I have transferred two hours of 16mm original, color ektachrome positive to 10 bit uncompressed digital form for editing on FCP - the film is 32 years old without sound - on reviewing the digital transfer, there is dust, partial hair in bottom of frame, and scratch lines in many sections of original film. The lab cleaned before transfer, but the soft emulsion of positive film can be easily damaged from earlier work prints and handling and is difficult to clean.
Even with careful selection of best footage to minimize dust etc., I wanted to find best recommendations on the following: Can FCP clean up individual frames once final editing complete? I know there are special labs that do this frame by frame, but wanted to find way to do myself.
Alternative: Should I send back to lab for a liquid gate transfer of original to create a new, cleaned -up master and then use that to make the digital transfer? I am new to FCP and digital world - really need advice soon.
Many thanks for your thoughts, Mark