The result after object removal analysis is complete
The object removal plugin is highly footage dependent, and you won't always get this good a
result this easily. Problems with the result are shown via gray, either gray fringing or solid gray
filling the replacement window. Gray shows you where the current settings are failing to find
background content with which to fill in the patch you're removing. If this happens, there are two
things you can try.
If you notice while playing through the analyzed result that the object removal mask
has gray fringing on some frames, you can try adjusting the 'search range' slider,
which is the distance, in frames, from the current frame that the object removal plugin
is searching for replacement image detail. For example, if the search range is 20, it
searches +/-20 frames from the current location, or 40 frames total. The allowance of 10
frames means we look at every 4th frame. You will generally get the best results for the
smallest range that gives an acceptable result.
If you're noticing that the object removal mask is filled entirely with gray on some
frames, this means that background fill couldn't be easily generated for those frames.
In this case, you can try clicking the 'build clean plate' button, which takes a 'best
guess' approach to generating a background with which to fill the frame and integrates
this with frames that could be successfully filled in.
If the patch is successfully filled, but the result isn't blending well with the background,
you can try changing the blend mode. The default is 'linear', which is a simple cloning
operation, but you can also choose 'adaptive blend', which can provide better results
except in certain situations where the edges of the replacement patch have a different
color or brightness than the background.
The 'scene mode' menu provides different methods of analyzing the scene, for
improving the analysis of how the area that needs to be replaced moves, to best
determine how to fill the hole left by the object being removed. Background analyzes
the entire image except for the object region. Boundary analyzes the boundary area
surrounding the object region. Object is for analyzing an object that moves with the
background, like a sticker that's on a window while the camera moves.
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