Vision Effects “DE:Noise” vs. Magic Bullet “Denoiser 1.0”

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Chris,
I haven’t used the last MB Denoiser; I tried long ago their “De-artifacter”.
After trying most of the abailable optios, for my self and without hesitation, the best one is NeatVideo.
You can make a search on this forum and on the Color Forum.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Chris Davis]

Rafael Amador,

Thanks for the suggestion. NeatVideo looks good.

In “The Encyclopedia of Color Correction” for FCP 5, Alexis Van Hurkman lists third party FCP noise reduction software from Graeme Nattress, CGM, CHV-Electronics, and Joe’s Filters. Then he says that if these filters are not good enough, he recommends Vision Effects “DE:Noise.” At the time of print (2007), DE:Noise was marked under Algolith and was for After Effects only. So it seems like it must be something special to make it into a Apple Pro Training Series book.

1. Sounds like you’ve used Algolith/Vision Efects “DE:Noise.” How does it compare to NeatVideo?

2. Looks like NeatVideo accesses FCP through “FxPlug.” May I ask what kind of render times your getting (with what graphics card) with HD footage (like ProRes 1080p24 or similar)? Are render times for NeatVideo decent relative to other noise reduction software?

3. I’m also curious what other noise reduction programs you’ve used.

Sorry for the belated reply. I’ll be back here Monday between 7 and 9 PM, EST.

A sincere thanks for your time. If my questions are too specific, any info would be helpful.

-Chris

[Isaac Viejo]

Render times are crazy with Denoiser….

[Chris Davis]

Isaac Viejo,

Thanks for the info.

Since I posted, I exchanged several e-mails with “Re:Vision Effects.” They know their products inside and out. They said De:Noise does not render particularly fast with FCP or Motion (no render speed ratios given).

But in AE CS5, De:Noise utilizes multiple cores with “Render Frames Simultaneously” set. They advised using a fast RAID drive to avoid a bottleneck.

They said most their plugin’s (or maybe all of them, I forget) utilize multiple cores with AE CS5. I wish RE:Vision Effects had an upressing program like Magic Bullet’s “Instant HD.”

-Chris