Remove objects and people from video.

To edit someone out of a video, describe them by what they’re wearing and where they are, and say who stays if there’s any doubt. The example request on the wedding clip above shows the pattern: “the red jacket” and “behind them” point to one man, and “them” tells Aisma the couple stays.

If their shadow or reflection shows, name it too, like “remove the man in the red jacket and his shadow.” The bench they sat on and the coffee cup beside them stay as filmed. If your clip cuts between shots, the request covers every shot they appear in.

It’s most reliable when the person stands apart from the people you keep, like a passerby crossing the background. Someone who walks right in front of your subject or blocks a face leaves more to rebuild, and those moments can come out less predictable.

Ways to point someone out:

• By clothing: “remove the man in the gray hoodie”
• By position: “remove the woman on the far left”
• By action: “remove the jogger who runs through at the end”
• By time: “remove the cyclist from 0:04 to 0:09”
• A whole crowd: “remove all the people behind her”

To put a different person in their place instead, use video face swap.

The wedding edit has its own page, brief included.

No camera recorded what was behind the object, so there’s nothing to recover. Aisma generates that patch from the scene around it, frame by frame, and the details can vary with your clip and request.

In the beach clip at the top of this page, an overflowing orange bin and a black garbage bag, with litter around them, took up much of the right side of the frame. In the edit, sand and surf run where they stood while she keeps walking.

The wedding clip had a man in a red jacket on the stone path, checking his phone. Now the path runs on to a low garden wall and a bed of lavender, and the couple under the arch stays as filmed.

Removals look most natural when the same kind of background surrounds the object, like sand, sidewalk, lawn or a plain wall. Anything that crosses a face or stands in front of lettering leaves more to invent, so check those frames closely.

If you’d rather replace everything behind your subject, the background changer does that.

Say what it is and where it sits. When two things look alike, add a color or a side. A few requests to adapt for your own footage:

• Realtor walk-through: “remove the trash cans next to the garage door”
• Etsy or Shopify product clip: “remove the charging cable behind the candle”
• Friday night football: “remove the water cooler and the cones on the sideline”
• Wedding toast: “remove the empty glasses in front of the best man”
• Thanksgiving dinner: “remove the paper towel roll and the TV remote”
• National park overlook: “remove the tour bus in the parking lot”
• Street clip: “remove the parked scooter on the left from 0:03 to 0:08”

For more on wording, see how to edit video with a prompt.

Browse more real edits and their requests in the examples library.