<p>Can I suggest that you try <a href="https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Davinci Resolve</a> for this?  It's free, and has a fantastic "clone stamping"-style tool, called Node Sizing  - see "Example 2: Using Node Sizing to duplicate a windowed area of an image to cover a blemish" p638 in the manual:
<a href="http://software.blackmagicdesign.com/DaVinciResolve/docs/DaVinci_Resolve_11_Manual_June_2014.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://software.blackmagicdesign.com/DaVinciResolve/docs/DaVinci_Resolve_11_Manual_June_2014.pdf</a></p>

<p>It allows you to clone one region of a video over another, and to feather the edges. You can track the positions of moving items too - it's remarkably effective.</p>

<p>Update: After Effects now has content aware fill for video: 
<a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/content-aware-fill.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/content-aware-fill.html</a></p>

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<p>I have footage from a drone, and there's a rather unsightly floating thing that I'd like to remove. I've heard that one could export this video as frames and use Photoshop's built in "Content-Aware" function to remove an object like this, but there's quite a few frames to work with here (and it's a rather complex object), so it doesn't seem completely feasible to do just that.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MpIts.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MpIts.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Here's a link to a GIF: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/WtEGt.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Hosted on Imgur">Hosted on Imgur</a></p>

<p>I'd like to know if there's an easier way to do this (Maybe via plugins if necessary). Any help would be very much appreciated.</p>

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Welcome George :) "Content-Aware" for every frame isn't a option since the algorithm produces a different solution per frame. I'd recommend to *track this part of the image and replace it* by a part next to it (left or right or should give best results, because of the camera movement and the floating sea).
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Object removal in After Effects via Content-Aware?
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# Object removal in After Effects via Content-Aware?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-08)

I have footage from a drone, and there's a rather unsightly floating thing that I'd like to remove. I've heard that one could export this video as frames and use Photoshop's built in "Content-Aware" function to remove an object like this, but there's quite a few frames to work with here (and it's a rather complex object), so it doesn't seem completely feasible to do just that.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MpIts.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/MpIts.jpg)

Here's a link to a GIF: [Hosted on Imgur](https://i.sstatic.net/WtEGt.jpg "Hosted on Imgur")

I'd like to know if there's an easier way to do this (Maybe via plugins if necessary). Any help would be very much appreciated.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Welcome George :) "Content-Aware" for every frame isn't a option since the algorithm produces a different solution per frame. I'd recommend to *track this part of the image and replace it* by a part next to it (left or right or should give best results, because of the camera movement and the floating sea).  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Can I suggest that you try [Davinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve) for this? It's free, and has a fantastic "clone stamping"-style tool, called Node Sizing - see "Example 2: Using Node Sizing to duplicate a windowed area of an image to cover a blemish" p638 in the manual:
<http://software.blackmagicdesign.com/DaVinciResolve/docs/DaVinci_Resolve_11_Manual_June_2014.pdf>

It allows you to clone one region of a video over another, and to feather the edges. You can track the positions of moving items too - it's remarkably effective.

Update: After Effects now has content aware fill for video:
<https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/content-aware-fill.html>


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