Video noise reduction software?

Sorry... but I've asked this question in the Tiger OS forum about video noise reduction for iMovie HD 6 and/or QT files but haven't got far with it.
If anyone on this forum has any suggestions about what I could use to reduce visual noise - basically transferred film grain in digitisation, I'd really appreciate it
(better still a free software download or trial would be even more appreciated)?

I'm not aware of any free good denoiser.
Neat video has a trial, but I think it's either watermarked or limited to SD. But it is really good and the trial will give you an idea of what iyt can do and whether it's worth the outlay for your purposes.
Another option is Adobe After Effects. A bit of a learning curve, but they have a trial.
Good luck.
Russ

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OK.
My personal choice would be Dark Energy for After Effects. It's amazing! But it's also pricey at $500
Neat Video also makes a plug-in for noise removal, and while many people swear by it, I found it somewhat...'incompetent' for the task compared to Dark Energy. At least with the couple of clips I tested with.
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Merry Xmas
A fellow filmmmaker has used the 'Neato Video Noise' plug in with pretty good success. Was wondering if anyone else out there has tried it?
I have some underexposed footage shot on a DVX100, (low daylight footage), which I tried tweaking with the FCP HSL Filter. But as you may know, the HSL Filter must be used carefully (sparingly), or it will cause grain.
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http://www.neatvideo.com/
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No, there are no built-in noise reduction filters.
There are a number of free and commercial solutions out there ... the free ones are obviously worth checking out but less capable (try TMTS Noise Reduction and Smart Noise Reduction), of the commercial filters http://www.neatvideo.com/ and http://www.revisionfx.com/products/denoise/ seem popular.

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We are doing some finishing on a short documentary film and some shots (HVX-200 in a dark, poorly lit, blue-starved, turkey barn) need a small amount of noise reduction to maintain the overall look of the film.
We tested a demo of Neat Video's noise reduction plugin and feel the quality is acceptable. But I am curious if there are any other suggested alternatives. The only other plugin than interests me is the Natress Smart Denoise which works as a Color plugin and would be even more appropriate for our workflow.
Are there any other options we should be checking out?
Thanks!

We are doing some finishing on a short documentary film and some shots (HVX-200 in a dark, poorly lit, blue-starved, turkey barn) need a small amount of noise reduction to maintain the overall look of the film.
We tested a demo of Neat Video's noise reduction plugin and feel the quality is acceptable. But I am curious if there are any other suggested alternatives. The only other plugin than interests me is the Natress Smart Denoise which works as a Color plugin and would be even more appropriate for our workflow.
Are there any other options we should be checking out?
Thanks!

Noise Reduction Software

Does anyone have any strong preferences for a 3rd-party noise reduction app? I have several images taken at ISO 1600 with way too much noise. I know that I can download trial versions of several apps & try them. But I thought I would inquire from those of you that have experience in this area. Thank you.

I have been a part time pro photographer for about 25 years with a lot of amateur clicking before that. I used Photoshop from version 3 to CS3. In the past few years I have moved exclusively to video. My needs for still photo editing have dropped a lot. I do pull out stills from videos on occasion, but I'm not doing anything very fancy to them.
I do still do noise reduction though. I do that in both my video editing app (Vegas Pro 9) and CS3. Well, I just upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit and Photoshop CS3 refuses to install. So, I just bought and installed PSE8. It works just fine in Win7-64.
I installed the exact same plugin from PictureCode to run Noise Ninja in PSE8. It works just the same as it did in CS3. It works very well too. Most of the reviews I've read over the years usually put Noise Ninja and Neat Image at the top. They both work well and better than the rest. Either should work well for you.
I never used Neat Image (other than a trial test) and liked Noise Ninja a tad better. (I found it easier to use.) However, I do use Neat Video with Vegas Pro. That's the same company's noise reduction for video editing. I'm very happy with it too.
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Clyde
PS - The #1 tip in using any of these is to don't over do it. Things can start to look artificial very fast when these are cranked up too high. With really bad noise (like your 1600 iso pictures) you tend to want to get rid of all the noise. Doing so can often ruin what the picture is all about.

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i have a Sony HDR HC1, and im just using iMovie to import the HD video then send it to FCE3.5.....and i dont plan to buy a new camera until i make my second low-budget feature (editing my first right now).....and i have some low-light shots that shows bluish-colored noise (the camera has a CMOS chip) and i need to know how to get rid of the noise (and for a less noisy picture overall, even though very little in normal light conditions).

Er, 'Cineframe' (pseudo 24p) and 'CineGamma' (film-like brightness range) are available on the bigger FX1 and Z1, but not on the smaller HC1, sorry. But the HC1 has a similar (or maybe identical) 'Cinema Effect', which does simulate 24fps film.
However, you can't choose this (under 'D. EFFECT' in the 'PICT. APPLI.' menu) if you've already chosen a film-like manual shutter speed ..e.g; 1/25.
You can't keep the 'film-like' manual 25 shutter speed, either, if you choose, in the 'PROGRAM AE' menu, 'PORTRAIT' (..which generally tries to give the widest available aperture, to give shallow depth-of-field like a 35mm film camera lens).
So for a "film-like" appearance with the HC1 I'd choose:
Manual shutter speed - 25
Sharpness - up a bit from normal
Steadyshot - ON
Manual exposure - ON (..that's the little round button next to the 'Exposure/Vol' switch on the left-hand side, below the Backlight button..)
This HD Sony camcorder is probably way beyond the price range you're interested in, but the V1U does offer most of what you want..!
The Panasonic HVX200 is extremely versatile ..but the cost of memory cards is probably prohibitive ..unless you shoot only 8 minutes at a time!
(..Here's a useful comparison between the earlier Sonys, JVC and the Panasonic, but it doesn't mention the new V1U..)
(..The Canon XL2 offers 24p and interchangeable lenses, but no HDV..)
Essentially, the JVC HD100/110 shoots only HDV (or DV) 720p (24, 25, 30fps), Progressive (full frame) format, and doesn't shoot "video-like" 1080i (interlaced) at all. So it's specifically intended for tape-to-film transfer, which may be what you want.
Here's a .pdf of the instruction book.
Notice that the JVC is a manual focus camera ..there is no autofocus at all. It comes with a 16x zoom, but no figures given for its low-light limit, such as 4 lux or 6 lux.
The original HDV 1-chip JVC GR-HD1 is to be avoided, as its low-light performance - and performance overall - is pretty poor.
The new Sony V1, having a fixed, built-in, non-interchangeable lens does have autofocus - though that can be switched off. It shoots HDV 24p and 30p, but also 'normal' non-progressive video. Here's Adam Wilt's assessment of it. It has a 20x zoom, and shoots down to about 4 lux.
Sony's earlier - and cheaper - Z1 has a 12x (autofocus) zoom, 60i and 50i video shooting, and 'synthesized' 30p, 25p and 24p modes, which Sony calls 30F, 25F and 24F ..as these are progressive frames constructed from various interleaved fields and frames. So 24F isn't exactly the same as 24p. Minimum light: 3 lux.
[..The 'super-HAD' CCDs in the FX1/Z1 don't appear to give any vertical smear of bright highlights ..though that's often quoted as a particular selling point of CMOS chips, compared with CCDs..]
I use the UK-only 50i version (the FX1) of the Z1, and can say that it's excellent in incredibly low light. These HDV Sonys (..except the 7 lux HC1..) all feature optional "CineGamma", which alters the recorded brightness range to look more like film than video, and "CineFrame" which is this artificial progressive mode - called 'Cinema Effect' on the HC1.
Here's some more info about Sony's 'CineFrame' pseudo 24p.
In summary:
The JVC is the nearest HDV you'll get to true 24p, but it's less easy to handle (no autofocus, 16x zoom) than a Sony, and doesn't offer interlaced video recording like a normal camcorder ..so it'd probably be inappropriate for shooting for TV.
The V1 is a multi-talented video/24p camera, with a big 20x zoom, low-light, but doesn't take interchangeable lenses.
The Panasonic HVX200 seems to offer the best of many worlds, but has only a 13x built-in zoom, and although it shoots extremely hi-quality material onto memory cards, they're expensive and have only a small capacity.
Yer pays yer money and yer takes yer choice..

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Hello,
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The position of the guitar to electrical equipment picks up noise.
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All of the software that works with this does this... soften the picture.
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okay so i normally master live sets on the condenser microphone in my teams studio but it is not available to the public so i've started doing freestyles, when i use the noise reduction (process) on the audio of my HD videos to remove background noise which my camera is intaking for some reason unknown (on both shotgun and camera) this is without any corrections on, everything on manual etc so nothing to cause the distorted hissing sound.
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I started with the FFT size: 4096
And then switched over to try again on FFT size 512 which both fully removed the beat and hissing from the whole audio (what i was aiming for) but both still messed with my video's audio by making their voices sound weird and echoy.
The hissing problem i'm encountering is common although it randomly started a week or so ago, my camera is the Canon 600D
i've looked up on how to resolve the issue but none of the fixes have worked for me
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Turning auto corrections off didn't work
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I phoned up canon customer services and they told me to send me camera off to the other side of the UK since i have warranty but i need this camera daily and can't afford to go however long they plan to take to return my camera in working order.
If anyone has any advice for me it would be much appreciated, thank you.
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When you get to Process > Noise Reduction > Reduce Noise, usually a preset isn't the answer, but some manual fiddling.
Here's the way I approach this:
1. When I set the noise print, I play/loop the clip and note the level of the noise in your meters. When I get to the threshold in the noise reduction window, that level will be the extreme highest threshold I use, only going lower from there.
2. When it comes to the reduction, I check the Noise only box while I'm setting it, and boost the reduction until I'm getting noise, but not too much signal I want to preserve. If I hear voice in there, I'm doing too much. And I rarely end up going beyond 60%.
3. Uncheck the noise only box, and listen to the signal with noise reduced to fine tune further.
Remember this is noise reduction, not noise elimination. And, the STP tool is pretty good for what it is, but it's not anywhere near the best out there.
Good luck, and I hope this helps!
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Hi Adobe
You a have a really wonderful PhotoShop CC product. It's really great, and I know new versions such as 2014 have their teething problems.
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Audio noise reduction in iMovie 09?

I have some video shot with a Nokia N95 mobile phone. Some of the audio is recorded directly with the phone, some experimenting with connecting an external microphone. The sound recorded with the external mic is better but I still get a lot of noise / hiss. I think that with iMovie 06 (which I no longer have installed and can't download from the Apple site) there was a relatively simple noise reduction filter. I can't see how to do the same with '09. Any suggestions on how to (rapidly) clean up audio from mobile phones (or from video shot with digicams, for that matter)?
And if anyone has any tips or hardware hacks that would allow me to improve the sound while filming with a mobile phone I would be very interested to hear them.
Many thanks!

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