Restoring VHS with vegas? at DVinfo.net

Jeremiah Rickert · March 17th, 2009, 09:40 PM

I found a 24 yr old VHS tape that has one of my school programs on it. I've already captured it using a VCR into my GL1 and captured it as DV.

Does anyone have any suggestions at trying to smooth the old vhs out a little. It's not horrible, but I just don't have any idea where to start.

Thanks for any suggestions...

Seth Bloombaum · March 17th, 2009, 11:06 PM

Check out the trial version of Neat Video and see if that helps with noise reduction.

Another trick is to copy your clip to a second track, set the upper track at 50% opacity, and shift it left or right by one pixel. And/or, a little gaussian blur.

These can help with apparent resolution & noise, of course color correction can help too.

Jeff Harper · March 17th, 2009, 11:44 PM

Jeremiah, if you have an extra DVD, you might try burning it as is first, to see how it looks before trying to improve it. Watching it on you TV you will exactly what needs to be fixed. It might not be as bad as you think.

Mike Kujbida · March 18th, 2009, 06:01 AM

When you do the MPEG-2 render from Vegas, make sure to set it to 2-pass.
This will take longer but it should help to clean up the noisy areas.

March 17th, 2009, 09:40 PM	#1
Jeremiah Rickert Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Newberg, Oregon Posts: 494	Restoring VHS with vegas? I found a 24 yr old VHS tape that has one of my school programs on it. I've already captured it using a VCR into my GL1 and captured it as DV. Does anyone have any suggestions at trying to smooth the old vhs out a little. It's not horrible, but I just don't have any idea where to start. Thanks for any suggestions...

March 17th, 2009, 11:06 PM	#2
Seth Bloombaum Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,420	Check out the trial version of Neat Video and see if that helps with noise reduction. Another trick is to copy your clip to a second track, set the upper track at 50% opacity, and shift it left or right by one pixel. And/or, a little gaussian blur. These can help with apparent resolution & noise, of course color correction can help too.

March 17th, 2009, 11:44 PM	#3
Jeff Harper Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 8,425	Jeremiah, if you have an extra DVD, you might try burning it as is first, to see how it looks before trying to improve it. Watching it on you TV you will exactly what needs to be fixed. It might not be as bad as you think.

March 18th, 2009, 06:01 AM	#4
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	When you do the MPEG-2 render from Vegas, make sure to set it to 2-pass. This will take longer but it should help to clean up the noisy areas.