[FCP X 10.0.8] Best plugin (or techs) to fix Out of focus video

[James Cude]

It’s called the “Reshoot” Filter or spend a *lot* of dough at a visual effects house…

[Duca Simone luchini]

Unfortunately, I can-t reshoot…

[David Eaks]

NEAT Video has a decent sharpening capability, but it will not come out as if it was shot in focus. Is the video way out of focus, or just a little?

[Duca Simone luchini]

Hi David,
of course just a little out of focus. I have Neat Video and I ll try it. I-m going to try also NewBlueFX Sharpen…

[Anna Possberg]

Agree with James Cude, the best thing is to reshoot or just forget the clip. But if you want you can play around in Motion with the Sharp effect

[Duca Simone luchini]

Of course would be better reshoot… but is simply impossible!

[Emiliano Tidona]

It will never look sharp. You can fool a unexperienced client by adding more blur on the border of the image, leaving the subject untouched by the blur and a little sharpened. This is a trick more than a technique and produces very poor quality images, so please forget what I told 😉

[Bob Woodhead]

Yeah, the above comments, ya can’t fix “garbage in”. How about treating the footage heavily so there’s something else to distract the viewer from the focus.

“Constituo, ergo sum”

Bob Woodhead / Atlanta
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[Mark Smith]

An editor friend of mine once defined one of the difference between a DP and an editor. He said : As an editor I can screw around with my material all day and if it isn’t working I can hit the “undo” key a bunch of time and get back to a place I like better. DP ‘s don’t have “undo” keys like editors, if they undo, its all real time undo, – move the key light 5 feet left and 3 feet back. This is why DP’s get paid the big bucks ”

Unfortunately if you didnt get the image right in camera the first time, no plug in will save your focus issue. I can pretty much guarantee you the first person that creates a plug in that does refocusing in post in post will make a fortune or two.

[Duca Simone luchini]

˜Right Mark, but I-m just saying that I-ve only a little out of focus. Therefore, I tried to ask if a plugin could help. Anywhare, I0m ready some interesting articles in internet about techs can help to fix (just a little) this problem.