How to remove spots and scratches from scanned 8mm film

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How to remove spots and scratches from scanned 8mm film

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Hi,
I have scanned few rolls of 8mm films (about 40 years old) and now I'd like to improve their quality a bit - I have Video Studio X7 Ultimate. So far I haven't found proper filter to remove/reduce random spots and scratches. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you for help.
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Re: How to remove spots and scratches from scanned 8mm film

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Hi, random spots and scratches are part of the 8mm appeal. The best clean up must be done by rotoscoping one frame at a time with an image editor. VS do have Old Film filter but not Milf Dlo filter for cleaning.
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Re: How to remove spots and scratches from scanned 8mm film

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Haven't tried anything that works for sure. I wonder if the filter that removes flashes might work?
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