Any tricks to fix over-sharpened video?

[Chris Wright]

find edges, shift alpha as luminescence, levels-alpha white/black. set as alpha matte for fast blur .2. should smooth the black edges.

[Perry Kroll]

Works like a charm! Crappy footage now slightly less crappy. I also blurred the matte layer a bit which seemed to work better for my situation.

[Daniel Gregory]

Is there anybody here that could expand on this? I am having the same problem but the solution that Chris gave doesn’t quite go into enough detail for a new guy like me!

Thanks

[Chris Wright]

Here’s a template AE cs5.5

8107_silkmasterbluredgesaddtexturecolorgrainaecs5.5.aep.zip

[Daniel Gregory]

Thanks for sending that through Chris. Sorry, I’m pretty new to After Effects, is there a simple way to explain how I use one of my video files with your template to try it out.

Thanks

[Chris Wright]

Right click replace image sequence with footage, then controls layer has sliders. The comp is hd so you may need to resize as nessessary

[Daniel Gregory]

Thanks Chris!

[Harry Fear]

Folks, I’m dealing with a similar problem.

Footage was over-sharpened in-camera on the DJI Osmo. [The cameraman made a mistake.]

I’ve tried the AE template but all I see is a weird coloring effect and no effect to image sharpness.

I see the edge blur, texture, color, grain, on/off effects applied. But I don’t see any real effect on the footage:
with on/off on: https://image.ibb.co/jYp5cx/Screen_Shot_2018_03_14_at_13_01_38.png30.png
with on/off off: https://image.ibb.co/fBFdxx/Screen_Shot_2018_03_14_at_13_01_
original footage: https://image.ibb.co/d2vNPc/Screen_Shot_2018_03_14_at_13_05_57.png

Any ideas?

“find edges, shift alpha as luminescence, levels-alpha white/black. set as alpha matte for fast blur .2. should smooth the black edges.”

I believe your instructions will work, but could you break them down so I can recreate them?