You guys who have had more experience than me with the blend modes might know how best to accomplish this.
I'm restoring some home video originally shot on 8MM film. Due to the age of the originals (going back to the 1930s to the 1960s) and the way they were transferred, they have an appearance of looking through haze - something that a good polarizing filter on a camera could take care of.
I'm wondering if some type of blend mode would help. I've tried using S-Curves in the luminance, adding some sharpness, and various other tricks, but nothing has helped a lot. The best results so far were obtained by sharpening a second layer of the video and doing an overlay blend with the original and adjusting the level of the second layer. That has helped the best of the bunch, so I'm hoping a little play might get me a better result.
Anyone else tried something similar?
Thanks.
Tom
I'm restoring some home video originally shot on 8MM film. Due to the age of the originals (going back to the 1930s to the 1960s) and the way they were transferred, they have an appearance of looking through haze - something that a good polarizing filter on a camera could take care of.
I'm wondering if some type of blend mode would help. I've tried using S-Curves in the luminance, adding some sharpness, and various other tricks, but nothing has helped a lot. The best results so far were obtained by sharpening a second layer of the video and doing an overlay blend with the original and adjusting the level of the second layer. That has helped the best of the bunch, so I'm hoping a little play might get me a better result.
Anyone else tried something similar?
Thanks.
Tom
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