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rob-mcp
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November 9, 2024
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Hide / Mask a visible date, top left on a video

  • November 9, 2024
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I am sure I posted this, solapologies for the repeat (If it is) I can't find it.

I took a video on an action camera, I forgot to turn off the date stamp, ,on the video playback I see a white text date, top left.

I could crop 5% top off, but it looks odd, is there a way I can maks the date out, most of the video is sky but it changes blue, and clouds appear, also foliage.

Any suggestions?

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Correct answer Warren Heaton

Failing miserably, need to learn After effects and masking...


@rob-mcp 

 

Here’s a quick Content-aware Fill step-by-step:

  1. Start a new After Effects project.
  2. Import the video clip.
  3. Save the project with a descriptive name.
  4. In the Project panel, right-click the Clip and choose New Como from Selection.
  5. In the resulting Composition, Layer 1 will already be selected.  Select the Rectangle Tool and then click and drag around the white text.  Draw the Mask so that there is a little space around the white text (the space should be about 1/5 the hight of the white text).
  6. While the Layer is still selected, press M to show the Mask Path and change the Math Path pop-up menu from Add to Subtract.
  7. In the Content-aware Fill panel, Fill Method pop-up menu to Edge Blend and then click “Generate Fill Layer”.
  8. As soon as it finishes, save the project again.
  9. While the Composition panel or the Timeline panel is selected, choose Composition > Add to Render Queue.
  10. In the Render Queue, set the Output Model pop-up menu to “Best Settings” (this is the default) and the Render Settings pop-up menu to “High Quality”.
  11. Save the project again and then click Render.
  12. When the render is complete, save the project and close After Effects.

2 replies

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 9, 2024

You can also try increasing the scale if you don't lose too much resolution.

rob-mcp
rob-mcpAuthor
Inspiring
November 9, 2024

Thanks Bob, from another Bob!

I will try both suggestions, content aware might be better as some things at the top ( folks heads! ) might look better still visible.

I will let you know how I get on.

Regards, Rob/Bob.

rob-mcp
rob-mcpAuthor
Inspiring
November 9, 2024

Failing miserably, need to learn After effects and masking...

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 9, 2024

You can try Content Aware Fill in After Effects.

https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/content-aware-fill.html