PFClean Tutorials
Your Guide to Film & Video Restoration
PFClean's tutorials are built around the full restoration workflow , from a beginners guide if you're setting up PFClean for the first time, through to complete technical guides on the toolsets that do the heavy lifting: automatic dirt and dust removal, stabilisation, and caching. These aren't quick-start walkthroughs. Automatic dirt removal, for example, isn't a one-click operation on difficult material, getting it right means understanding how detection thresholds interact with grain, contrast, and frame-to-frame consistency, and that's the level most of these guides work at. Each one moves from a straightforward first pass through to the fine-grained controls and tips-and-tricks that seasoned restoration artists rely on to handle the hardest material, so however far into a workflow you already are, there's a guide written to take you further.
Automatic Film Dirt & Dust Removal: The Complete PFClean Restoration Guide
Automatic dirt and dust removal for scanned film: PFClean's complete guide to Dustbust, Auto Dirt Fix, IR defect maps and multi-pass restoration workflows.
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PFClean Disk Caching: The Complete PFClean Restoration Guide
Complete technical guide to disk caching in PFClean — standards-based setup, workflow optimization, and performance strategies for real-time 4K restoration.
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Film Stabilisation: The Complete PFClean Restoration Guide
Complete technical guide to stabilising film scans — gate weave, jitter, and shake correction. Auto, Border, Area and Tracked methods explained in depth.
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203 - Caching and Advanced Workbench Techniques in PFClean
Learn caching and advanced Workbench techniques in PFClean to speed up manual restoration and streamline workflows.
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202 - Mastering with Remaster and Standards in PFClean
Learn to master clips in PFClean using Remaster and Standards, edit, adjust colour, convert formats, and export results.
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201 - Using Nodes and Applying Basic Restoration in PFClean
Learn to organise media with Standards Manager, create custom standards, and restore film using Digital Wet Gate and Infrared.
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103 - Using Nodes and Applying Basic Restoration in PFClean
Learn to use nodes in PFClean, route clips to Workbench and Telerack, apply basic restoration, and export results.
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102 - Importing and Preparing Media in PFClean
Learn how to import media, assign standards, and prepare clips in PFClean for efficient digital restoration workflows.
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FAQ
Yes — there's a dedicated beginners guide to get you started. From there, most of the other tutorials move into full technical depth on specific toolsets rather than staying at an introductory level.
Full depth. Both are complete technical guides covering the underlying workflow, the detection and correction settings, and the tips senior restoration artists use to handle difficult or heavily degraded material.
Beyond the beginners guide, they're written as complete technical guides — each one goes from a straightforward first pass through to the advanced controls and techniques used by experienced restoration artists.
Caching has its own technical guide, covering how to configure it for efficient playback and processing as part of a full restoration pipeline — not just a performance setting.