Hi Matt. I have been using trick #1 for years and would like to add something . It works even better if you copy the clip 2 times. That means you have 3 rows of clips. The upper two clips are moved one frame to the right. So the first one by one frame. The next one again by one frame... So 2 frames. The first clip above the original one is set to 60 percent opacity, the top one to 30 percent opacity. This often works better. And in your case with the wedding couple, you can also draw a large soft mask around the couple on both upper clips, so that the opacity of the clips only affect the outer areas. This trick also works great for time-lapse, by the way, and makes a great motion blur
Definitely worth it. If anyone is in the videography business, its an investment to help cut down time on editing and take care of these little nuisance.
Resolve has a Deflicker built into it (although I think it's only in the Studio version). Works great! I've got 3 Blackmagic cameras so I've been using Resolve Studio for a few years now and love it!
I'm here to report that not only do they have Final Cut versions for trial, they set it up to work right out of the box, I just dragged and dropped and it works! The video was shot in England, so I got that 50hz light cycle in the background. Nothing but butter! great plugin, now I am looking for some rolling shutter shoots!
Dude, I literally just used this today (before seeing your video) I had flicker in my interviews so it was quite the render after using this plugin. It's a lifesaver though.
your instruction and trick come to rescue on time. I have an upcoming wedding in Sep, at a venue with a really bad flicker. I am so worried and this tool definitely will help. You are amazing as always. Thank you.
Jaw on floor, this plug-in works. ALMOST bought without trying, because I totally trust you, Matt!! Did try the demo in the end, and definitely buying now. Thank you, your advice is always solid!
Recently switched to Resolve and the Deflicker tool in that program worked reliably, not sure if it has the horsepower of digital anarchy but just another option worth trying out.
I love the unused Anti-flicker effect there 😆I'm honestly quite shocked but at the same time this makes sense. I just did this on a clip where my drone was met with the headlights of an oncoming vehicle, so you can imagine the amount of vertical flicker going on. Threw some denoiser on there and now the shot looks clean af lol (I used the first part of Method 1 while my flickering looked just like the second part on Method 1.) I wanted to use the glowing flower bloom from the headlights to transition to the next scene and now I'm happy with how seamless it looks after such a simple fix lol wow🙏
Just bought the plugin. I shot 4k video inside an RV and the lighting kept flickering ever so slightly. Tried all the other methods...no work. Bought the app, used it, so good. Buy once cry once. Thanks for the recommendation
Thanks for this! Just had an issue with flickering lights during an entire shoot 💚 So glad you put in an example using the plug-in with the first video, was wondering if it can be fixed without motion blur
The plug-in is heavy. I advise you to finish your edit, grade (if possible), export, and import it again into a new timeline and then add the plug-in. It will export somewhat faster. If you put in the plug-in into your first edit, you might get like 36 hours export time. So take note!
Thanks for this Matt! Such a relief to know solutions are out there. I recently started playing with Davinci as well and got the studio version, it also has a deflicker effect and other options. Just mentioning it here for people that might use multiple programs.
You did it again Matt! Thanks so much - had this plugin for a while with some success but never thought to render out the individual clip and add another. Great fix
Resolve has included a plug-in for that. Correct me if I'm wrong,but if you need to deflicker that much,may be it is because you are not using the correct shutter speed when recording
So do you render it afterwards and then re-import the footage to colour grade? If so, what's the best video codec/format in order to keep the hdr/linear color data for color grading?
You have the best how to videos. Always informative and get right to it. If I need to learn something you have a video, I know I will get what I need out of it.
That's really helpful. I don't do much video at present but a recent shoot produced some horrible flickering and I was balking at the $357 for a full licence on Resolve or $299 for Topaz Video AI (I use Topaz a lot in my still photography. If method 1 fails then the Digital Anarchy plugin looks the best option.
Tried the trial version and after a couple of adjustments like threshold 100% and setting sensitivity to 1 it works fine when i render it but when I export it the flickering shows. Is there certain settings in export you have to apply?
Is it not easier to take the footage with a different fps (50-60) because the flicker is caused from the frequency measured in Hz (for instance here in Australia is 60Hz and I use 50 fps)
It is a result of frame rate and shutter speed combinations and during something like a wedding, you'll spend way more time and effort than it is worth trying to remove the flicker from (some) lights. You also sacrifice natural motion blur by doing it (if you can do it quickly). This is one of those cases where doing it in post is almost always the better deal.
Thanks Matt! I've got some very aggressive flicker and tried setting the sensitivity and threshold to max, but the flicker remains. Any advice on how to solve would be great. Flicker affects the entire screen (it's a large wall of LED lights).
I appreciate these tips, although I’ve never had to remove a flicker in post. Whenever, I’ve encountered a flicker I’ve been able to remove it by getting someone to turn off the offending light, or adjusting the shutter angle. A couple of times I’ve been stuck with a flicker that I couldn’t remove but we were live streaming and there was no post production.
You must be a Windows man. Your first suggestion is awful for Final Cut Pro as it makes the clip look out of focus, which is very noticeable in brightly lit outdoor shots. Very VERY bad advise.
Well damn. I'm going to start using for live footage now. Thanks. SUBSCRIBED. If you're reading this, it's worth a subscribe and like at the very least. I mean this seriously DOES work on any video editing software as he stated.
Are you able to update this video on here or in a new video? I see 2 versions of "flicker free" on their site. isn't that technically a demo? I have the crosslines that come across the specific clip im working on given, I still see the same band lines across my whole cli and not just on the light itself
When I put Logitech Brio video through editor I get parts flashing colors and lines, would this help? It’s fine til I put it through the editor, the free one on my windows 10 or whatever it is now
I figured it out- when I click to export, click options and click off the option I forgot what it’s called lol says to turn it off if you’re getting flickering or off color.
Dope! I use Neat Video and it has a flicker fix option but it adds a lot of time to render any clip with the Neat Video tool / effect. Does this Flicker Free tool increase render time?
Yes, Flicker-free will slow down rendering, but they did recently add GPU acceleration which should help. Alternatively, the latest version of neat video added GPU acceleration as well, so you may want to upgrade your version.
Hi Mat, thanks great video. Question @5:30 of the video you say, "take your video clip and render it out as its own stand-alone video file" How is that done in Premier Pro? Thanks.
Honest question: first method did absolutely nothing to remove even the mildest flicker, was getting ready for method two and how much it would cost me. So this is basically an ad?
hey mat! these tutorials are a life saviour but i can't afford to buy flicker free unfortunately and the other method wouldn't work on my timelapse clip. Is there any other method to do or could you do it for me if you own the flicker free plug in as the demo version worked fine on mine. Thanking in anticipation.
Haha don't most things take forever on a 2011 iMac? Jokes aside, the latest version of Flicker Free with GPU acceleration is much faster. Definitely worth upgrading.
