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?
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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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.
Regarding previous comment, I meant to say AE doesn't seem well suited for object removal and replacement work. Unlike photoshop, there doesn't seem to be a logical relationship between cloning pixels and then painting those pixels to remove the unwanted object.
there doesn't seem to be a logical relationship between cloning pixels and then painting those pixels to remove the unwanted object.
Sure there is. It doesn't behave any different than PS' clone tool, but of course since there is time involved, the clone source itself may change, the clone stamp can be sampled at a different time and so on, all of which complicate matters and increase the risk of doing it wrong. that said, barely anyone uses actual painting to fix such issues on video/ film. That's what masking, duplicate layers, tracking and effects are for. It's simply a completely different workflow. In fact I'm pretty sure even your ominous Nuke artist would try that first before getting into laborious brush-based work...
I've done some titling effects work in AE. From my experience, it is really good for motion graphics but not so much for object / wire removal. My Nuke user friend recommended Fusion for object removal so I'll check that out.
I also forget to mention that AE doesn't handle video very well. At first, I tried importing a 10 minute clip but AE crashes. I tried smaller clips. Same result. I'm not sure whey AE is touted as a visual effects software when it cannot process imported video. Abode should dump AE and replace it with a modern platform. Very frustrating.
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