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  Noise reduction: Neat Video or New Blue Essentials II ?

  Posted by Jim Murphy on November 11, 2009 at 2:04 am

  Has anyone used both Neat Video and the noise reduction feature in New Blue Essentials II ? I am wondering if New Blue does as good a job as Neat Video. I am thinking that Neat Video might be better, but it looks like it has a steaper learning curve. TIA, Jim

  John Rofrano replied 16 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Theo Van laar

  November 11, 2009 at 12:16 pm

  You can download the trial version of essentials II and decide for yourself which one you like most:

  Windows version:

  https://www.newbluefx.com/downloads/Windows/NewBlueVideoEssentials2ForWindowsSetup13.exe

  or for a Mac:

  https://www.newbluefx.com/downloads/Mac/NewBlueVideoEssentials2MacSetup13.mpkg.zip

  Theo
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  John Rofrano

  November 11, 2009 at 4:34 pm

  I agree with Theo, download the trials and try them on some of your footage. I have Neat Video and it does a very nice job if you can get a good isolated sample of the noise. Understand that this is all it does so you would expect it to be better than a plug-in that is 1 of 10 for less money. Still the NewBlueFX plug-in does a decent job in some cases. Like I said, you need to try them both on your own footage.

  One thing I do not like about Neat Video as a company is that you must pay for every host you want to use. So if you use Vegas and After Effects (like I do), Neat Video expects you to buy their plug-in twice! And if you use Premiere Pro too, then you have to buy it three times!!! I think this is ridiculous and something you should be aware of. In contrast, when you buy a plug-in from NewBlueFX you can use it in any and all hosts that it supports for one price. IMHO, that’s the way it should be.

  ~jr

  http://www.johnrofrano.com
  http://www.vasst.com

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