Question:
I did a search and I can find lots of filters for adding "film artifacts" to
videos but in my case there is a noticeable hair along the top of the video
that I would like removed. This is all old 8mm footage that was converted
and I'm certain it was "filmed" (it was on the camera) rather than something
on the projector during the transfer.
I can think of a way to remove it but I don't know of a tool that can do it.
Here's my idea. If I could place a track above the existing video track
that was transparent on which I could trace (with the mouse) the squiggle
occupied by the hair and then shift that track up one line the black outline
of the hair could be replaced by whatever was directly below it. Clearly
this track would have to be some sort of mask that always referenced the
current material (at the squiggle) from the track below.
I'm using Vegas 4.0, if it can't do it perhaps there is a separate utility
somebody knows of. I can find "text overlays" and such but this seems a bit
specialized.
Answer:
I use Premiere and Canopus Edius. However, in Premiere I would do this the
way you suggest. Exporting a frame from the timeline into Photoshop, make
the necessary change, and after saving this as a new layer import it into
Premiere. Then place the alfa layer with suitably selected transparency over
the main video track. If necessesary I would add moving settings to the
overlay clip to make it follow the unwanted part in the main clip.
