Hello All,
I am fairly new to Sony vegas and video editing in general. I wanted to find out how to hide objects in a video shot. I have this umbrella in one of the shots but that little cap is too distracting lol. Is there anyway I can cover it up with the surrounding black? Its stationary in the video and the video is still camera, i.e no panning or moving camera.
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I use Vegas Pro more than any other program, but I'm 100% certain, for fixed objects, I would use the Clone Stamp tool in Photoshop to create a transparent .PNG file to mask the offending graphic.
This is how I'd do it in Vegas, but because I seldom do it, it took me quite a but longer to do. Others might have a different experience.
Over many years, I've had a lot of success with NewBlueFX's 'Cut Away' plug-in for this sort of thing. It's usually quick and easy to use to get rid of small unwanted annoyances in a shot, just so long as what is selected in the shot to replace the unwanted item will blend in unobtrusively - which is where the plug-in's feathering usually comes in handy. Cut Away is part of NBFX's Elements 3 Energise pack these days (I've just checked NBFX's website), so the pack does require a purchase.
I would create a small black rectangle and position it over the bump to mask it out using track motion.