How to remove a filmed dead white pixel...

Julius_ wrote on 12/4/2015, 9:19 AM
Hi,

I have this tiny little speck of white dust that was probably a dead pixel inside my camera....this tiny white dot is at the same spot throughout the video..it's most visible when the image is black....anyone know how I can mask this?

Thanks

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musicvid10 wrote on 12/4/2015, 9:32 AM
Just add a generated mask with a transparent background, 127,127,127
Chienworks wrote on 12/4/2015, 10:04 AM
If you need to have it match the surrounding video you can add a copy of the video to the track above, use Pan/Crop to move it one pixel in any direction (or more if the spot is bigger than one pixel) and add the cookie cutter effect. Set the cookie cutter's size and position to cover the bad pixel on the original track and it will replace it with the nearby pixel from the new track.
john_dennis wrote on 12/4/2015, 10:13 AM
This johnmeyer gets the job done if you are willing to use external applications.

Julius_ wrote on 12/4/2015, 10:22 AM
Chienworks....
I copied the track but I'm not sure how you use the pan/crop.

The pixel doesn't move, which is a good thing..I tried duplicating the event, then I added a linear blur and use the cookie cutter to move it where the white pixel was. Seems to work but I have to copy the fx to every event.

Thank you!
musicvid10: ummm, you lost me... I see Media generators..but no transparency or where to put those numbers.
wwaag wrote on 12/4/2015, 10:22 AM
Here's a link to a filter written for Vegas, PixelPatcher http://www.playtool.com/pages/pixelpatcher/pixelpatcher.html I've downloaded it but have not tried it as of yet.

wwaag

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Julius_ wrote on 12/4/2015, 10:29 AM
wwaag.
Thanks for that!1..That is the exact white pixel I have!!! Even the same camera!!

Tech Diver wrote on 12/4/2015, 10:35 AM
In the event that you have Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) or Boris Red, there is a tool to easily correct for dead pixels.

Peter
wwaag wrote on 12/4/2015, 11:12 AM
@julius

Thanks for that!1..That is the exact white pixel I have!!! Even the same camera!!

Let us know how it works.

wwaag

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Julius_ wrote on 12/5/2015, 3:29 PM
Wwaag: I download that pixelpatch and it works wonders..without having to duplicate the video track...it was so good that it caught a 2nd dead pixel that I didn't see!

I can put it as an FX for the whole track instead of just the event..double great!
(works with Vegas 12 and 13)

Thanks all for your comments!! Very much appreciate this forum!
amendegw wrote on 12/5/2015, 4:38 PM
[I]"Even the same camera!!"[/I]Canon 7D? You might try this.



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Julius_ wrote on 12/5/2015, 8:26 PM
This posts gets better and better!

Wow I didn't know how popular my 7d is with hot pixels.

Thanks Jim for that post!!!

Julius_ wrote on 12/11/2015, 2:28 PM
Sorry, I had to come back to this thread and say thank you again to wwaag.

The pixelPatch works extremely well...so well that it located another dead white pixel that I didn't even see at first.
Super easy to use too!

Thank you soo much!
wwaag wrote on 12/11/2015, 9:13 PM
@julius

You're very welcome. Glad it worked well for you and thanks to you for giving feedback. I've downloaded it, but have not tried it as of yet. I have a bunch of old Hi8 footage from the late 90's shot with a Canon that has a very conspicuous white spot. I tried using the Delogo filter in Virtualdub referenced in one of the above posts, but the results were not the best. Again, glad it was of use.

wwaag

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john_dennis wrote on 3/5/2023, 2:23 PM

@wwaag

I used the delogo version in the past with Canon G9 media, but I tried PixelPatcher today in Vegas 20-326 with Canon G15 media and it worked fine. After building the bad pixel map for the camera in Photoshop, I was even able to put the fX on the video output bus and fix the whole project at once.

AintBigAintClever wrote on 3/6/2023, 4:28 AM

@wwaag

I used the delogo version in the past with Canon G9 media, but I tried PixelPatcher today in Vegas 20-326 with Canon G15 media and it worked fine. After building the bad pixel map for the camera in Photoshop, I was even able to put the fX on the video output bus and fix the whole project at once.

That looks really useful. I've got a couple of dead pixels on my thermal imaging camera, hopefully this plugin will be easier than using the copy-mask-offset method.