Using Generative AI to Create Stills for VFX Clean-up Tasks?

Harness Photoshop’s Firefly AI for effortless object removal – then composite the results in Baselight

Are you dealing with unwanted objects in your footage? Sometimes the fastest path to a clean plate isn’t traditional paint work – it’s a quick round-trip to Photoshop Beta’s Generative Fill tools. This workflow shows how to export stills from Baselight, let AI handle the heavy lifting of object removal, and then composite those cleaned frames back into your moving shots with tracking and matting.

We’ll walk through three real-world examples: removing a skeleton decoration from a corner, eliminating a ukulele player from a crowd scene, and cleaning up a plant pot behind someone’s arm. Each scenario presents different challenges, but the core workflow remains surprisingly straightforward.

“The great thing about [Firefly] is I don’t really even need to prompt it with anything. I can leave the prompt empty and click Generate and…[it] did a pretty good job… Another great thing about Firefly is that it gives you three different options.”

Corey Martinez, Colorist

Key Takeaways

By the end of this Insight, you’ll understand how to:

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