Archive translation. This tutorial summary was published in September 2021. Software interfaces, social links and techniques reflect the original video; verify current tools and source-footage rights before use.
In brief: Josh Olufemii and Nick Khoo demonstrated how to remove road traffic from a shot to create the deserted-city look associated with films such as I Am Legend.
The tutorial addressed the visual-effects problem of cleaning moving vehicles from a roadway. A convincing result depends on rebuilding the obscured background, maintaining perspective and texture continuity, and ensuring that the cleaned image remains stable over time.
The same principles can apply to motorways, urban streets and other locations, although camera movement, shadows, reflections and overlapping vehicles increase the difficulty.
Remove Traffic on a Freeway
