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Fluorescent lights
I have some NTSC DV footage that has a nasty fluorescent flicker in a section in the background. is there any way i can remove it? And is there any way to shoot around it. I sometimes have to shoot in an office environment and cannot turn the overheads off….
thanks for any help!!
I accidently posted this elsewhere after a search left me in a different forum!! oops!
Anthony
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6 Replies
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There’s a deflicker plugin in the Furnace set from the Foundry. I’ve never tried it myself, but I think there’s a demo.
Arnie
Post production is not an afterthought!
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You might try using a subtle strobe effect to remove the flicker from the footage you already shot.
To prevent the flicker while shooting, try adjusting your shutter speed until the flicker stops.
Mike Johnson
Final Cut Pro Editor
Drury Outdoors
http://www.druryoutdoors.com
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The only problem with Mike and Arnie’s solutions is that you say the flickering is only in the background, not the foreground. If you add de-flickering or strobe (which would help some, but not too much anyway),
you’ll partially fix the strobing background, but make your unstrobing foreground start to strobe/flicker. Either you have to isolate the background and try the filters on just that, or use the Reshoot Filter, which always works.
And, as Mike said, setting the shutter speed to the flourescent flicker rate (or double the rate) will make it go away. For instance, when I shoot in 50Hz countries, I set the shutter to around 100 for flourescent.
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[Ed Dooley] “or use the Reshoot Filter, which always works. “
Ed, can I use this? I don’t know if I’d be able to give proper credit each time.
bogiesan
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I stole it from an old Philip Hodgett post, so….. be my guest!
And if you do give credit, please don’t say “I got this from Ed, who stole it from Philip. 🙂
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Thank you guys all great information!!
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