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Old videos in Premiere Pro
Hello, so I recently discovered a VHS tape from a long time ago that contained family videos that were professionally transferred from old actual film to this VHS tape. I copied the VHS tape to a DVD so I could work with it in PP but with all the effects available, I really don’t know where to start. Any help would be appreciated. I will tell you the video is grainy in spots and we kind of like that because it captures how old the films were when they were taken. Basically what I am looking for is if anyone can speak to any of the effects, or combinations of effects, that could enhance the video. I am intermediate level at least so thanks for your time.
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Is there audio with the original VHS footage? One thing that might help is telling the story behind the footage which can be as simple as text pages with who, what, where, & why. followed by the footage and more text if needed. Adding text is easily done and can fill in the gaps to the story the pictures alone can’t fill. Could be as simple as time and place. If you want to get really ambitious you could interview family members involved when the event was originally filmed edit their recollections with the footage. Effects won’t make the footage any better. If it’s not telling a story then it’s just pictures with effects applied. If you’re talking about colour correction and image improvement then, as a start, search for “colour” in the ‘Effects’ tab and play with some of the filters to see how they work. How was the VHS transferred to DVD?
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There’s no audio. I’m trying to find the family member with the original film to see if they recall if there was audio. My guess is no because there was no audio on the VHS tape.
I’m more focused on the color filters. Do you have any recommendations? A few that I added I could see immediate changes – some positive, others not so much. Most, when I added them, showed nothing, and I didn’t understand the settings. I’m sure nobody would complain if I just rendered it and burned it to a DVD but I don’t want to leave anything on the table. Some of the clips are color, others are black and white.
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Myself, about the only thing would be to maybe add a sharpen filter, only about 15 – 25, just to help with some of the softness that occurred going to VHS. The color comes to preference. The old film may not have a large amount of contrast, and you might want to keep it that way. The black and white footage, you might want to remove the color or add a Black and White filter to remove the color – some color may have made it’s way into the noise on VHS.
That’s just a couple of thoughts to help you.
Good Luck!
TC
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