If you fiddle around with the settings a bit and try to find the best of both worlds in terms of performance and natural-looking images, you can get good results. At times, with some of the most grainy images, it would take almost thirty seconds to view one frame of the final output. For some of the more grainy shots (like the one above), to get an even passable result, you need to turn up the Noise Reduction level to at least 2 or 3 and raise the Passes to around 3 or 4. However, once you do this, you’ll notice that it takes forever (preview options always slow things down). The plugin defaults to showing you a preview region, so to view the final output, you have to change the Viewing Mode to Final Output. The biggest thing that holds this effect back is that it’s extremely slow. You can read about the process in this PremiumBeat post). If you’re in Premiere, you’re going to have to send your footage over to After Effects by right-clicking and selecting Replace with After Effects Composition and then go back and forth. A major limitation of using this effect for noise removal is that it’s only available in After Effects. Here are my thoughts.įootage via Shutterstock (noise added in post).Īfter Effects has an effect called Remove Grain (pictured above). Other times, you’ll need to bring out the big guns. So which Denoiser should you use in which situation? I took some footage and created some of the grainiest nightmare images I could (using grain elements from our Emulsion pack), as well as some more natural and subtly grainy images, and compared the results. Sometimes the grain is subtle, and you may only need a little bit of polish. Even After Effects features a Remove Grain effect (more later). However, thanks to companies like Red Giant and Neat Video, we can all breathe easy when we see noise in our dailies. Sometimes it’s unavoidable, especially in documentary-style projects that involve shooting conditions beyond your control. Whether it’s footage that another videographer gave you or footage that you shot yourself, you’re going to see some noise now and then. Here’s how to get rid of it.Ĭover image via Shutterstock (noise added in post). Play the footage to review the results and tweak until perfection.Sooner or later, every editor deals with video noise. The trick is to apply as little of the effect as needed to remove the unwanted noise. Don’t just crank the knob to its maximum. Turn down the knob to -5dB or -10dB, depending on the severity of the background noise. The pop-up window will show a Reduction knob that is set to zero by default. Then you should edit the parameters of the Denoiser from the Effect Controls. If you haven’t selected your footage yet, then you can simply drag and drop the effect onto the clip you want to fix. Then open the effects panel from your menu, Window > Effects > Audio Effects > Noise Reduction/Restauration > Denoise or type “denoise” in the effect panel search box. In Adobe Premiere Pro, select the footage from which you want to remove background noise. In this article, we’ll look at the standard (but effective and simple) solution in Premiere Pro. Luckily, there are plenty of software and plugins that’ll cure what ails you. It’s not always possible for the director to bring the mic close to the actors without getting in the shot.Įven with the best of intentions, you’ll still find yourself having to remove background noise from your footage. That last point is the most recurring issue on a professional soundstage. Shoot on a soundstage, turn off the air conditioner, fridge, or neon lighting, have everyone on set be quiet during shooting, and bring the mic as close to the sound source as possible. If you are in any way involved in the shooting or you are in a position to make requests to the director, make sure you minimize the risk of background noise. Depending on the severity you might even not be able to achieve the results you would have liked. Prevention is better than cureĪs I said in the introduction, fixing audio in post is a pain. So here’s how to remove (or at least reduce) background noise in Premiere Pro. You can point fingers or offer guidelines for the future, but that won’t help you with the project at hand. Maybe it’s a careless director, maybe the circumstances were just bad and unavoidable. Dealing with unwanted background noise is something that I have to endure more often than I’d care to admit. If there’s one thing that gives me the heebie-jeebies in video editing, it has got to be bad audio.
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