Can you remove recorded titles on video tape?

[kjfrey1701]

I'm trying to edit footage where the title was left on the whole time. I'd like to only have it there for the first 10-20 seconds of the scene and then be gone. Is it recorded on a special area of the tape (like the audio track) and thus removable, or are they part of the pixels and permanent?

[TDK1044]

If it's some kind of logo or copyright title, it won't be removable. Depending on how big it is and where it is, you could either re crop the picture to exclude it, in other words zoom in, or generate your own logo to hide the original.

[kjfrey1701]

No, it's the one on your home camcorder where you can put things like the date, "Our Vacation", etc. It's right in the lower third of the video so cropping is not an option.

[BrianCee]

If it's been recorded by the camcorder and transferred to your PC then it is not removable - if you can't crop then one other option would be to cover it with a mask.

I seem to recall somewhere reading about a programme which claimed to be able to remove titles and logos by making a varying mask which changed according to the background to produce an almost invisible cover up - or was that a 'wish list' dream ?

[Ken Berry]

You're certainly correct Brian, only I can't quite remember the name of the program. It's something like 'Moving Face' but I just did a Google search for that and produced no corresponding software hits. Steve will remember. However, I think it is expensive, and I am not sure how good a job it does.

One of our local TV stations seems to use similar software to delete station logos when it broadcasts newsclips from overseas. But it tends to be a cloudy blur rather than a neat blending with the background. (Then of course they apply their own logo in much the same spot!!)

[Ron P.]

How about using the Number Plate Blur Tutorial, in our tutorial section. It should accomplish about the same thing...

[heinz-oz]

Sure Ron, especially if it goes right across the lower third of your video

I think the OP will have to live with that title and learn a lesson from it Do your titling afterwards, at the editing stage, not while you are filming.

[Ron P.]

Well it was a possiblity, but wait you just came up with another solution...

Just create a lower third to cover it up.. Or use VGL's Video Paint and paint over each frame. Depending on the length of the video it should only take a few weeks or months to do..

[heinz-oz]

Now there is an idea Ron, one could clone the surrounding areas bit by bit over that title, frame by frame, hmmm.... Shouldn't take more than a couple of months.

We better let the OP know that we are only kiddying, before he/she asks how exactly that could be done.

[Ken Veal]

Hi,
how about a text backdrop or try
www.***/video/logo removal/index en.html
regards Ken

[heinz-oz]

I'm allergic against *** domains

[Ken Berry]

When you add the underscores missing from the link in Ken's post, it in fact leads to a reference to a program called VirtualDub MSU Logo Remover. And, touch wood, it looks safe enough. And the download is a ZIP file and not and executable. The samples given still appear to have a blur where the logo was, though.

The link is supposed to be http://www.***/video/logo_re ... ex_en.html

[kjfrey1701]

Thanks guys for all the suggestions. So how MANY months?? Ha ha! Anyway, I'll probably try some of the blurring solutions just for the exercise. But it's probably better just to leave it as is. If you're going to try and cover up a mistake, you'd better be able to pull it off or you just look even more foolish.

I was hoping that it was more simple. Similar to the way you can reduce noise in audio because the noise frequency is so different from the music frequencies (or something).