Yet another dehalo question ...

[johnmeyer]

The problem is a strong black halo from a 1968 color Kinescope of the famous 1968 Harvard-Yale football game that I'm restoring for a collector. Here's a still shot:



And, here's a 20 MB MPEG-2 clip from the original DVD made from the Kinescope film (i.e., this is "first generation" AFIK):

Black Halo Clip.mpg

I have figured out how to fix most of the other defects you see on this clip, including the film weave; red/purple splotches on the white uniforms; noise; and the annoying hot spot from the lousy film-to-video transfer. The one remaining problem is the dark halo. You can see it on the back side of the quarterback as he stands ready to take the ball from center, but it is all over the place on the right and top sides of any player (or referee) wearing white. Note that the long shadows from the sun are on the other side of the players, so this is most definitely an artifact. I suspect that it may have been part of the original Kinescope process, and not something introduced later on.

I just spent thirty minutes with Dehalo Alpha, but was unable to get anything whatsoever to happen, no matter what combination of settings I used.

All I need is a few hints or a pointer in the right direction and I can probably take it from there, assuming that there is a solution to this problem.

Thanks!!