Editing Frame by Frame

I'm trying to find a turorial on how to edit an object out frame by frame. I know I can clone it out, but doing so creates a heat wave effect in the area since it's different per frame. Also, how do I click through every single frame to make sure I get them all?
Here's what I got. I have a video where as soon as a character moves out of the way, a light stand is seen. I simple want to remove the light stand as he moves.
One way I tried was to create an image where I completely removed the stand when the character is completely out of the way. Then paint out that image frame by frame around the character. So when he's there, the image is painted out. But as he moves, I start painting it in, frame by frame.
But I can't seem to edit the image layer frame by frame. It remains the same on all frames. If I erase an area, it's on all the frames instead of the one.
I tried pasting the image in a blank video layer, but it only stayed in one frame.
How am I suppose to do this job in photoshop?

Welcome to the forum.
Am I correct that you are trying to edit Video, at a Frame by Frame level? If so, what you are talking about is Rotoscoping, and can be effective, albeit tedious.
Now, when removing an obect, the Clone Stamp is a good place to start, but one must be careful, and go slowly. The Healing Tools can be very useful too, and is often used in conjunction with the Clone Stamp.
Now, if you are NOT doing Rotoscoping, please let us know a bit more about what you are attempting to do.
Hunt

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I searched for the similar error log, the issue is finally solved by adding more drive space even though they though there is plenty space already.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/d06c9b2c-0bc1-44c6-b83a-2dc0b70936c4/the-item-could-not-be-indexed-successfully-because-the-item-failed-in-the-indexing-subsystem?forum=sharepointsearch
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219577.aspx#Plan_full_crawl
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn535606.aspx
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The only thing that iPhoto does that makes this a slightly longer process, is that when you switch from frame to frame, it resets the Zoom & Pan, and un-selects the Touchup tool. Not that big a deal, but if you've zoomed and panned to a specific place, it would be nice if all the frames opened up the same way, so you can check your results against the other frames. I wonder if Adobe Photoshop Elements does this - I'll have to check. As I said, not the end of the world. But *so* close to perfection...
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