Wire Removal

Lesson 11

In this lesson, retouch a clip by drawing on a single frame and then animating the paint stroke to follow the action.

Overview

In this lesson, use the Paint tools to retouch a clip. Remove an unwanted wire by painting over it and revealing footage underneath then, cover a crack in the sidewalk by painting over it with cloned pixels from another area of the sidewalk.

In this lesson:

  • Draw a line over a wire attached to the person’s back using the Paint tools.

  • Animate the line frame by frame to follow the wire throughout the clip.

  • Hide the line and the wire using the Reveal method.

  • Draw a brush stroke over a crack in the ...

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