help needed with analogue footage please at DVinfo.net

Antonie Koen · April 27th, 2010, 12:20 PM

I have just started to edit a wedding that was shot on Hi-8 tapes. The quality is not very good and rather grainy. I am using Vegas 8 to edit this project and was wondering what techniques other users use when dealing this kind of problem.

Will some kind of blur or sharpening help in this case?

Any tips are welcome.

Regards

Don Bloom · April 27th, 2010, 02:19 PM

Doubtful that anything will really help much. Remember its GIGO. Hi8 in it's day wasn't great but it was somewhat better than VHS although it depended on the gear used.
Anyway you might find that unless it's a perasonal job like your own wedding or one of your childrens, that the amount of time you spend working on it might not be worth the time and or trouble of trying to fix something that for the most part can't be fixed.
If it were me, I'd leave it alone do the best you can with what ya got and go from there, but that's just me.

Mike Kujbida · April 27th, 2010, 03:53 PM

Take a look at some of the filters from the Mike Crash collection as they may be of some help to you.
They're all free which is a bonus :-)

Antonie Koen · April 28th, 2010, 03:43 AM

Thanks Don and Mike for your advice, much appreciated.

I'll check out the Mike Crash footage and see how it goes.

Regards

Richard Jones · April 28th, 2010, 03:59 AM

I had problems with this some time back and found that playing round with Levels, Colour Curves and HSL sometimes (but not always) helped (and in a couple of instances I used the Secondary Colout Corrector - sometimes more than once on a single event).

Good Luck,

Richard

April 27th, 2010, 12:20 PM	#1
Antonie Koen Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: S.A. Posts: 112	help needed with analogue footage please I have just started to edit a wedding that was shot on Hi-8 tapes. The quality is not very good and rather grainy. I am using Vegas 8 to edit this project and was wondering what techniques other users use when dealing this kind of problem. Will some kind of blur or sharpening help in this case? Any tips are welcome. Regards

April 27th, 2010, 02:19 PM	#2
Don Bloom Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,609	Doubtful that anything will really help much. Remember its GIGO. Hi8 in it's day wasn't great but it was somewhat better than VHS although it depended on the gear used. Anyway you might find that unless it's a perasonal job like your own wedding or one of your childrens, that the amount of time you spend working on it might not be worth the time and or trouble of trying to fix something that for the most part can't be fixed. If it were me, I'd leave it alone do the best you can with what ya got and go from there, but that's just me. __________________ What do I know? I'm just a video-O-grafer. Don

April 27th, 2010, 03:53 PM	#3
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Take a look at some of the filters from the Mike Crash collection as they may be of some help to you. They're all free which is a bonus :-)

April 28th, 2010, 03:43 AM	#4
Antonie Koen Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: S.A. Posts: 112	Thanks Don and Mike for your advice, much appreciated. I'll check out the Mike Crash footage and see how it goes. Regards

April 28th, 2010, 03:59 AM	#5
Richard Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Woking, England Posts: 116	I had problems with this some time back and found that playing round with Levels, Colour Curves and HSL sometimes (but not always) helped (and in a couple of instances I used the Secondary Colout Corrector - sometimes more than once on a single event). Good Luck, Richard