• Adobe After Effects

  Spots on footage

  Posted by Kevin Gonzales on November 25, 2008 at 11:30 pm

  Hi:

  I’ve got some HDV footage that was filmed with a dirty lens. Does anyone know of a way to clean up dust spots on footage? Or, is there a way to reduce the spots? Any pearls of wisdom would be great. I really don’t want to have to reshoot.

  thanks

  Kevin Gonzales replied 17 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Ty Audronis

  November 25, 2008 at 11:34 pm

  Ugh, I hate when that happens. It really depends on how big they are and how many of them there are. Sometimes you can duplicate the layer, mask off an area just to the side of the spot, feather it and move it over the spot. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

  Another option is to mask off the spot on a duplicate layer, and adjust the brightness / contrast on the spot (since spots usually show up as dark). – again, feather the mask so it blends.

  Unfortunately though, there is no way to just get rid of the spots… garbage in, garbage out. Good luck!

  Ty Audronis
  Supervising Editor, California Academy of Sciences/Morrison Planetarium
  
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  Kevin Gonzales

  November 25, 2008 at 11:42 pm

  That’s what I thought. Thanks but I’m going to go cry somewhere now.

  Kevin Gonzales
  http://www.12point.net

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