The freshly appointed product manager for After Effects, Steve Forde has recently posted an interesting use for the new Warp Stabilizer effect found in After Effects CS5.5 where you can use the Synthesize Edges option to remove objects from your video footage – pretty neat. Might be neat to see if there will be some interoperability or a modified content aware fill for video in the works.
AE CS 5.5 Warp Stabilizer – Synthesize Edges & Object Removal from AE Product Manager – Steve Forde on Vimeo.