Inpaint Node¶

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Inpaint Node.

The Inpaint node is used to extend borders of an image into transparent or masked regions. This can be useful to solve problems like “wire removal” and holes created during chroma-keying.

Inputs¶

Image: Standard image input.

Properties¶

Distance: The number of times to extend the image.

Outputs¶

Image: Standard image output.

Examples¶

In the left image shows the “wire” in place and after chroma-key has been applied you will see you’re left with a blank space – it’s shown as a black line here but it will be alpha in your Blender output.

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Inpaint Node Example.

Inpainting fills in a couple of pixels using the surrounding image and voila... your wire is removed.

Note

The wider your “hole” is, the more noticeable this effect is! If you use more than a few pixels of infill, the effect is almost as irritating as the wire and your viewers won’t be impressed.

Inpainting can also cover up a multitude of other minor sins such as control points for motion capture: use it sparingly and it will amaze.