Urgent help needed re:After Effects

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Kensa25

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:crybaby:Hi I'm a newbie here but need some urgent advice please about some dv wedding footage I shot last weekend.
Ok here goes..I filmed a wedding for a good friend last week on my canon xm2.All my shots were good up until the wedding vows..(It was being held outside in variable sunshine)as it came to the important dialogue the sun really got bright and all the guests were recording with phones and cameras as I recorded my shot.As I was filming I noticed a reflection but was too busy monitoring the sound.I thought it was the sun hitting a shiny phone or whatever.When I put the clips in my mac DISASTER...argghhh.This reflection was hitting my lens and it jumps around the Bride and grooms arms for about 2 minutes as they are talking.I now know that it was hitting the lens and is recorded on tape...and it's on the bride and grooms arms but not there faces.Please can any one on the forum offer any help.I even downloaded trial version of ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS but don't know how to use it yet.I'm using I movie 06 to edit the footage and all the other clips are fine EXEPT this sequence..Is there a fix in adobe after effects.I tried Motion 5 but even if I can blur it out it's better than doing nothing and I can't show the bride's folks a DVD until I find a FIX....Any advice is really apreciated.can anyone help please?
 
I'd say forget After Effects. If the glare is not on the bride and groom's faces but on their arms, you could try cropping to get in closer and cut out the arms. Grainier result, but the lesser of two evils. Difficult with no sample to see.
 
Surely if the effect isn't on the arms the whole time, if the couple are fairly static you could copy a frame with the arms without the glare (mask around the arms) then then overlay it over the effected frames?

You'd need to understand After Effects to even try to fix this, you might want to start checking some tutorials on YouTube and maybe seek some advice on some AE forums, the likes of www.videocopilot.net have good tutorials and a knowledgeable forum base.
 
HeadStAtE has a good recommendation, but ultimately it's never going to look too good. Plus it's in SD, which makes AE work a little harder.

Possibly a crazy suggestion: Look for someone in the crowd who recorded the vows on a semi-decent camera and slice that in (or some split screen vibe)? It won't be too great, but could help just a little.
 
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