

You can only use it on fixed shots (tripod shots) when the object that you are masking is isolated in the sense that nothing moves in the video to hide it.īelow is a somewhat different way of doing the same thing (Smith also mentions in the video above a way to do this with just Premiere – but again there are basic limitations to this technique. This technique is useful but it is very limited in its application.

Removing objects with masks in Photoshop is quite common but you can do it in Premiere with some help from Photoshop by capturing a stills image – removing the unwanted object and masking just that part you want to remove from the video with the fixed stills image on a layer below. On this video, media creation expert Colin Smith from VideoRevealed looks at removing different objects from a video using Premiere and Photoshop (or just Premiere Pro CC).
