If you are after a quick fix, your best option might be paid 3rd party plugins like Red Giant Denoiser or ABSoft Neat Video. And best of all: you won’t even need any plugins! Remove Noise Using Adobe After Effects However, that may not always be possible or you received footage from a client that already contains a lot of noise.įortunately, even if you did end up with grainy footage, you can easily fix that up using Adobe After Effects. It goes without saying that the best way to reduce noise and grain in your footage is to simply film with more light in your scene to begin with. While increasing the ISO value will brighten up the image because the sensor becomes more sensitive to light, it also makes the sensor more sensitive to noise and so your footage will end up looking grainy. If your camera is set to automatic mode that is exactly what is going to happen in those situations. The only option left for your camera is to increase the ISO value. You may often find that your camera is already as the largest aperture (smallest number) and at the slowest shutter speed possible. Increase the ISO value to make the sensor more sensitive to light.Slow down the shutter speed (to expose the sensor for longer each frame) to let in more light.Open up the aperture (lens opening) to let in more light.There are three fundamental ways in which your camera can compensate for low light: The primary reason for grainy footage is having too little light available when you shoot your video. You’re much better off copy/pasting the video into AE or replacing your clip with an AE comp so you don’t compress the footage before removing the noise.

I totally missed that as I was focused on the work done in AE and not the overall workflow. That is actually not a good workflow as it compresses the video and loses you quality right off the bat. Note: I start the video out by showing how to export the clip from Premiere Pro. Fortunately, it is really easy to remove noise from your video in Adobe After Effects – all without plugins! There are a number of different reasons why your footage may have come out low quality, grainy and full of noise.

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