Any ideas on how to improve/correct blemish captured from camera...

Dave-Roberts wrote on 5/19/2025, 4:25 AM

My Sony EX1 has finally decided it has had enough after 18 years excellent service. I suspect the sensor has a fault and getting worse. I was out last week filming, and only just noticed now on the big screen.

On all shots, there is a noticeable 'purple splodge' near the bottom of the image. Only visible against a light background, and I could correct some using Photoshop overlay, but has anyone got any magic ideas using Vegas where it can be improved upon.

Using Vegas 22 Pro.

Many thanks from any wizards out there.

Dave

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Steve_Rhoden wrote on 5/19/2025, 6:13 AM

@Dave-Roberts BorisFX Continuum has a filter called BCC Remover. It's what i use to easily handle situations such as those.

Dexcon wrote on 5/19/2025, 6:34 AM

The following will likely only work if the image area close to the spot is similar to the area being covered by the spot.

Place a copy of the video event on a lower track. In the top event, use masking in pan/crop to create a circle mask around the spot and probably apply a small amount of feathering. You'll likely need to change the Path Mode to negative so as the masked area will be replaced by any video on the lower track.

In the lower video event, use pan/crop to shift the image marginally so that the 'hole' created by the mask above sees an image area on the lower event's image that is just offset from the spot.

For doing this, I usually use NewBlueFX's Cut Away FX which, IMO. has better feathering than that in VP's pan/.crop mask.

3POINT wrote on 5/19/2025, 6:52 AM

My Sony EX1 has finally decided it has had enough after 18 years excellent service.

After 18 years is probably time to say goodbye to your camera and invest in a recent model, like you already did in investing in a recent version of Vegas.

My oldest camera a Sony HC1, is almost 20 years old and was replaced after a few years. I couldn't imagine still using it today.

Dave-Roberts wrote on 5/19/2025, 6:54 AM

@Dave-Roberts BorisFX Continuum has a filter called BCC Remover. It's what i use to easily handle situations such as those.

Thanks Steve, I will certainly give that a trial to see how it goes. Appreciate your time.

Dave-Roberts wrote on 5/19/2025, 6:55 AM

My Sony EX1 has finally decided it has had enough after 18 years excellent service.

After 18 years is probably time to say goodbye to your camera and invest in a recent model, like you already did in investing in a recent version of Vegas.

My oldest camera a Sony HC1, is almost 20 years old and was replaced after a few years. I couldn't imagine still using it today.

Absolutely, my fault totally as wanted to replace it a while back, so now forced. Ordered a Sony NX800 this morning.

3POINT wrote on 5/19/2025, 7:09 AM

Absolutely, my fault totally as wanted to replace it a while back, so now forced. Ordered a Sony NX800 this morning.

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