It is by far the fastest noise-reduction solution. The biggest thing this new version has going for it is that it renders on the GPU, which means that the results come almost in real-time. I gotta say, this new version is phenomenal. You just may have to wait a while, especially if you have multiple shots to process.īack in October of 2016, Red Giant launched their new Magic Bullet Suite 13, which included a new version of their Denoiser plugin. If you fiddle around with the settings a bit and try to find the best of both worlds in terms of performance and natural-looking images, you can get good results. At times, with some of the most grainy images, it would take almost thirty seconds to view one frame of the final output.

For some of the more grainy shots (like the one above), to get an even passable result, you need to turn up the Noise Reduction level to at least 2 or 3 and raise the Passes to around 3 or 4. However, once you do this, you’ll notice that it takes forever (preview options always slow things down). The plugin defaults to showing you a preview region, so to view the final output, you have to change the Viewing Mode to Final Output. The biggest thing that holds this effect back is that it’s extremely slow. You can read about the process in this PremiumBeat post). If you’re in Premiere, you’re going to have to send your footage over to After Effects by right-clicking and selecting Replace with After Effects Composition and then go back and forth. A major limitation of using this effect for noise removal is that it’s only available in After Effects. Here are my thoughts.įootage via Shutterstock (noise added in post).Īfter Effects has an effect called Remove Grain (pictured above). Other times, you’ll need to bring out the big guns. So which Denoiser should you use in which situation? I took some footage and created some of the grainiest nightmare images I could (using grain elements from our Emulsion pack), as well as some more natural and subtly grainy images, and compared the results. Sometimes the grain is subtle, and you may only need a little bit of polish. Even After Effects features a Remove Grain effect (more later). However, thanks to companies like Red Giant and Neat Video, we can all breathe easy when we see noise in our dailies. Sometimes it’s unavoidable, especially in documentary-style projects that involve shooting conditions beyond your control. Whether it’s footage that another videographer gave you or footage that you shot yourself, you’re going to see some noise now and then. Here’s how to get rid of it.Ĭover image via Shutterstock (noise added in post).

Sooner or later, every editor deals with video noise.

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