http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » User Favorites: matthewriley en Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:57:05 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/grainy-video-anything-out-there-to-help-in-editing#post-39678 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:37:11 +0000 blumantaray 39678@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Unfortunately, I've struggled with this before and there's no great solution. If your camera captured darkness there's no way to flip a switch and bring the light in. It's ridiculously frustrating; luckily I've only had to deal with it when shooting stuff for my own family.</p> <p>One bit of advice (I can't give specifics because I work in a diff editing suite): mess with EVERY filter you possibly can, color correction, brightness/contrast, lighting effects, exposure, gamma, etc. You may not be able to totally "fix" the footage but you could also arrive at a happy accident that looks kind of cool and at least makes the footage more memorable. I once dealt with footage that kept going from really bright to really dark and it was looking like crap. I adjusted the frame rate to make it a little more jagged, upped the contrast and turned on a trailing filter. It didn't make the scene any more understandable, but it got compared to "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," which may or may not be a good thing...</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/grainy-video-anything-out-there-to-help-in-editing#post-39607 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:37:22 +0000 Don 39607@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> let us know if it helps....</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/grainy-video-anything-out-there-to-help-in-editing#post-39606 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:34:55 +0000 matthewriley 39606@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks Don for your help,I'll get to work</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/grainy-video-anything-out-there-to-help-in-editing#post-39600 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:37:27 +0000 Don 39600@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I'm assuming your clip is dark and grainy...if it's light and grainy...</p> <p>use the "darken" or "multiply" blend modes.... </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/grainy-video-anything-out-there-to-help-in-editing#post-39598 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:31:39 +0000 Don 39598@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> without seeing the video it's kinda hard to know for sure...</p> <p>here's one idea you could play around with while you wait for people with more skill/experience than me to pipe in.....</p> <p>if your nle can do layers and blending (compositing) modes....</p> <p>you can reduce grain and increase color saturation (at the cost of resolution/sharpness) by duplicating the layer, and setting the blend mode on the top layer to "Screen" or "Lighten" and then applying a slight gausian blur to the layer.</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/grainy-video-anything-out-there-to-help-in-editing#post-39595 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:51:40 +0000 matthewriley 39595@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Compiling a wedding video for the family.(WHICH TOOK PLACE AT NIGHT!)If I use the lighting edit in pinnacle 12 ,the result is too grainey.I am a bit behind the times still using my trusted Panasonic nv-gs400.<br />  I also took footage in colour night view but that appears too jerkey and lags.Does anyone have any help for me to sort this out on the editing front.?</p> <p>Software pinnacle 12 ultimate.premiere elements 4.sony vegas 8</p>