{"id":13358,"date":"2012-09-14T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T15:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=13358"},"modified":"2012-09-14T14:38:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T18:38:55","slug":"lens-dirt-dust-after-effects-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/lens-dirt-dust-after-effects-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Lens Dirt &#038; Dust in After Effects &#038; Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"in-the-following-video-tutorials-youll-learn-how-to-clean-dirt-and-dust-off-your-footage-in-post-using-adobe-after-effects-or-photoshop-perfect-for-improving-your-shots-when-your\">In the following video tutorials you&#8217;ll learn how to clean dirt and dust off your footage in post using Adobe After Effects or Photoshop &#8211; perfect for improving your shots when you&#8217;re in a bind!<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever come back from a shoot (or received footage from a video crew) only to realize that there was dust on the lens&#8230;.whew, it can be a HUGE bummer. \u00a0Although nothing beats shooting with a clean lens from the get-go, there are some things that you can do in post-production to clean up your shots. \u00a0In the following tutorials two editing experts share their techniques for <strong>dirt and dust removal in Photoshop and After Effects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"angie-taylor-photoshop-dust-removal\">Angie Taylor &#8211; Photoshop Dust Removal<\/h3>\n<p>Adobe expert and trainer <a title=\"Angie Taylor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.angietaylor.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Angie Taylor<\/a> shares her lens dust removal technique in this really informative tutorial. \u00a0For hardcore Adobe users, this workflow is fast and effective for removing lens and dirt from your footage (really impressive results!):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Export through Adobe Media Encoder as an Image Sequence (TIFF)<\/li>\n<li>Open this image in Photoshop<\/li>\n<li>In Photoshop CS6, make sure &#8220;Tool Recording&#8221; is checked<\/li>\n<li>Record an action using the Healing Brush<\/li>\n<li>Go from Photoshop to Bridge<\/li>\n<li>In Bridge, batch that Photoshop action across all frames<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><em>This video was originally produced in association with\u00a0<a title=\"Motionworks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.motionworks.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Motionworks<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/49017666?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=f00000\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"john-hess-dirty-lens-in-after-effects\">John Hess &#8211; Dirty Lens in After Effects<\/h3>\n<p>Director and editor <a title=\"CI Media Group\" href=\"http:\/\/cimediagroup.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">John Hess<\/a> shares his dirt and dust cleanup trick in After Effects. \u00a0While shooting a short film he realized during the shoot that there was dust on the lens. \u00a0Instead of re-shooting the earlier scenes he brought them into AE and cleaned up the dirty lens with filters and masks (the clone tool would be another suitable alternative in AE). \u00a0Here&#8217;s Johns basic workflow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adding a solid and mask to the comp<\/li>\n<li>Feather the mask.<\/li>\n<li>Change the blend mode (in this case to Color Dodge)<\/li>\n<li>Modify opacity<\/li>\n<li>Add Color Balance (HLS) filter to tweak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Walk through John&#8217;s step-by-step process to discover how to use this &#8216;fix it in post&#8217; technique on your own projects:<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/24850536\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=39614e8c-c472-48ae-97a4-21c91455c47d\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoid having to re-shoot! 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