16mm / 8mm Footage - Colour Correction

Hi all,
I have just had some 16mm and 8mm footage telecined to DVD.
Unfortunately the film was old and has lost some colour. I have been playing with the colour correction filters but just wondered if there is a quick fix filter than will help raise the colours from what is mostly a redish/pinkish picture.
Probably a silly question but I thought some body may have created a preset for this problem.
Thanks in advance
J

Magic Bullet from redgiantsoftware.com has some presets...and costs about $300. Film Effects from www.nattress.com has some presets, and costs $99.
BUT!!!
They are mainly presets for effect. Film look or cepia...not correction. Correcting color is always VERY different from clip to clip, so presets can't really be made. You should jsut play with the 3-way color corrector and see what you can do.
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