Repair Strength
This slider lets you choose how aggressively to repair dirt and artifacts that are found. Lower
settings may let small bits through that may or may not be actual dirt, while higher settings
eliminate everything that's found.
Dirt Size Threshold
This slider lets you tune how large a detected bit of dirt must be to be removed. Raising this
parameter lets you omit things like film grain from the operation but may allow smaller bits of
dirt through.
Show Repair Mask
This checkbox lets you see the dirt and artifacts that are detected by themselves, so you can
see the effectiveness of the results as you fine tune this filter.
Fine Controls
These controls let you fine tune the effect in an effort to perfect the tradeoff between removing
dirt successfully and preserving true image detail.
Motion Threshold
This slider lets you choose the threshold at which pixels in motion are considered to be dirt and
artifacts. At lower values more dirt may escape correction, but you'll experience fewer motion
artifacts. At higher values, more dirt will be eliminated, but you may experience more motion
artifacts in footage with camera or subject motion.
Edge Ignore
This slider lets you exclude hard edges in the picture from being affected by dirt or artifacts that
are removed. Higher values omit more edges from being affected.
Hot Pixel Repair
If you have clips from the scanner or imported images with one or more pixels that are fixed in
place at a specific color or brightness, DaVinci Resolve has a filter that can help you patch them.
This filter is designed to let you place patches on each 'hot' pixel, identifying them so you can
use different methods of cleaning those areas of the image.
In many respects, this filter is similar to the Dust Buster, however the Dust Buster effect is
designed to repair transient bits of dust and dirt that only last for a frame or two, whereas this
filter is designed to work on blemishes that are fixed in place for the duration of a clip.
To fix hot pixels:
1
Apply the filter named 'dead pixel fixer' and enable the OFX onscreen controls in
the viewer.
2
In the filter settings, select 'place patch' and click on each pixel that you need to fix. You
can click anywhere in the image and place as many patches as you like.
To move a patch, simply drag it to another location. You can also Option-click to delete
patches you no longer need.
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