grain removal from video

Does FCP 4 have any type of grain removal features? If not, what is the cheapest mac software I can purchase that will clean up noisy footage? Thanks, for your help.

chrystal

You could try the G DVNR plugin in my set 1 at www.nattress.com It might work for you...

Graeme



[www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X

There are 2 ways I remove grain from footage. The easy way is to take the footage to a production house with a "drop out compensator/ noise reduction" unit. have them run the footage through that onto another tape. Saves tons of time. The secound way is to double up the clips, one on top of the other, them apply a gaussin blur to the above clip, then bring down the opacity of the above clip to suit your tastes. Either way you end up with "soft" looking footage that isn't quite as grainy.

good luck!

Kevin

In the case of the Noise Reduction Unit at a production house, the image doesn't necessarily get soft, but you could lose motion. They work by comparing successive fields. Motion and noise could get confused.

Koz