# AI Breakdown: Car-to-Van Object Replacement

Technology meets creativity. Replacing a moving object in a dynamic visual sequence used to require visual effects teams to spend days manually tracking, rotoscoping, and 3D modeling. With modern generative AI workflows, we can achieve seamless object replacement in hours.

In our latest project, we replaced a moving car with a van—making the transition look completely natural. This breakdown takes you through the workflow, the planning, and the final result that brought the vision to life.

From a Single Prompt to a Seamless Transformation

Here’s how we used AI to replace a car with a van—making the impossible look completely natural. This breakdown takes you through the workflow, the planning, and the final result that brought the vision to life.

1. **Precision Rotoscoping**: Masking the moving vehicle using depth-aware AI models to ensure clean borders. 2. **Generative Inpainting**: Prompting the AI model with detailed parameters to generate a realistic van matching the perspective, lighting angles, and texture of the original footage. 3. **Lighting & Shadow Matching**: Re-creating the ground shadows and sunlight reflections on the van surface to integrate it seamlessly into the environment.

Watch the complete visual breakdown on our official Instagram feed (@shootside.in) embedded below.