Noise/grain remove – the best way?

[Steve Rhoden]

Sorry, No free option for noise reduction with good results
for Sony Vegas. The best option is Neat Video and you
also have RevisionFX DE:Noise and NewblueFX Noise reducer.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
1-876-461-9019

[Anna Merry]

Thanks Steve Rhoden!
I will try to buy Neat Video plugin…
By the way: Could you compare this plugin with After Effects (free fx Grain remove)?

[Bob Peterson]

The best way to remove it is in the camera. You can add more light, or get a camera which does not need as much light. I have used software to remove noise from still photos, and that software works by softening the sharpness of the image. Thus, the instructor advice I’ve always heard is to fix it in the camera.

[Anna Merry]

I record with Canon 5D Mark III 🙂
I can not change the camera…

[Abhi Nash]

This is something you could actually try,at some parts if you could,try increasing the black level,this should hopefully reduce some of the noise you have in your video.

The second thing is,I have only tried this method with a very very few clips,It’s best you either buy Neat Video,RE:Effects or Magic Bullet Denoiser 2.

[Angelo Mike]

Unfortunately, you have to pay for a de-noiser. Neat video supposedly makes a very good one.

But the best way is to avoid it in camera, which I realize (along with shooting in many low light situations where it was beyond my control) may not always be possible.

I like the look of noise when you make the video black and white and increase the contrast on Canon DSLRs and Vixias. If that’s an option for your video, you could just go with it and make it look more like film grain.

[Steve Rhoden]

As back to your original question Anna, Neat video is vastly
superior in every way and now faster than Grain remove in After
Effects. But you’ve got to learn and apply it well to get the
maximum quality results.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
1-876-461-9019

[Bob Peterson]

A 5D III gives you a lot of options for reducing or eliminating noise depending on what you are shooting. If ISO, shutter speed, and aperture cannot provide acceptable noise levels, then you need to add light. I have a 5D II, and I cannot remember a case where it has had noticeable noise although I remember well the kind of situations which were challenging.

[Nigel O’neill]

[Anna Merry] “I can not change the camera…”

Yes, but you could use a faster lens ;-).

I don’t know if you are using a fixed focal length lens or a zoom lens. The zoom lens will always step down the f-stops the more you zoom in.

My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 12 (x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6

[Anna Merry]

I use almost everytime the lowest ISO (100, 200, 400), 50/fps because I record 25 frames. If I record at home, always I have noises especially in the shadows. My lens: Canon 24-105 f4 and Samyang 24 f/1.4
Really strange. I was thinking if I use low iso then there can not be graines and noises, but I was wrong. Even with 100 ISO I have noises (in the dark room). I would like to record dark rooms with small lights, so it’s really problematic.