Since all elements (the background waves, the violinist, the people) are moving, its hard to really find something to reference, and they are all moving in random ways, not in a loop. So its hard to create a clean plate with no artifacts. I've tried real quick, Mocha Pro and Object Removal tool, and because all parts are moving all the time, its hard to avoid artifacts. Maybe double pass or something would help. One to remove the people and the other to remove the artifacts left behind.
Maybe someone has a better idea, or better approach.
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If you had a clean plate, like waves shot at the same time of day with no people, than it you could mask out the violinist and put new clean plate and match the colors if they are bit off, which would be probably the best way. Removing people when all the elements are moving with no clean plate, is definitely tricky. If the waves were in loop mode and always the same, you could borrow parts of the footage for clean plate, but since they move all the time and light changes, artifacts are hard to void.
You could also try to paint them out, one frame at the time, which could be done, but you would have to be precise and consistent. Maybe some kind of generative AI could be used, although its highly unpredictable in what it creates so you might end up with something totally different from the original. No people but waves made of wafels, or something. lol
If the background was static, you could use frame average or something with a median to get rid of moving objects, like when shooting timelapse, but alas, everything is in motion.
Maybe borrow nearby part of wave and displace it over crushing waves etc. But that too might produce artifacts. Maybe time offset it, and move around parts of the background. Not sure.
Interesting challenge. Curious if someone has a good solution.
Sat Nov 02, 2024 12:12 pm
