Brian Child
August 19th, 2008, 12:20 PM
Shot some pretty great footage - then discovered the dreaded dead pixel that we hadn't noticed on set.
Now I'm trying to fix the dead pixel in Vegas without having to go frame by frame.
There is considerable movement through the shots (both horizontal and vertical) and extremes of light and dark (from bright white to black with intermediary shades of beiges and browns).
The best result (so far) used the cookie cutter plug-in (to restrict the area being "fixed" to the area around the dead pixel) with a layered video track set up behind it (in turn, applying blurred plug-ins, etc. to blend out the dead pixel by averaging out the colors from immediately surrounding pixels).
The problem I'm finding is that the cookie cutter "selection" can't be made small enough (say, to the size of just the dead pixel and a few surrounding pixels). The best I've ended up with so far looks like there is a slight smudge on the lens (again, too big because cookie cutter selection can't be made small enough to be restricted to just the dead pixel).
All suggestions from those smarter than I am gratefully accepted (aside from the suggestion to ensure that the dead pixels are found and fixed prior to shooting - got that one).
(using Vegas 7 with the footage shot in 720p)
Many thanks.
Now I'm trying to fix the dead pixel in Vegas without having to go frame by frame.
There is considerable movement through the shots (both horizontal and vertical) and extremes of light and dark (from bright white to black with intermediary shades of beiges and browns).
The best result (so far) used the cookie cutter plug-in (to restrict the area being "fixed" to the area around the dead pixel) with a layered video track set up behind it (in turn, applying blurred plug-ins, etc. to blend out the dead pixel by averaging out the colors from immediately surrounding pixels).
The problem I'm finding is that the cookie cutter "selection" can't be made small enough (say, to the size of just the dead pixel and a few surrounding pixels). The best I've ended up with so far looks like there is a slight smudge on the lens (again, too big because cookie cutter selection can't be made small enough to be restricted to just the dead pixel).
All suggestions from those smarter than I am gratefully accepted (aside from the suggestion to ensure that the dead pixels are found and fixed prior to shooting - got that one).
(using Vegas 7 with the footage shot in 720p)
Many thanks.