AF100 Shot-killer - turning off the red recording light

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dtzfilms

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Does any one know how to turn off the red recording light in front of the AF100? It's ruined many shots of mine by showing up in the reflection. I keep on telling myself I'll tape it up but never remember to.

I don't have alternate shots this time so I have to remove the red dots from my footage in FCPX - does anyone know how to do this?
Cheers!
 
dtzfilms said:
Does any one know how to turn off the red recording light in front of the AF100? It's ruined many shots of mine by showing up in the reflection. I keep on telling myself I'll tape it up but never remember to.

I don't have alternate shots this time so I have to remove the red dots from my footage in FCPX - does anyone know how to do this?
Cheers!
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I'm not sure about FCPX as I use Premiere but if it was a locked down shot it shouldn't be hard. This is the way I have done it. Grab a still and bring it into Photoshop. Select the reflection and delete it using content aware fill. Save the new frame with the reflection removed. Going back to your editing program add the new still as a video layer and then make it the length of your shot. Make a matte slightly larger than the tally reflection to let the background layer show through. You might want to add a slight blur to the edge of the matte. The light reflection should be gone and hopefully you have saved your shot. If it were a moving shot I would try using After Effects Mocha.
 
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I made the same mistake on a slider shot. Tried a number of solutions (using Apple Shake - clone, paint, gaussian blur, etc). Tracking a feathered gaussian blur (30 px) and desaturation (40 %) node gave the best results but still not great. Ultimately I threw the shot away. I am interested to hear if there is a simple solution. Good luck.
 
In FCPX duplicate the video portion of the clip (Command C - Command V) then put the duplicate on top of the original - apply the "Mask" from effects to the top clip, then find a section of the shot that matches color of the area where the red glow is, use the mask (feathered) to isolate it, then move it over the red dot.. you may have to track it if the shot moves.. I've done this often with unwanted portions of frames - most recently removing white birds**t from a sign that I wasn't able to clean when I shot it.
 
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