Restoring video using Fusion FX
Often, when we use old archive videos in our projects, they can be scratchy, missing frames, and possibly have flicker. Of course, the amount of damage that will have occurred to archive footage will depend upon when it was originally recorded and how successfully it was converted into a digital format. Videos with scratches, missing frames, or flicker can be distracting to modern audiences. It can also seem out of place when mixed with modern video footage. Thankfully, Resolve has dedicated tools to restore old archive footage so that it is compatible with our audience’s tastes.
To showcase just that, we will now restore a short clip from a 1920s Buster Keaton silent comedy called One Week.
In Chapter 4, we used Scene Cut to detect cuts in archive footage and added scenes to a new Timeline. We also dubbed in our own audio over the silent film. If you have not already completed Chapter 4, I highly recommend that you do so before you continue...