Great instructions thank you. At 5:49 the Content Aware Fill setting for "Range" is switched from "Entire Duration" to "Work Area" so it creates a fill layer for the footage only within the work bar you tweaked at the start. That feature is great to experiment in small chunks, so you only process small lengths at a time (for those with slow computers). You can then make many layers of small lengths overlapping for the full duration. This is handy for complex surfaces that can look weird after the fill and you need to modify the settings/mask and try and try again without waiting hours between each attempt. If the surface is complex and after the fill is generated, I like to move the original footage to the top layer, then feather or adjust the mask to lessen the weirdness! Other edits can also be made to the mask afterwards, like key framing the expansion so the fill layer below it is only visible when needed. An example is when you need to compromise between seeing a shadow and seeing a weird fill layer. I'm currently battling with this issue with a drone shadow passing over rock and water (the fill layer makes it look worse in some parts). Another compromise is to leave the fill layer on top where it was created and make it semi transparent (set the mask to none), so the shadow is less obvious but the artefacts of the generated fill aren't so eye-catching. Again, those may be needed for complex things like stairs and rocks and broken hearts. I'm learning as I go, so thanks again for the video.
This was so damn useful! This video was high up on the search list even 2 years later. Hope you keep producing content. Am a subscriber now and will be going through your videos! Thank you!
i tired this, the first time it left some shadow under the mask, I then tried to do the same process again and it seems to completely ignore the mask. it does remove the mask, however after generate fill and i remove the mask the original shadow is there.
Great instructions thank you. At 5:49 the Content Aware Fill setting for "Range" is switched from "Entire Duration" to "Work Area" so it creates a fill layer for the footage only within the work bar you tweaked at the start. That feature is great to experiment in small chunks, so you only process small lengths at a time (for those with slow computers). You can then make many layers of small lengths overlapping for the full duration. This is handy for complex surfaces that can look weird after the fill and you need to modify the settings/mask and try and try again without waiting hours between each attempt. If the surface is complex and after the fill is generated, I like to move the original footage to the top layer, then feather or adjust the mask to lessen the weirdness! Other edits can also be made to the mask afterwards, like key framing the expansion so the fill layer below it is only visible when needed. An example is when you need to compromise between seeing a shadow and seeing a weird fill layer. I'm currently battling with this issue with a drone shadow passing over rock and water (the fill layer makes it look worse in some parts). Another compromise is to leave the fill layer on top where it was created and make it semi transparent (set the mask to none), so the shadow is less obvious but the artefacts of the generated fill aren't so eye-catching. Again, those may be needed for complex things like stairs and rocks and broken hearts. I'm learning as I go, so thanks again for the video.
Good easy to follow tutorial! Very calming voice as well. Would have tea with this guy
This was so damn useful! This video was high up on the search list even 2 years later. Hope you keep producing content. Am a subscriber now and will be going through your videos! Thank you!
you saved me after more than 5 years of search
Quick, easy, and to the point. You got yourself a new subscriber!
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Thanks, your video helped me a lot!
Wonderful tutorial! Thank you very much!
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This is ridiculous, you know how much time I would have saved compositing with this tool if it were around 12 years ago lol it's awesome!!
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Great video friend. Thank you for the help!
Is there a way to select what part of the image it uses to generate the fill?
i tired this, the first time it left some shadow under the mask, I then tried to do the same process again and it seems to completely ignore the mask. it does remove the mask, however after generate fill and i remove the mask the original shadow is there.
on the content aware panel while you are rendering it says "shadow" how do I get mine to say that/access that function?
Ahh. The reason it says shadow is simply because that is the name I gave to the composition.
Do you know why i don't have content fill aware in my AE CC2018?
Hello, I do as you do, but nothing is deleted from me for some reason you can say why thank you for the answer
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life saver.
had a single double that could be used and it had the cameraman's shadow in it!!!
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