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Indie767
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July 6, 2018
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Replacing object from video using Photoshop

  • July 6, 2018
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I have a mic cable that got into a video clip I shot. The object is hanging over the talents arm so I know I can clone adjacent skin pixels and paint over the cable. What is the best method to import my .MXF video clip into photoshop and export back out again?

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S_Gans
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S_GansCommunity Expert
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July 6, 2018

The easiest way to get .mxf format video into Photoshop is simply using File>Open. That creates a Video Group in your layers panel, and loads it onto a timeline. To export it, you'd want to use File>Export>Render Video.

However, I'm afraid that unless that cable is in the exact same place, with the exact same background in all frames, the cloning technique will be extremely tedious, as you'd need to alter or move it, frame by frame.

If these parts move or change, you might find After Effects to be more efficient for this sort of edit.

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Indie767Author
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July 6, 2018

Thanks, I looked into AE but I cannot get the clone tool to work on my 2015 version. All the tutorials I found for AE regarding this don't provide a step by step process to clone and paint. I'm thinking I may need to outsource this to a Nuke artist because AA really isn't well suited for this type of work.

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