AE Wire removal
AE Wire removal
Hmm, I've removed a few of these before from different shots but found w/ AE it REALLY depends on the shot and whats going on as to how you're going to remove it. If the shot is locked off, you can clone the shot, and roto the wire, using a time remapped BG plate and go that way. If its wire rigging on a person or handheld, get ready for frame by frame painting.
There are tools, like Commotion has to remove wire rigging, but the they work by basically drawing a path on the wire and then copying pixels from either side over the wire to cover it up. If you've shot DV or any sort of compressed video, this can be problematic at the best of times.
Best bet is hand roto and paint of the afflicted areas... I know, not fun...
Austin