Laserschwert, thank you for dissecting my screencaps today and suggesting all of these filters. Seriously, it's great to have someone like you come along and tell me what I could be doing better, I appreciate it.

I'm going to play around with these filters you have mentioned. I've tried out guavacomb, but the rest of them are new to me. Hopefully I can correct the haloing problem. Even if it ups the brightness a bit, it's not that big of a deal since I can always adjust that when I color correct in Premiere.

More screencaps coming tomarrow...