Here it's key to make sure that the quality setting is over 60, which means that the filter found a region that will enable it to accurately discriminate between noise and motion. Over on the right you'll see the Device Noise Profile settings for the clip ( Figure 6, below). The blue square identifies a section of the frame with no true motion to identify and isolate the video noise. In the section of the frame shown in Figure 5 (below), there's no true motion, so all the motion relates to noise that the filter will attempt to eliminate.įigure 5. This tells the Neat Video filter to scan for an area in the image that's flat and has little detail, and thus is a region where it's easy to tell whether the changes it detects between frames are noise, or true motion in the frame. If it's the first time you've worked with a particular video, click Auto Profile instead (to the left of the Load Profile button in Figure 4, above). When you have a number of clips that have the same noise issues, saving a profile-as with audio noise-allows you to save and later reload a noise file from a comparable clip. If you've worked with video that you've created a profile for in the past, click the Load Profile button ( Figure 4, below) to load the profile. Then you click the Settings button ( Figure 3, below), which brings up a full-screen view. Selecting the Neat Video filter and applying it to the noisy clip.

Figure 2 (below) shows how it's selected in Premiere Pro CS6.įigure 2. Once you've purchased and installed the plug-in for your NLE of choice, you apply it to the clip as you would any other included or installed filter. It supports popular pro NLEs like Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro (including FCP X), and Vegas (as well as Adobe After Effects). By way of background, the filter, which you can find by Googling 'Neat Video filter,' starts at about $50. Applying the Neat Video Filterįortunately, gain-related noise-which is very common, and precisely the problem we're dealing with here-is exactly what the Neat Video filter was designed to correct. Note the video noise in the background and on the subject's face in this clip. A few weeks ago I shot a speech by Democratic congressional candidate Anthony Flaccavento at a local incubator facility, and as you can see in Figure 1 (below) and in the video above, there's lots of noise in the background, and even on the candidate's face. That's because I had to boost gain to achieve the proper exposure.įigure 1. Shooting in low-light conditions is a reality for most of us. In this tutorial I'll demonstrate how you can use the Neat Video plug-in to remove noise from video, improving output quality for all outputs.

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