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  Dealing with dark grainy footage

  Posted by Glen Jennings on February 27, 2011 at 9:05 pm

  So I’ve got some dark HD footage that was shot with a Canon 7D that I’m stuck working with and I need to pull out the image. When I pull out the image using curves or brightness/contrast its got a lot of video noise etc.

  Does anybody have any recommended filter techniques etc? I know there’s not that much you can really do but it’s a fairly common problem and I’d be interested in any advice.

  Thanks.

  Walter Soyka replied 15 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Walter Soyka

  February 28, 2011 at 2:36 pm

  You can try noise removal tools like Remove grain [link] (built-in) or NeatVideo [link] (third-party).

  These must be applied with a light hand — in general, it’s better to leave a little noise in than to try to remove it all, which gives you a very artificial waxy or plastic look.

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