tried everything to try to remove the black mask behind the moving subject.

The shot seems static, but it is handheld so it is moving slightly.

I need to complete this edit immediately, would really appreciate if someone could help. Thanks.

Rick Gerard · Answer

I duplicated the footage layer, added a freeze frame to the duplicate, drew a feathered mask over a clean part of the wall, Pre-composed moving all attributes, cropped the pre-comp (Composition/Crop to Region of Interest), then moved the clean part over the object on the wall and added corner pin to line up the perspective. That fixed the wall.

Then I duplicated the footage again, set an outpoint to where the actor passed the thing on the wall (only six frames), added a feathered mask about in the middle, and drew a rotobezier mask to isolate the actor's head and shoulders. Moving back and forth in the timeline and moving the whole mask, I got a reasonable result with only four keyframes.

You could also export a frame to Photoshop Layers and create your Clean Plate there instead of using the pre-compose and corner pin workflow. This is what that looks like:

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