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Correcting 20+ year-old VHS tape
Hello All,
I am new to trying to correct “older” VHS tapes. The tape is about 22 years old and is of my 5th grade play. It was shot in a gymnasium w/no audience lighting, just the stage lighting.
I am using Vegas 7.0. I transferred the videotape via my Canopus ADVC-300 converter to the computer. The video is about 30 minutes long.
I want to try and clear-up the video and make it as color correct as possible, along with taking out grain and making it brighter. I will be putting the finished project onto DVD.
What is the best way/proper way to begin this project? Should I post a snipit for you to look at to see the quality of the video? If so, where and how would I post?
Thanks
Brett
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5 Replies
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If its 22 year old analog converted to digital, there is very little you can do. Forget about taking out grain, it can’t be done. You can try fiddling with the color curves, color corrector, primary and secondary correctors.
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neatvideo does a very good job with noise. Check it out, http://www.neatvideo.com, there is a trial version that you can try out but you will need to use virtualdub and it is very slow but worth it.
Asit
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One of the biggest problems old VHS footage has is that most of it was recorded on a consumer system. It is bad enough that it is VHS to begin with. Consumer cameras usually overexposed the image and pumped up the color noise – way up, especially red. Try reducing overall chroma in you color corrector, as well as bringing down the reds (if that appears to be the problem). Experiment with overall exposure, gamma and contrast.
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Mike Crash has a number of filters on his site that you can experiment with. Be advised that a little goes a long way so do it in several small increments rather than one large one.
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Huh?
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