Hello guys, I filmed some interviews using these cheap Coke can video cameras my boss bought not long ago (he pretty much just saw "4k" at less than $100 and clicked Buy Now). I knew digital zoom is horrendous but it was the only way we could film the interview without the camera being right in their face. I really wish now that I had chosen to just zoom in during post instead, that would have at least given me more room to work in. But now I have this footage that is really grainy and blurred. My boss doesn't seem to care too much, since this is all we have and we already knew we couldn't reshoot. So if this is the way i have to work with this footage, I'll accept my losses as a learning moment and move on. But the perfectionist in me is still screaming that there must be a way to at least make it blend better than just multicolored, popcorn-bouncing pixels everywhere. I've tried de-noise filters, grain fixes, smoothing, etc. Nothing even touches it. And I have no idea how it happened, but the resolution is also set at 3840x2160. I had to set the quality to 1080p (I couldnt work with 4k in these cameras due to extreme flicker issues with the lighting we had).
I may sound like a complete dummy to some, but I just need to make sure i have thought of every single thing i could maneuver through and then accept defeat.
95% of the time I am working in FCPX, but I also have Premiere Pro I mostly use for more in-tune fixes.
If anyone can provide any helpful advice, it would be very much appreciated!
I may sound like a complete dummy to some, but I just need to make sure i have thought of every single thing i could maneuver through and then accept defeat.
95% of the time I am working in FCPX, but I also have Premiere Pro I mostly use for more in-tune fixes.
If anyone can provide any helpful advice, it would be very much appreciated!