On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 14:11:18 GMT, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
>Richard Crowley wrote:
>> "Gary Eickmeier" wrote ...
>> > > Is there an easy way to remove camera flashes from video using Adobe
>> > > Premiere or Virtual Dub?
>> > > Ideally I would like to find something that can detect the flashes
>> > > automatically, and reuse the last good frame to fill in the gap.

>> > Anthony Watson wrote:
>> > That's the craziest thing I ever hoid of...

>> Then you'll find my recent editing INSANE! :-)
>>
>> I did just the opposite. I took some video where there were some
>> single-frame flashes and extended them to 3 frames, and made them repeat
>> every few seconds. I was editing a tape about fire alarms and the xenon
>> flash was so short that it lasted only one frame, and occured BETWEEN frames
>> for the rest of the tape.

>Hey, I'm getting a little confused on who wrote what - but that is an
>interesting story. I haven't thought about editing out a single frame
>of video, but I suppose if you zoom in to the single frame level, you
>can do anything. I question the original poster's concept of either
>editing out a frame or duplicating the previous frame. I might try
>putting in a black frame. It would be less noticeable than a flash
>frame or a "dropped" frame.
>Gary Eickmeier

Yes - but you can also export the flash frame, modify it
in a photo editor (export a normal frame for reference...),
and insert it in place of the original flash frame...
Or, within the editor you can cut the edges of the single
frame and mofify it using the editor's picture filters.
The result should be better than the black-frame substitution,
which will be quite visible...