Re: Cheap Trick: Live at Budokan: 2" Quad Scan Lines on DigiBeta Dub

I see the lines - looks kinda like brown muddy streaks. Could be a number of things. Bad transfer deck. Old dirty tape. Either way, if the lines are consistent (as in not moving at all) you might be able to design a color correction mask around those lines that allows you to darken and grade only those lines slightly to match the rest of the image. This is not a great idea, and is always better in theory, but it might get you a bit closer to a balanced shot. Otherwise, I'd say use it as a style to show the antiquity of the footage and the fortune that it survived at all. Or just don't use those shots - thankfully it's not on all the footage.

Best,

Ben

Ben Insler

Editor

Telemark Films