BCC Pixel Fixer
Category: BCC Image Restoration
Effect Name: BCC Pixel Fixer
The BCC Pixel Fixer filter, part of the BCC Image Restoration category, fixes bad pixels in the image caused by the sensor in digital video and still cameras.
Working with the Filter
Presets and Common Controls
- BCC filters come with a library of factory installed presets plus the ability to create your own custom presets and preview them with the BCC FX Browser™.
- BCC filters also include common controls that configure global effect preferences and other host-specific effect settings.
For more information about working with presets and other common controls, Click Here.
Effect Controls
Compare Mode
The Compare Mode is used to view the filtered result alongside the original source layer. Several split-screen and side-by-side display options are available.
For more information, see Compare Mode.
- Use Shape 1 for All: When enabled the filter assumes tat all bad pixels are the same shape.
- Blur Tuning: Tunes the blur amount used in blurring the background image around the bad spot.
- Point 1 Enable: Enable fixing for point 1.
- Point 1: Used to set the position point for Point 1.
- Size controls (Lock, X and Y): If the “Use Shape 1 for All” feature is enabled, only the first Size control is used, and they are called “Size”, not “Size 1” in hosts that support dynamic renaming.
- Size Y: controls the number of pixels to be erased on each side of the bad pixel. Because of compression, a bad pixel in the sensor usually affects more than one pixel in the image. Pushing this past 5 or 6 will usually show an obvious box in the render. By default, size Y is locked to X, but they can be controlled independently, which is probably more useful for dust spots than for bad pixels in the sensor.
- More Points: This group contains the parameter controls for points 2 – 10. They are at the bottom of the UI, on the assumption that most of the time the user will lock these to Size 1.
