reflection removel ?

wozzo · Post by **wozzo** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:06 pm

i have a prob with some reflections in some shots i have taken ,now not wanting to discard them is there any way i can get rid of them from the film,or is there any software that will let you do this.
i am useing adobe premiere pro 1.5 at the moment
any help would be appreciated.

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 10:49 pm

I know that if you use a polarizing filter, that'll do the trick. Not sure if you can do that in post though.

wozzo · Post by **wozzo** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 12:41 am

i think the post was unclear,what i have is a reflection of a light and someone stood behind the camera that you can see in the window .and was asking is there any way to get rid of this

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:14 am

depends on what the reflection was on, if there was motion in the camera, and whatever was behind the thing reflecting

wozzo · Post by **wozzo** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:05 pm

the reflection was in a window and the camera tracked form right to left about 10 ft.and the reflection is in about 5 seconds of film

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:59 am

if its not that bad you could try blurring it in the frames its in, could take awhile but i dont think there is really any other way especially if the cameras moving

wozzo · Post by **wozzo** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:24 am

ok thanks for taking the time to reply.

Syras · Post by **Syras** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:52 pm

try masking it if you have after effects and creating a copy of the layer and gaussion blurring it heavily then just masking out around the edges. should work

Raptor · Post by **Raptor** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:18 pm

Could mask and track the entire window, and impose another image over the window, suck as an exterior scene.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:43 pm

OK, a hint for avoiding shots like this in the future, like Gyro was trying to suggest, was to use a polarising filter - The reflection simply vanishes - Good for photography in museums where you have exhibits behind glass cases.

Also, you can try using a black cloth to cover the cameraman, and reflective parts of the camera (Apart from the lens of course).

Other than that, you're stuck with your shot, and you will have to spend quite a lot of time re-mastering the image. Wouldn't it be quicker to re-film this piece?

U.S.Amateurfilmaker · Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:57 am

That happened to me once with a mirror. The cam appeared in the side of it for about 15 sec. It would have taken far too long to mask it out, so I just ended up leaving it. But if we're talking a scene in a masterpiece film here, I would re-film it without a second thought.

Raptor · Post by **Raptor** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:44 am

A polarizer won't eliminate the reflection of an object in a window, only the bright refelction of light, when the angle is correct. To eliminate an unwanted reflection like this requires the DP to be totally aware of what is in teh viewfinder at ALL times... don't just look at the framing, look at all the background in the shots. Take LOTS of time to set up the shot, it's usually quicker in the long run than trying to fix it in post....

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:56 am

As for getting the angle of the polarizer right, you may have to rotate it until the most desirable image appears. Sometimes you may want a little glistening off the window or else it may look a bit plasticy!

wozzo · Post by **wozzo** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:51 pm

ok thanks for the replys but i bit the bullet and reshot the entire footage again but without the sound man in the window .with much p*** taking and laughing at i have sorted it .thanks