Remove unwanted objects in After Effects

2026-10-22 · MCP recipe · Higgsfield · original

Topic: Post-production & finishing · mode: Reference · tags: 'as of' snapshot, prompts shared

Higgsfield's Shot-Cleanup recipe page (seen 2026-10-22) gives a ready prompt for an agent run through Higgsfield MCP in Codex to remove unwanted elements from a shot in Adobe After Effects with tracked masks or cleanup layers, keeping the shot's motion, texture and editable layers.

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★ — how much it matters to the source.

• ★★ Higgsfield's Shot-Cleanup recipe cleans up unwanted elements of a shot in Adobe After Effects while keeping the shot's movement, texture and editable layers. · After Effects, Adobe · also in: Production skills bundle
• ★★ Shot-Cleanup prompt pattern for an agent in After Effects: inspect the motion of the elements to remove, "create tracked masks or cleanup layers", preserve texture, lighting and camera movement, review the full shot for patches or flicker, and save an editable project. · After Effects, Higgsfield MCP
• ★ The Shot-Cleanup prompt has the agent ask for the source assets and project files before editing, preserve existing work and verify the live After Effects connection first. · After Effects · also in: Create VFX composites in After Effects, Animate object assembly in Blender, Build 3D scenes in Blender, Organize footage in Premiere Pro, Clean up images in Photoshop, Simulate destruction in Blender
• ★★ The Shot-Cleanup workflow: identify the elements to remove, inspect their motion and the background around them, build and review the cleanup across the shot, and keep source footage and cleanup work organised for further editing.
• ★★ The Shot-Cleanup recipe runs in Codex, which must be on the same computer as Adobe After Effects. · Codex, After Effects, Adobe · also in: Create VFX composites in After Effects, Convert images to vectors in Illustrator, Organize footage in Premiere Pro, Clean up images in Photoshop

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Central: After Effects · Shot-Cleanup

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