AI Dehaze

This AI-assisted plug-in analyzes your video for hazy elements like smoke, fog, smog, and other similar effects, removing them to create a clearer and crisper image of your main video element.

USE CASES

  • Enhancing outdoor footage affected by fog or smog.

  • Improving visibility in videos taken in smoky environments.

  • Clarifying underwater videos with haze.

  1. Find a clip that has fog, smoke, haze, or some similar problem that obscures the subject of the video and add it to a VEGAS Pro project.

  2. Click the Video FX tab and select AI Dehaze from the list of effects.

  3. Drag the Default preset onto the timeline clip event that holds the hazy video.

    It may take a little while for the tool to analyze your video.

  4. Experiment with the three different settings in the Details drop-down list to see which one gives you the best results.

    Keep in mind that changing these settings can cause a reanalysis and that can take a bit of time.

  5. Click the Artifact Reduction arrow and increase the Gain to amplify the video’s intensity and make the image brighter.

  6. Raise the Offset to try and bring more detail out in your video or lower it to “crush” the blacks a bit and make the detail in the dark areas less prominent.

FIGURE Effect with 1.0 Amount

FIGURE Effect with max. value of Amount, Gain, and Offset

Settings

Preset Select predefined settings for the effect.
Details Choose the level of detail for the dehazing process.
Amount Control the intensity of the dehazing effect.
Artifact Reduction Option to reduce artifacts caused by the dehazing.
Gain Adjusts the strength of the artifact reduction.
Offset Fine-tunes the artifact reduction process.