Fixing blurry video in post

[Jim Burns]

I’ve played around with this a few times.

You can blur the background by applying a mask. Darken it a bit too. This’ll take the viewers eye off the sharpness.

Then duplicate the clip and use an unsharpen filter on the duplicate which should be on the upper track of your timeline.

I’ve got pretty acceptable results but i guess it depends on how back the focus is.

[Ted Irving]

thanks for the info. i’ve done garbage mattes in the past but never for this particular problem. I will try this soon. thanks again.

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[Jim Burns]

I forgot to mention that I also adjusted the opacity of the upper track to suit.