Filter Question 3: Flicker vs. Flicker

Is the Flicker filter you can access as one of the pull-down list options within the Deinterlace filter, the exact same thing as the Flicker filter you can select from the Video Filters folder and apply separately?

Yes, its the exact same thing.

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