Blowing in the wind

[Will Macneil]

This depends mostly on what’s behind the microphone: overcast sky, no problem, actors face, big problem. Of course you may have the option of masking the top and bottom of the frame if you shot 4:3 for a 16:9 production. Just use the widescreen filter in the matte group.

For the overcast sky or similar situation, find a suitable bit of footage to cover the offending mic, place on a video track above the mic shot, apply the 8 point garbage mask and draw the mask so as to cover the problem below. Adding the mask feather filter will soften the edges.

Good luck,

Will

[Bouncing Account needs new email address]

It all depends on the framing and what’s NEAR the “fluffy area”.

If its mostly a lock-down, you can “Make Freeze-Frame” of the frame when there is no “fur” in it, put the clean freeze on a video track above the moving footage and use the Garbage Matte (or just the “crop”) to mask out the fur area.

If the image is moving too much for just a few of these freezes to remedy, you could place a copy of the entire same moving footage (synchronized) over itself. On the upper track, “move” it slightly up and to either side of the fuzzy stuff, then crop/matte it just enough to cover the fuzz.

A last (and highly NOT-recommended) fix is to “zoom-in” the entire image and re-frame it so the fuzz is cropped. This will degrade the entire image so much that it is only a last-resort-gotta-do-it-or-nothing kind of fix.

[Bouncing Account needs new email address]

Will, you’re a faster typist than me 😉

[William Gaffney]

Gentlemen, many thanks for the quick reply, the offending item generally has sky or leaves as a background and covers just a small amount of the frame so your suggestions should hopefully get us out of trouble.