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Flickering Footage
I have a question on actually if there is another way to get flicker out of a shot … or if the shot is pretty much SOL.
So … We shot some footage in Australia using the Sony Z7 cameras. We had also used some of their freelancers in Australia to shoot (Seems the only way to shoot in another country is to also use some people from there … okay … it’s nice to share the budget with other countries)
Anyways, one of the shooters didn’t adjust our Z7, we gave him to shoot with, for different frequencies of light. Meaning most of our interior office shots look like as if they either had candles for lighting or wobbly fans with every light.
I added the standard FlickerFilter that comes with the FCP bundles (we are using FCP 7 now) and it only removes a bit of the flicker (really it softens it, is what we found).
The only thing that came to my mind was copy the flicker filter again on the same shot.
Are there any suggestions that you guys can give that might either be better way to get around this issue? I also have AE so … if AE can do it better, please direct me in the direction with that with the AE guys.
Thanks.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Based Freelancer
http://www.rtuqvidere.com -
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I don’t think the FCP flicker filter is intended for that purpose. After Effects color stablilizer is a better bet. I have no experience with it. I Googled for it and found the help page for it.
https://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/8.0/help.html?content=WS3878526689cb91655866c1103a9d3c597-7bc9.html -
Oh sweet … Thank you. I will try that.
Sorry, I thought the Flicker Filter on FCP was for that. Hmmm … I know it helps with thin lines on Text but I also thought it was to take out some filter from Overhead lights (Fluorescent lights) and Pal footage on a NTSC timeline.
Thanks for the info.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Based Freelancer
http://www.rtuqvidere.com -
FCP’s Flicker filter is for interlace flicker, not fluorescent light flicker.
You might want to check out Foundry’s Furnace plugins for FCP. They have a flickering light filter which is reputed to be fairly good. Go to toolfarm.com and look it up. It’s on sale right now, so you’re in luck!
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
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OH Great thanks … I will look into that as well.
If it saves the footage then I believe the company I work for won’t even care about the cost.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Based Freelancer
http://www.rtuqvidere.com -
Let us know what works for you. This topic does come up fairly often and it would be good to hear about a positive result.
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AWESOME!!!
The After Effects way didn’t really do it well at all … It gave it another effect. Which actually works in another graphics I am working on … but that’s another story.
The FurnaceCore Effects worked WONDERFUL … which is good I have quite a bit of footage that I would have had a headache sending to AE and rendering each one.
Initially the DeFlicker doesn’t do too much … a little but not alot at first. So I was a bit disappointed, but after reading the Instructional PDF that comes with the plug-in, I was able to better understand the parameters.
There is a vector Detail and Clamp filter parameter that works REALLY good together if set correctly. I was able to ELIMINATE it all. … but word to the wise it does take A BIT OF TIME TO RENDER. … but to render a bit faster – just turn off the “Use Motion” button. That is only used if the camera is moving (Pans and Tilts).
Thanks guys … that worked perfectly.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Based Freelancer
http://www.rtuqvidere.com -
Glad it worked out. I’ve run into a shot or two with that problem, so the Furnace filter is a good find.
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Are you mixing frame rates in the one timeline? The PAL footage should be first converted. There are various ways to do this including the Nattress Standards converter plugins.
Some people like Compressor for frame rate conversion. It is often discussed hers o a search will give more opinion and techniques.
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No I am not using PAL footage on a timeline. And usually when I get footage that is PAL I have a dupe-house convert it for us … don’t care to wait for that and waste editing time.
The footage we have that is having Fluorescent flicker was because the shooter who shot with our NTSC cameras didn’t change the shutter speed to compensate for the different frequency in the Australian region.
Tom–> yes the plug in worked wonders and it is actually pretty cheap to get a license for multiple computers too.
Thanks Arnie for the suggestion. 2 Thumbs Up man.
-Raymond Tuquero-
Houston Based Freelancer
http://www.rtuqvidere.com -
[Raymond Tuquero] “Thanks Arnie for the suggestion. 2 Thumbs Up man.”
Next beer’s on you!
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
https://www.arniepix.com/
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