A scratch on video tape runs horizontally across the screen. Its appearance depends on the intensity of the scratch and the dropout compensation capability of the machine that is playing the tape.
Control
Settings
Notes
Select Type
Black
Noise
Corrected
Controls the appearance of the scratch. Corrected repeats the lines above and below the scratch to recreate the missing data.
Position
-100 to 100
Negative numbers move the scratch up from centre, while positive numbers are down from centre.
Thickness
0 to 100
Sets the thickness of the scratch.
Amount
0 to 100
Sets the amount of the scratch effect to blend with the original, unscratched video.
Noise Blend
0 to 100
When type of scratch is set to Noise, this control enables you to blend through the bright regions of noise back to your original image, while preserving the dark noise.
