Start with the cleanest source
Inventory the project file, linked media, cloud autosaves, camera originals, subtitle tracks, and prior clean exports. A project without its linked media may still be less useful than a complete flattened master, so confirm that it opens and renders before relying on it.
Keep an untouched master before making any change. A project re-export, original camera file, removable subtitle track, or clean licensed asset preserves real pixels; inpainting only estimates pixels that are no longer available in a flattened frame. Document why you are allowed to edit the material and do not remove attribution or disclosure that must remain.
Want to test an authorized clip?
Open the new dashboard and choose the relevant cleanup tool.
Plan a precise repair
Compare fidelity, time, permissions, delivery resolution, and reversibility. Source editing usually wins on fidelity and control. Flattened cleanup can be faster for a small visible element, but it adds reconstruction uncertainty and another encode.
Scrub the complete clip, not just the first frame. Record when the visible element appears, moves, fades, or crosses a cut. Select the smallest region that fully contains its edge, shadow, and antialiasing. Split the work into separate time ranges when position or size changes; a permanently oversized region asks the model to invent unnecessary detail.
Review the difficult frames
For a project export, review missing media, font substitutions, effect versions, and color changes. For a flattened repair, review hidden-detail plausibility, mask edges, temporal consistency, and the full output specification. Keep both results separate from the untouched master.
Record which source was chosen and why, then archive the project or flattened master beside the approved derivative. Wipe AI accepts MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI, and MKV inputs and returns an H.264 MP4 up to 1080p. It processes one video at a time, and the result depends on the selected area, motion, compression, and background complexity. Watch the result at normal speed and frame by frame around cuts, foreground crossings, fast motion, and texture changes. Reject a repair that invents meaningful evidence, alters faces or captions that should remain, or creates a misleading impression of the source.
Document the finished edit
Keep the untouched source, decision notes, and approved export together. Record why the edit was authorized, which time ranges changed, and which source-first options were checked. The intended task for this page is: Informational comparison: choose between source-project editing and inpainting a flattened authorized video.
Before delivery, verify duration, aspect ratio, audio sync, and every repaired boundary in the real viewing environment. Wipe AI accepts MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI, and MKV, then exports H.264 MP4 up to 1080p. It processes one video at a time; results depend on overlay size, motion, and background complexity, and output may be re-encoded.
Frequently asked questions
Prefer the project when the element remains editable and the linked media works. Use flattened-video inpainting only when source recovery is impractical and reconstruction is acceptable.
No. It creates a plausible reconstruction from visible spatial and temporal context; it cannot reveal the exact covered image.
The current product output is H.264 MP4 up to 1080p, and processing can involve re-encoding.
No. Ownership, licensing, attribution, disclosure, privacy, and platform obligations still apply.
- What is the safest way to handle source project vs flattened video cleanup?
- Does Wipe AI recover the original hidden pixels?
- What output should I expect?
- Does cleanup change copyright or platform rules?
How the workflow works
Start with the original project when it is available. If reconstruction is needed, use the smallest area and shortest time range that contains the visible element.
What affects quality?
Camera movement, compression, scene cuts, detailed textures and subjects crossing the selected area all affect temporal consistency.
When should you use another method?
A clean re-export, source edit, crop, tracked patch or clean-plate composite may be more accurate depending on the shot.
AI reconstruction creates a plausible replacement from visible context. It does not recover pixels that were never visible in the source.
Frequently asked questions.
What is the safest way to handle source project vs flattened video cleanup?
Prefer the project when the element remains editable and the linked media works. Use flattened-video inpainting only when source recovery is impractical and reconstruction is acceptable.
Does Wipe AI recover the original hidden pixels?
No. It creates a plausible reconstruction from visible spatial and temporal context; it cannot reveal the exact covered image.
What output should I expect?
The current product output is H.264 MP4 up to 1080p, and processing can involve re-encoding.
Does cleanup change copyright or platform rules?
No. Ownership, licensing, attribution, disclosure, privacy, and platform obligations still apply.