Severe Film Flicker Removal

This is a technique that I've used to remove severe flicker from film footage once it's captured to Final Cut Pro.

This probably isn't a helpful technique for more random flickering such as stop-motion, rather it's for removing a consistent flicker caused by a film camera shutter.

The additional applications used in this are:

QuickKeys: http://www.startly.com/products/quickeys/mac/4/
Neat Video: http://www.neatvideo.com/
Alex4D Gradient: http://alex4d.wordpress.com/finalcut/

Exported QuickKeys action for FCP Frame Removal: http://curiousthree.com/utilities/quick-keys-actions-for-fcp/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• film
• flicker
• flicker removal
• 16mm
• eclair acl
• acl
• final cut

[eclair16mm]

I added in the comments a link to a quickkeys export file that you can use to import into quick-keys my keyboard command sequence. See the video description for the URL.

[MachineguncrewProd]

This is awesome... now if someone could make a tutorial on getting camera noise out of their audio (WIthout redubbing of course).

[eggbertsmith]

Flicker on the ACL could be a motor problem, as we found out after literally thousands of dollars and THREE techs, the first two of whom truly suck. One is on the East Coast, and one is on the West. Anyone with an Eclair should know who I mean. Old, tired, weird guys who are routinely dispensing bad advice, and irresponsible service. Visual Products finally fixed it, but it was pricey. The only rational advice is: go with Arri (newer!) or Aaton if you are serious about your projects.

[FanMadMovies]

Good video editing !