You never notice a great paint-out.
That’s the point.

Moises Moreno from Alpha Chromatica removed the puppeteers from behind the scenes of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
But this wasn’t just cleanup, it was reconstruction.

Every frame demanded the light, shadows, and reflections of the missing figures to be rebuilt.
Every edge had to breathe with the same motion, the same parallax, the same weight as the untouched plate.

The result feels effortless.
It isn’t.

Because paint-out is never about erasing.
It’s about restoring what the world was meant to look like before cameras, cables, and crew entered the frame.

That’s the real magic.
The kind that leaves no trace.