

The final step is to activate the tracking. Position the orange circle over the item to be removed and move the blue circle over the area from which to clone. While in a program like Adobe After Effects, select RG VFX under Effects and Presets and drag Spot Clone Tracker onto your Timeline. An oversimplification? Not really, it is that easy to select the wrong element, set up your color-coded circles (one for the object to remove and the other to act as a clone tool), choose forward or backward tracking-and let the software do the work. Then, through the software, remove the offending item as the person or object moves. Spot Clone Tracker lets you select an item, whether it’s a marker on a green screen background, a flaw or blemish on someone’s skin or an object you would rather not be visible in the frame.

Having used many of their tools in the past, I will just focus on the Spot Clone Tracker. Enter Maxon’s Red Giant product line, one of the premiere software packages that allows users to enhance the recorded image. It could have been an oversight or something that couldn’t be avoided during production that must be corrected in post. If you’re anything like me, after every shoot you notice things in the frame that really shouldn’t be there.
