Replace with After Effects Composition - Content Aware Mismatch

Report · May 30, 2019

I'm trying to remove a logo from the bottom of the shoes of my model in the provided link below.

I'm using the new content-aware fill feature in Adobe After Effects with a clip pulled directly from Premiere Pro (I selected "replaced with After Effects composition" in PP.

The clean result that I'm seeing in the AE panel does not translate into the linked clip in my AP project. The tracked masks stay in place nicely in AE (00:00-00:11), but if you look closely, it slightly hops around in the PP version (00:12). It looks even worse when exported directly from AE (00:18). Note: I did apply the mask and complete the content aware filter AFTER applying warp stabilizer in AE.

I'm fairly new to After Effects and am not too familiar with how this dynamic link process works between the two platforms, but I've reviewed a number of helpful tutorial videos and have followed step by step to my best knowledge.

Why is the result in AE not translating correctly to its corresponding clip in PP? I have the most updated versions of both AE and AP.

Thanks!

Report · May 30, 2019

try to find where the issue starts. is it in Ae? or only back in Pr? if necessary, pre-render the result and make more steps. for example, after you do the Warp Stabilizing, render the clip. use that for content aware, and render again - then place in Premiere. make sure you use a codec that will not lose quality like Prores 444 or Quicktime Cineform.

Report · May 31, 2019

I would work a little differently. Any time I have a shot that is going to involve significant processing I will select the shot in the Premiere Pro sequence then select Replace with After Effects composition, then as soon as the AE project and comp is created I save the AE comp, return to Premiere Pro, undo the last action to put the clip back in the timeline, then return to AE, work my magic, then render using the Output Module and a suitable production format. The rendered file is imported into a new bin in Premiere Pro, then it is placed directly above the original shot.

This saves a ton of headaches, keeps Premiere Pro running previews quickly, does not take any extra time, and would solve your problem. I only use Dynamic Link for very simple effects shots that will only take a few minutes to create and a few seconds to render. Anything involving more than about 10 minutes of work is always going to be rendered.