After Effects is a video compositing and special effects program developed by Adobe as part of its Creative Suite. Among its many functions, After Effects allows you to remove dust from videos, which is very helpful when cleaning up older film footage that has been transferred into a digital format. The After Effects dust removal filter is very resources intensive, so make sure you are using the fastest computer that is available to you before you start.
- Click “Composition” in the top menu bar and choose “New Composition…”
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Step 2
Select the video resolution you want to use for exporting the video and press “OK.”
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Step 3
Go to “File>Import>File” and browse to your dusty video. Select it and press “Import.”
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Step 4
Drag the video file from the Project panel on the left side of the After Effects window into the Composition panel at the bottom of the window.
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Step 5
Type “Dust & Scratches” into the search field in the “Effects & Presets” panel on the right side of the After Effects window.
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Step 6
Drag the filter onto the video in the Composition panel in the middle of the window. The effects controls will show up in the panel to the left of the Composition panel.
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Step 7
Set the “Radius” to 5 and the “Threshold” to 3.5.
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Step 8
Play through the video and fiddle with the Radius and Threshold settings to improve the quality of your footage.
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Step 9
Go to “Composition>Make Movie…” and browse to the location where you would like to save your video. Click “Save.” Depending on the length of your video, the rendering process will take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.