Remove Date Stamp on Video?

BradyB

Senior Member Location: Springfield, Illinois USA Joined: Feb 24, 2007 07:38 Messages: 153 Offline

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Dec 01, 2007 11:09

Hi,

I am working on a video that was recorded on VHS tape back in 1998. The video has a date stamp appearing on the screen.

Is there a way to remove this date stamp?

It is kind of funny, I applied Magic Fix to the video to remove the shakiness from the video. The video looks fine, but the date stamp is dancing all over the place.

Also, is there a way to automatically detect scenes in the video clip?

Thanks for all your help.

Brady

Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Dec 01, 2007 11:18

Hi Brady,

Put a "logo" over it - "watermark" it and obscure the datestamp.

Look up Robert's posting [Tip] Creating Watermark Title Templates
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/1945.page

You could also use a PiP in the same way.

I don't know of any way to remove the shaking datestamp.

I hope the suggestions help.

Dafydd

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Dafydd B

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 26, 2006 08:20 Messages: 11973 Offline

Dec 01, 2007 11:53

"Also, is there a way to automatically detect scenes in the video clip? "

Ooops, missed this one off - sorry Brady

Yes, you can detect scenes, during capture and in a captured file.

Open PD
Place the video in the Media Library
Right Click on it
Select > Detect Scenes
Scene detection pop up appears.... and away you go.

Please note that this will have to be a scene change method* and it isn't that accurate - you can get errors with this method, frame positioning slightly wrong etc. Tweak the Sensitivity settings to hopefully achieve what you want.

*I'm assuming this video doesn't have a timecode etc.

Dafydd

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