How to sharpen an out of focus shot?

Got back some HDV Blue screen shots of an interview and the person interviewed is a bit soft, looks like the cameraman didn't focus on him before filming. Is there anyway of sharpening the person up in After Effects CS4?
Thx
Kevin

You could try the Unsharp Mask effect. Still, it won't do miracles, much less with HDV footage, so better think of creative ways to disquise the problem, e.g. by scaling down, adding noise, fancy backgrounds to distract from the problem... Also note, that if you sharpen your footage it is almost mandatory to reduce the block artifacts first with tools like Magic Bullet Frames' Deartifacter or you will make things a lot worse...
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