I am almost done editing a short film I directed. Just a tiny problem: There is a white dot, just a pixle or two near the centre of the left side of the screen. It is in half of the source material and it never moves. I am not sure where it came from, but I would like to know a good way of getting rid of it without having to go frame-by-frame. I shot the film in 720HD and my poor computer can't -just- about handle it, so going in for fine detail like that would be annoying.
The film is very dark so a white little dot, however microscopic, is really seen (not in smaller resoloutions for web-versions, but I would like a clean HD copy as well)
I use Premiere Pro 2..
Any ideas?
Create a layer of all black (or whatever the color surrounding the white pixel is) and create a garbage matte just large enough that the pixel is replaced by the black layer. It doesn't really fix the problem but is easy and will hide it far better, basically turning a white pixel into a black (or other colored). If you do it right, assuming no actors walk in front of the spot, few will notice.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
Sometimes things do happen in front of the dot though..
Perhaps those can be fixed frame-by-frame. Either that or use greenscreen to put something in front of the dot, something the action can slip behind from time to time. A few fuzzy leaves on a tree in the foreground could give the shot depth that wasn't in the original frame and hide the pixel in a way that looks intentional. Something like that.
Otherwise you bite the bullet and figure a black pixel, although imperfect, is better than a white pixel that really stands out.
RJSchwarz
San Diego, CA
RJSchwarz
