Getting rid of dust?

I am shooting in a dusty environment, and though I try to keep sensor clean, I still get spots. Is there a solution either in FCE or FCP (which I'm thinking of getting), the equivalent of spotting in Photoshop.
Does Adobe Premier have something that does this?
Thanks.

You should probably get a rain cover for your camera.
You can fix you images, but sooner or later your camera will be seriously
trashed by the dust.
This type of work is best done in a compositing/FX application like Shake,
AE, Nuke, or Smoke.
Simple dust-busting requires solid tripod shots, so you can paint to reveal
a previous (clean) frame. Detailed instructions here:
http://forums.creativecow.net/archivethread/8/718204
In this article they even describe how to do it in Photoshop and reimport
back to FCP.
If the dust is on the lens and the camera is moving, you'll need to make
a defect map. This is something best done in Shake, etc.:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8398012&#8398012

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####<Apr 13, 2011 4:32:13 AM GMT> <Error> <EJB> <sg01app510> <sgosb_1> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '7' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'>
<<anonymous>> <> <92f54a30d60e6302:-4b6d523c:12f4cfeaabc:-8000-0000000000000123> <1302669133597> <BEA-010026> <Exception occurred during commit of
transaction Xid=BEA1-039B0B6D3D0E77C1B135(1898471720),Status=Rolled back. [Reason=Unknown],numRepliesOwedMe=0,numRepliesOwedOthers=0,seconds since
begin=0,seconds left=600,XAServerResourceInfo[WLStore_pega_domain_ProcessEventJMS_Store_mgd1]=(ServerResourceInfo[WLStore_pega_domain_ProcessEventJMS_Store_mgd1]=
(state=new,assigned=none),xar=null,re-Registered = false),SCInfo[sgosb_domain+sgosb_1]=(state=rolledback),SCInfo[pega_domain+pega_1]=(state=rolledback),properties=
({}),OwnerTransactionManager=ServerTM[ServerCoordinatorDescriptor=(CoordinatorURL=sgosb_1+152.64.128.243:22110+sgosb_domain+t3+, XAResources={eis/tibjms/Topic,
WLStore_sgosb_domain_FileStore_auto_1, eis/aqjms/Queue, eis/wls/Queue, eis/tibjms/Queue, WLStore_sgosb_domain__WLS_sgosb_1, eis/AQ/aqSample, eis/aqjms/Topic,
eis/pramati/Queue, eis/sunmq/Queue, WLStore_sgosb_domain_WseeFileStore_auto_1, WLStore_sgosb_domain_MesssageForwardingJMS_Store_mgd1,
WSATGatewayRM_sgosb_1_sgosb_domain, eis/jbossmq/Queue, eis/activemq/Queue, eis/fioranomq/Topic, eis/tibjmsDirect/Topic, eis/wls/Topic,
eis/tibjmsDirect/Queue, eis/Apps/Apps, eis/webspheremq/Queue},NonXAResources={})],CoordinatorURL=pega_1+nj09mhm5078:22111+pega_domain+t3+):
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        at weblogic.ejb.container.internal.MDListener.onMessage(MDListener.java:326)
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        at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
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####<Apr 13, 2011 4:51:38 AM GMT> <Error> <EJB> <sg01app510> <sgosb_1> <[ACTIVE] ExecuteThread: '18' for queue: 'weblogic.kernel.Default (self-tuning)'> <<anonymous>> <>
<92f54a30d60e6302:-42808c28:12f4d3173cb:-8000-0000000000000032> <1302670298730> <BEA-010026> <Exception occurred during commit of transaction
Xid=BEA1-0011D0679BA5074B8E12(1930603846),Status=Rolled back. [Reason=javax.transaction.xa.XAException],numRepliesOwedMe=0,numRepliesOwedOthers=0,seconds since begin=0,seconds
left=60,XAServerResourceInfo[WLStore_sgosb_domain_MesssageForwardingJMS_Store_mgd1]=(ServerResourceInfo[WLStore_sgosb_domain_MesssageForwardingJMS_Store_mgd1]=
(state=rolledback,assigned=sgosb_1),xar=WLStore_sgosb_domain_MesssageForwardingJMS_Store_mgd1239571724,re-Registered =
false),XAServerResourceInfo[WLStore_pega_domain_ProcessEventJMS_Store_mgd1]=(ServerResourceInfo[WLStore_pega_domain_ProcessEventJMS_Store_mgd1]=
(state=rolledback,assigned=pega_1),xar=null,re-Registered = false),SCInfo[sgosb_domain+sgosb_1]=(state=rolledback),SCInfo[pega_domain+pega_1]=(state=rolledback),properties=
({}),OwnerTransactionManager=ServerTM[ServerCoordinatorDescriptor=(CoordinatorURL=sgosb_1+152.64.128.243:22110+sgosb_domain+t3+, XAResources={eis/tibjms/Topic,
WLStore_sgosb_domain_FileStore_auto_1, eis/aqjms/Queue, eis/wls/Queue, eis/tibjms/Queue, WLStore_sgosb_domain__WLS_sgosb_1, eis/AQ/aqSample, eis/aqjms/Topic, eis/pramati/Queue, eis/sunmq
/Queue, WLStore_sgosb_domain_WseeFileStore_auto_1, WLStore_sgosb_domain_MesssageForwardingJMS_Store_mgd1, WSATGatewayRM_sgosb_1_sgosb_domain, eis/jbossmq/Queue, eis/activemq
/Queue, eis/fioranomq/Topic, eis/tibjmsDirect/Topic, eis/wls/Topic, eis/tibjmsDirect/Queue, eis/Apps/Apps, eis/webspheremq/Queue},NonXAResources=
{})],CoordinatorURL=sgosb_1+152.64.128.243:22110+sgosb_domain+t3+): weblogic.transaction.RollbackException: Unknown reason
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.TransactionImpl.throwRollbackException(TransactionImpl.java:1881)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.internalCommit(ServerTransactionImpl.java:345)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.commit(ServerTransactionImpl.java:239)
        at weblogic.ejb.container.internal.MDListener.execute(MDListener.java:553)
        at weblogic.ejb.container.internal.MDListener.transactionalOnMessage(MDListener.java:424)
        at weblogic.ejb.container.internal.MDListener.onMessage(MDListener.java:326)
        at weblogic.jms.client.JMSSession.onMessage(JMSSession.java:4659)
        at weblogic.jms.client.JMSSession.execute(JMSSession.java:4345)
        at weblogic.jms.client.JMSSession.executeMessage(JMSSession.java:3821)
        at weblogic.jms.client.JMSSession.access$000(JMSSession.java:115)
        at weblogic.jms.client.JMSSession$UseForRunnable.run(JMSSession.java:5170)
        at weblogic.work.SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl$WorkAdapterImpl.run(SelfTuningWorkManagerImpl.java:528)
        at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:207)
        at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:176)
Caused by: javax.transaction.xa.XAException
        at weblogic.store.gxa.internal.GXAResourceImpl.prepare(GXAResourceImpl.java:1227)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.XAServerResourceInfo.prepare(XAServerResourceInfo.java:1295)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.XAServerResourceInfo.prepare(XAServerResourceInfo.java:500)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerSCInfo.startPrepare(ServerSCInfo.java:380)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.localPrepare(ServerTransactionImpl.java:2593)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.ServerTransactionImpl.localPrepare(ServerTransactionImpl.java:1321)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.SubCoordinatorImpl.startPrepare(SubCoordinatorImpl.java:183)
        at weblogic.transaction.internal.CoordinatorImpl_WLSkel.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.invoke(BasicServerRef.java:589)
        at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef$1.run(BasicServerRef.java:477)
        at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:363)
        at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:147)
        at weblogic.rmi.internal.BasicServerRef.handleRequest(BasicServerRef.java:473)
        at weblogic.rmi.internal.wls.WLSExecuteRequest.run(WLSExecuteRequest.java:118)
        at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:201)
        at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:173)
.>Edited by: SteveElkind on Apr 13, 2011 5:50 AM

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Thanks! Succinct and easy to understand as ever.
Yup, that covers it - I had also just seen this in the docs after looking at atheek1's earlier response (thanks to him/her as well). It's covered almost as clearly there as you state it here (http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11035_01/wls100/jta/trxcon.html).
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My normal practice has been for unique names in the past, due to problems I had years ago with cross-domain JMS traffic in an earlier WLS version. I guess it's the wrong time to have forgotten that lesson.
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