"Film Effects" filter in Vegas

ArtsnFartsNCrafts

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This isn't a "How do you get video to look like film" question. I'm shooting 24p w/ my DVX...

I'm working on a project which seeks to emulate the mediocre-at-best film quality of kung fu films from the 70's.

After the proper color correction, addition of subtle noise/grain, etc, it looks pretty decent. However, there's one problem.

When I add the "Film Effects" filter with Vegas, everything looks pretty good, save for the obnoxious verticle "scratch" lines that run across the screen the entire time. I am able to control every single other aspect; dust, jitter, flicker, hair, etc, and can vary these aspects via key framing to achieve a fairly convincing look. However, it just feels as though it's all flushed down the toilet when I have 4 or 5 verticle "scratches" that STAY up onscreen the entire time. It's quite distracting.

Does anyone know how to get these "scratches" under control?

Here's a video to show what I'm talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2xNnRt62oY (that's not part of the actual project. just a random bit of footage to which I added the effects in question).
 
Disable the vertical scratches (unclick "enable particles" when it's selected), or move its slider almost all the way to the left.
 
Awesome, I actually figured it out before I checked back for a response. That takes care of it, thanks! Now it's just a matter of keeping the effect subtle, but still believable.
 
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