Offering Postpro skills - RED footage denoising service

[Robert Niessner]

The problem:
You've got that essential shot under low light conditions
with your RED ONE but results came out noisier than you
can bare (especially in the blue channels)?

I am sure a lot of you have already faced this ugly problem.


The solution:
But don't worry, there is a lot I can do for you to save
that special shot and to spare you a re-shooting!

I am offering my postproduction skills in denoising/degraining your
RED footage (or any other HD source, even HDV can be improved).

To show you what can be done please click on the preview images
to inspect the full 1080p images:

Source:


Denoised:


I could have removed even more noise but it is a trade off
between keeping most of the detail, plus not looking artifical/plastic
and noise supression.

If you want to see it in motion, I have provided you a before
and after DPX sequence (50 frames each):

1080p DPX Original footage (processed through RedLine) - 270 MB, RAR archive

1080p DPX Denoised footage - 204 MB, RAR archive

To extract on OS-X you could use the free and simple UnrarX
Please use WinRAR v3.6 (or any compatible unarchiver) or later to extract on Windows.

Don't hesitate to contact me for saving your valuable shots - it
might cost less than you would expect.
You can PM me here at Reduser or just write me an email.
Usually you can expect an answer on the same business day
depending on your location (I am located in central europe).

[Robert Niessner]

To better show the amazing results possible I have put up another example.

This is a shot made at a lake where sun is already gone and only lightsource is the fire place in front of the actors.

The shot has been processed in RedAlert with OLPF compensation set to maximum, chroma denoise set to OFF, ISO = 800, curve ramped up in the shadows, scaled down to 1080p. Originally you won't see much in the shot - it is really dark.

Please click the preview images to see the full HD versions.

Source - directly out of RedAlert:


Source + AFX filter sharpen set to 100:


Denoised + AFX filter sharpen set to 100:

[Jaime Vallés]

Robert, those are some very impressive examples you posted! Especially the last one. Kudos!

[Robert Niessner]

This is another example which I put to extremes:

This is a shot made at night, just some kinos outside - shot with ISO 320 - I pushed it up to ISO 2000 just to see how far I can go.

The shot has been processed in RedAlert with OLPF compensation set to maximum, chroma denoise set to OFF, ISO = 2000, curve ramped up in the shadows, scaled down to 1080p.

Please click the preview images to see the full HD versions.

Source ISO 320 - directly out of RedAlert:


Source ISO 2000 - directly out of RedAlert:


Source ISO 2000 + unsharpmask set to 300/0.5/12:


Denoised ISO 2000 + unsharpmask set to 300/0.5/12:


I think it's quite impressive what the RED ONE can give in very low light conditions - after some special postpro treatment.

[Jonathan Stevenson]

These are crazy awesome! Good job man!

[Steve Sherrick]

I'll have to see them in motion with the DPX you've provided, but the stills look nice, especially this car shot.

So, are you set up to do large file exchange through the web or is this something that would need to be shipped out to you?

[Chris Parker]

those look great....

[Robert Niessner]

Originally Posted by stevesherrick

I'll have to see them in motion with the DPX you've provided, but the stills look nice, especially this car shot.

I am currently preparing 2 motion examples from the car inside and a night tunnel ride with just available unmodified streetlights.

Originally Posted by stevesherrick

So, are you set up to do large file exchange through the web or is this something that would need to be shipped out to you?

I am here on 16 MBit down / 2 Mbit up. Several minutes of R3D footage can be rushed to my server (~6 GB/h) - I would provide you with an auto-connetcing and simple to use secure client (PC & Mac), which also has a built-in chat.

Processed files can either be downloaded from my server (2 MBit max) or sent on BlueRay / hard drive via FedEx.

[Robert Niessner]

So here are two moving examples in DPX format:

First one is the same shot inside the car from above,
just some frames with motion of the talents so you
can see how much detail I can preserve.

Source + sharpening:


Denoised + sharpening:


Car inside - 1080p DPX Original footage (processed through RedLine) - 452 MB, RAR archive

Car inside - 1080p DPX Denoised footage - 367 MB, RAR archive

The second one is a car rigged night shot - car driving out
of a tunnel - no extra light except the original street lights.
This one was very tricky and took me a lot of time to get
rid of the random moving blue blobs from the blue channel
(which had almost no detail in the shadows - just ugly
wavelett compressed noise).

Please click the preview images to see the full HD versions.

Source + sharpening:


Denoised + sharpening + some extra magic:


tunnel ride - 1080p DPX Original footage (processed through RedLine) - 458 MB, RAR archive

tunnel ride - 1080p DPX Denoised footage - 362 MB, RAR archive

[alexjentz]

alter verwalter,

hell of a good job robert ;):nuke: