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Remove object

How to remove a stray object or passer-by from a video fragment: draw a box around it, and AI removes it and fills in the background.

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Remove object erases things that ended up in the shot by accident: a passer-by in the background, a cable, a logo on a mug, a stray item on the table. You draw a box around the object on one frame, and AI finds it across the whole fragment, removes it and fills in the background in its place — as if it had never been there.

The feature is in beta: on a plain background — a wall, the sky, a table — the result is usually clean, while a busy background with fine detail or motion may not come out perfect.

The demo will appear here

Step 1 of 4

Step 1 of 4
  1. Click a video fragment up to 10 seconds long with a stray item in the shot
  2. Click “Remove object” — the “Remove object · beta” sheet with a frame of the fragment
  3. Draw a box around the item with the mouse — the button shows the price “Remove · ≈ … tokens”
  4. Click the button with the price — the “AI access to a file” window with three choices

How to remove an object

  1. Select the fragment

    Click a video fragment on the strip. It helps to put the playhead on a frame where the object is clearly visible first: the sheet shows exactly that frame. If the playhead is outside the fragment, the sheet shows its first frame.

  2. Click “Remove object”

    The button is in the fragment's toolbar, next to Remove background. The Remove object sheet opens, marked beta, with a hint and a frame of the fragment.

  3. Draw a box around the object

    Until there is a box, the frame says Draw a box around the object. Drag with the mouse, a finger or a pencil from one corner of the object to the other. The box should cover the whole object with a little margin; if it's off, just draw it again.

  4. Confirm the price

    The button at the bottom shows the price for the whole fragment: “Remove · ≈ N tokens”. Click it. If you haven't yet allowed the AI service to access this project's files, the AI access to a file window appears — see below.

  5. Wait for the result

    Processing clip… appears above the preview; you can keep editing in the meantime. When it's done, the preview shows the fragment without the object.

AI access to a file

The model that removes objects only takes video by link. So before the first run Slicer asks for permission — the AI access to a file window:

  • Allow once — links are issued for this run only;
  • Allow for this project — Slicer won't ask again in this project;
  • Don’t allow — the object isn't removed and no tokens are spent.

The service doesn't get the whole source — only a piece of this fragment and the object mask, through a temporary link that is valid for an hour at most and revoked right after processing. Every link is listed in the project's Settings, where you can also turn access off. Details — AI access to files.

Bring the object back

Once the object is removed, the button in the fragment's toolbar becomes Bring the object back and is highlighted. Click it — the fragment shows the original video with the object again.

Price

Remove object is billed at cost — exactly what the AI services charge, with no markup: ≈0.93 tokens per second of the fragment, counted in whole seconds. The price for the whole fragment is on the button before you start. While it runs, the price is reserved on your balance, rounded up to a whole token; afterwards the actual price is charged, never more than shown. If processing fails, the tokens come back. How at-cost pricing works — Tokens, packages and the free video.

Limits

  • Video fragments up to 10 seconds only. A photo or a freeze frame shows You can remove an object from a timed video fragment, a longer fragment — You can remove an object from a video fragment up to 10 seconds long — split it first. Split the fragment (Fragments) and remove the object in the part you need.
  • One object per fragment, with a box. The box is rectangular; if several objects are close together, draw one box around all of them.
  • Not together with other frame processing. Reverse, Stabilize, Remove background and Smooth slow motion are turned off for this fragment when you run it. Color, effects, framing and transitions work as usual.
  • A large object on a busy background is the hardest case: AI has to draw what it never saw, and the spot may be noticeable. Small objects on a calm background work best.
  • Works on the web and in the app for iPhone, iPad and Mac while the project's sources are kept.

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