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dmiraie
dmiraie
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October 13, 2017
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Smoothing out roughness/graininess ..?

  • October 13, 2017
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Hi,, noob here,, is there any way to remove some of the roughness/graininess/pixelation etc from a (background) stock animation such as this (ie like any specific plugins/filters/techniques etc)(see still below)? Thnx!

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    Correct answer Rick Gerard

    There are some fairly good 3rd party tools that will help you with this problem. The product and the use depend entirely on the footage. Inside AE there is a Remove Grain effect in Effects>Noise & Grain that will do a fairly good job on some footage. I would put the footage in its own comp, trim it to the length you need it to be in your project plus a couple of frames so you can make some adjustments and then render to a suitable visually lossless DI format (digital intermediate) and replace the footage in your project. Why go to that trouble? Because Remove Grain and the 3rd party options, take a very long time to render and if you stack up a bunch of other effects on top of the footage it's pretty easy to run into rendering and performance problems.

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    dmiraie
    dmiraieAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 15, 2017

    Thnx, that seems to make quite a difference..

    Just to clarify, when I "render and replace" a 'dynamically linked' Premiere clip to "Quicktime - GoPro Cineform RGB12-Bit with Alpha at Maximum Bit-Depth," does that count as "visually lossless"?  Thnx!

    R
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    Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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    October 15, 2017

    Yep, that’s what I use for a lot of my DI’s.

    R
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    RobShultzCommunity Expert
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    October 14, 2017

    Maybe try adding a slight blur to the video. Perhaps a Gaussian Blur effect and adjust the amount of blur to small percentage.

      dmiraie
      dmiraieAuthor
      Inspiring
      October 14, 2017

      Thnx, my goal is to smooth out the rough areas, but also not lose any sharpness.. I guess it would be something of a more 'involved' clean-up.. That's why I was wondering if there was a particular specialized effect or something for such a task..

      R
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      Rick GerardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      October 14, 2017

      There are some fairly good 3rd party tools that will help you with this problem. The product and the use depend entirely on the footage. Inside AE there is a Remove Grain effect in Effects>Noise & Grain that will do a fairly good job on some footage. I would put the footage in its own comp, trim it to the length you need it to be in your project plus a couple of frames so you can make some adjustments and then render to a suitable visually lossless DI format (digital intermediate) and replace the footage in your project. Why go to that trouble? Because Remove Grain and the 3rd party options, take a very long time to render and if you stack up a bunch of other effects on top of the footage it's pretty easy to run into rendering and performance problems.

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