Remove unwanted visuals

The “Remove unwanted visuals” feature helps you improve your videos by letting you remove specific unwanted elements. This tool gives you full control over your video content, making it easy to get rid of distracting visuals. By using this feature in your video editing, you can keep your videos professional and focused, which will keep your viewers more engaged.

Whether you need to remove irrelevant frames, hide sensitive content, or just refine your video’s message, the feature makes sure every frame matches your goals. This tool not only makes editing easier but also works well with our clipping feature, giving you a complete solution for customizing your videos.

When used together, these features create a strong editing workflow:
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• Clipping: Start by clipping out the desired segments of a video. This lets you focus on particular parts of the footage for more detailed editing.

• Remove unwanted visuals: After clipping, use this tool to remove distracting or irrelevant visuals within those segments. This ensures that only the most important content remains, improving the overall quality and coherence of the video.
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By combining these features, you can refine your video content with high precision. This ensures that every segment of the video meets your content goals and is free from any unwanted elements that might distract viewers.  
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Learning from examples

A sports production company has footage from a recent major sports event. They need to create a reel that showcases the most exciting moments, but the footage contains multiple irrelevant segments, including timeouts, player interviews, and off-field activities.

Workflow using both features together:

• Clipping:
  The editor starts by using the clipping feature to extract key moments from the footage. For example, they clip out exciting plays, crucial goals, and dramatic in-game moments.  
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• Remove unwanted visuals:
  After clipping, the editor reviews each highlight segment and applies the remove unwanted visuals feature to refine them further. This step involves removing distracting elements within each clip, such as:
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  • Crowd shots: removing segments where the crowd is visible but not actively engaged in the action.
  • Unrelated content: eliminating any visual elements from the clips that do not hold much importance such as scoreboard shots or side-line discussions.

Result: the final highlight reel features a series of high-impact clips with all irrelevant visuals removed.

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What you can do with this feature?

Manual selection

It let users to precisely choose and remove specific frames or sections from their video. This level of control ensures that only the desired content remains, allowing for targeted edits and enhancements.  

The API facilitates manual selection by letting users create an intuitive interface on the front-end to mark unwanted frames or sections. This process integrates with the clipping feature by allowing users to define areas within a clipped segment for removal. The transition from clipping to manual selection is seamless: after isolating the segment, users can visually inspect and select specific frames for removal.

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Timeline specification

Timeline specification allows users to specify the exact timestamps of the video segments they wish to remove. This feature is useful for editing out particular portions of video without manually scrubbing through footage.  

The API processes timeline inputs by applying these timestamps to both the clipping and unwanted visuals features. When users specify a range, the API first clips the video to the desired segment, then applies the timeline specifications to remove the unwanted portions within that segment. The system efficiently handles overlapping or adjacent segments by recalculating timestamps to ensure that removal is precise and does not inadvertently affect adjacent clips  
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NSFW content filtering

The NSFW content filtering feature ensures that videos remain appropriate by removing any unwanted or inappropriate visuals. This is crucial for maintaining content standards and adhering to guidelines.  

NSFW content filtering is applied within clipped segments using advanced content analysis techniques. The API employs machine learning models or predefined filters to identify and remove inappropriate content. This filtering process is integrated with the clipping feature, ensuring that any NSFW content identified within a clipped segment is automatically removed, maintaining the integrity and appropriateness of the final video.

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Use cases for ‘remove unwanted visuals’ feature

1. Customer testimonials
   Businesses can enhance customer testimonial videos by removing irrelevant comments, off-topic discussions, or long pauses. This ensures that the video highlights only the most impactful and positive feedback. For instance, a testimonial video can be edited to focus exclusively on the customer's praise and key endorsements, presenting a polished and compelling narrative that captures the essence of the customer's experience. ‍
2. Educational institutions
   Educational institutions can use the "remove unwanted visuals" feature to filter out content that is not suitable for specific age groups or educational objectives. For example, educators can remove any content that may be deemed inappropriate or irrelevant, ensuring that videos are tailored to the appropriate educational level and curriculum. This helps in creating a focused and engaging learning experience for students. ‍
3. Sports highlights
   Sports enthusiasts and content creators can use this feature to produce dynamic highlight reels by removing less thrilling parts of the game. For instance, a football match video can be edited to showcase only the goals, significant plays, and thrilling moments. This not only enhances the viewing experience by focusing on the most exciting aspects but also helps in creating engaging content for fans and audiences. ‍
4. Marketing and promotional videos
   Marketers can use the feature to refine promotional videos by removing any irrelevant segments or distractions. For example, a product demo video can be edited to highlight key features and benefits, ensuring that the message is clear and impactful. This helps in maintaining viewer attention and effectively communicating the product's value. ‍
5. Event recaps
   Event organizers can edit recap videos to remove unnecessary or redundant footage, focusing on the key highlights and memorable moments. For example, a conference recap video can be edited to include only the most significant speeches, audience reactions, and notable interactions, providing a concise and engaging summary of the event. ‍
6. Social media content
   Social media managers can create compelling short clips by removing extraneous content from longer videos. For instance, a tutorial video can be edited to include only the most valuable tips and demonstrations, creating engaging content that captures viewers' attention quickly and effectively on social platforms.

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Steps to remove unwanted content using FastPix APIs

Remove specified segments from a video while keeping the rest intact using the "create media from url” API endpoint. Explore our detailed documentation here.

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1. Prepare your input data

• Type: video ‍
• URL: Provide the URL of the video you want to edit. ‍
• Expunge segments: Specify the segments you want to remove in the format "start-end".

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2. Format your request

Construct your request payload in JSON format. Ensure you set the type to "video" and include the expungesegments parameter with the segments you wish to remove.

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JSON

1{ 
2    "inputs": [ 
3        { 
4            "type": "video", 
5            "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/forbiggerjoyrides.mp4", 
6            "expungesegments": ["4-6", "15-19"] 
7        } 
8    ] 
9} 

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“url”: replace with the url of your video.

Expunge segments: list the segments you want to remove, e.g., ["4-6", "15-19"].
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3. Send your request

Submit the request to the API endpoint. This can be done using a tool like postman or programmatically via an http client in your code.
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4. API processes your request

The API will process your request and remove the specified segments from the video. The segments listed in expungesegments will be cut out, and the remaining video will be returned.
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5. Receive and review the output

• The API will return the edited video where the unwanted segments have been removed.
• For example, if the original video was 30 seconds long and you removed segments from 4-6 and 15-19, the final video will be 24 seconds long, with those segments removed.
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6. Verify the result

Download or stream the edited video to ensure that the specified segments have been removed correctly and that the rest of the video remains intact.
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Example

• Original video duration: 30 seconds ‍
• Segments to remove: ["4-6", "15-19"] ‍
• Final video duration: 24 seconds (30 - 6 seconds removed)

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Final thoughts  

FastPix’s “remove unwanted visuals” feature, paired with its clipping tool, enhances content creation by eliminating distractions and irrelevant elements. This is essential for maintaining viewer engagement and producing high-quality videos for promotional materials, social media, and beyond.

FastPix also provides a comprehensive suite of APIs that streamlines various aspects of building a video-centric product or application. We simply take care of the technical complexities in video technology required for streaming. To add-on, our In-video AI capabilities enable advanced content understanding, making workflows more efficient and effective.

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