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Now AI tools claim to do it in minutes. So we tested five AI video object removers to find the most reliable one. We used the same three inputs across all the tools for a fair comparison. ABC Labs showed unstable tracking and heavy distortion. Media.io offered fast processing but unusable outputs. PhotoRoom mostly relied on blur masking instead of real reconstruction. Runway delivered the cleanest removals with the most stable tracking and realistic scene reconstruction. 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