The shot you cannot reshoot.
Sometimes the take is gone. The location is struck, the talent has wrapped, the schedule is closed, and the shot still has a problem in it. Trained to Imagine does AI shot rescue: cleanup, object and rig removal, frame repair, upscale, extension, and stabilization on footage that cannot be reshot. It plugs into an existing post pipeline and is priced per shot.
Cleanup and removals
Rigs, crew reflections, modern objects, logos, and anything that should not be in frame.
Frame repair
Damaged, dropped, or unusable frames rebuilt from surrounding material.
Upscale and restoration
Resolution recovery, denoise, and grain management for footage that has to cut against better material.
Extension and stabilization
Frame extension for reframing, plus stabilization that does not eat the edges.
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Send the shot
Original media plus a plain description of what is wrong with it.
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Assessment
We say what is achievable, what is not, and what it costs — before you commit.
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Repair
Generative repair combined with conventional comp, because neither alone is reliable.
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Deliver
Back in your format, resolution, and colour space, ready to conform.
What is AI shot rescue?
Repairing footage that cannot be reshot, using generative models alongside conventional VFX. Typical cases are removing something that should not be in frame, rebuilding damaged or missing frames, recovering resolution, extending the frame for reframing, and stabilizing without cropping. It is used when reshooting is impossible or uneconomic.
How fast is turnaround?
Assessment within a day. Simple removals and repairs often turn around in two to five days per shot; complex work with heavy motion, water, hair, or crowd interaction takes longer. We give a per-shot estimate after assessment rather than a blanket promise.
What if the shot cannot be saved?
We tell you at assessment, before you spend anything. Some problems — badly out-of-focus hero faces, missing information no surrounding frame contains, motion blur across a required detail — are not recoverable at quality. Saying so early is more useful than a week of work that ends in the same place.