Found the same issue when watched and glad to see comment of Mathieu Lalonde :-) It does not matter how many layers you mix. if you want equal mixing then second layer needs to be 50%, third - 33%, forth - 25%, fifth - 20%, etc. Basically each next layer Opacity = 100% divided by number of the Layer on top of the original one. Btw it's easy to check if you mix for example Red, Green, Blue solids and check resulted color. :-) I love this method to denoising some footage, sometimes upto 10 layers.

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. As far as the math goes I'll have to trust you on that one. I don't understand the math well enough to know which is the 'correct' way of doing it. After @Mathieu Lalonde's comment I decided to do some tests: First, I went to the clip I used as the sample (my hand going down a banister) and tried 50% and 33%, and it didn't work...it had more flicker than when I did 67/33. But, that said, secondly I went to another clip that I hadn't been able to fix with 67/33, and I tested at 50/33, and for that clip it did work. I also had another one that I hadn't been able to get working, and neither 67/33 nor 50/33 worked, so instead I did four layers (three on top of the main clip) at 75/50/25 and that worked flawlessly. So, bringing it full circle...I still don't understand the math side of things, but I am realizing it's not a one-size-fits-all sort of fix...it needs to be played with to find the right number of layers and the right opacities for those layers. On a different note: I've also used this for denoising. In my recent timelapse video, Pinnacles National Park, many of the clips I ran through this process and was able to vastly clean up the clips. Unfortunately the clips that contained more noise, the nighttime clips, were ones that I didn't want to use this process because then the stars would have been blurry. Oh well, nothing's perfect I guess.

@michandr1975

6 жыл бұрын

I guess there might be not just opacity math but also some nature of flickering itself involved whch may vary. Anyway for complex issues sometimes there is no universal solution, and flickering one of such issue which is easier to escape than fix. :-)

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

I've pinned your comment at the top of the comments so that if this question comes up with other viewers that they'll be able to get a little more info from this exchange. Thanks again for your feedback!

@paperwolfproductions4392

5 жыл бұрын

Yo after trying this technique previously multiple times and failing, the combined stacking in OPs original video and your math have actually remedied it. Thanks so much!

@lance_oquendo

5 жыл бұрын

Andrey Mishchenko, how do you do that to denoise video? please teach me

Four hours faffing around with probing expressions in fusion with no luck and this fixes it in a couple of minutes. You deserve a medal.

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

I had heard of a variation of this hack probably two years before I ever needed to use it, but then after a trip to Europe last year, in which I filmed a fair bit of slow motion footage, I ended up having a lot of footage with flicker, so thankfully was able to find this hack again. The version that I had seen (using only one extra layer at 50% opacity) didn't work for me, so I experimented with the settings and found this worked really well.

@ippulnugroho

4 жыл бұрын

I spent almost 6 hours searched all over the internet finding flicker free full version without buying them. But You you YOU REALLY REALLY DESERVE A MEDAL! THANKS, MATE

@bruticusgamer1049

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueMantleFilms how to do it on a 3 minute vid with flicker?

Thanks for getting straight into the fix and not making us 10 mins for a 5 second fix! much appreciated!!

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! As a frequent consumer of tutorials I also hate having to sit through fluff, so I figured it’s best to get to the point. :-)

i spent a whole day shooting and didnt use the 180 shutter rule. checked and saw my footage had flickering shutter and this trick worked so well!

Life saver!!! Had about 50% of my clips near unusable due to some horrendous flicker. This technique just about eliminated it. It's not perfect, but totally good enough for my purposes. Thank You!

One of the best quick-fix solution tutorials out there! Short, to the point and extremely helpful! Thank you

@saistudent

2 жыл бұрын

+1 to that. A life-saver! Thank you.

Dude, this literally saved my day to night timelapse flicker. You are THE MAN

This is genius. It causes a little frame blending on footage that is moving quickly, so I just masked out the area I needed to fix. Thanks a lot!

Wow.. I was very skeptic if it would work or not, but man this trick is very helpful. Thanks for this precious upload. Cheers mate.

I’ve seen this method done many times but this is probably the best version of it! Thanks for this!

Holy wow, this is the best tutorial ever. No fluff, straight to the point, and effective! Thanks!

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I do try to get to the good stuff quickly. Even when I do add some fluff, I try to do it after I've given the main point of the tutorial. :-) Thanks for watching!

this is actually genius. One of those things where I'm applying it and asking myself 'who figures this shit out?!'. Nice one! Life saver.

Thanks for making it SHORT, SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE. You rock.

Hey Matt, amazing!! Thanks so much for such a helpful tute. I've not been successful fixing this issue previously (and I've watched Philip Bloom's videos too). You are truly a hero!

This worked for me when the video was in the original 60 FPS. At 24FPS, there was ghosting and flicker was still present. I used three tracks at 67, 33 and 25% Thank you for this helpful tip!

Less than a minute? Absolutely brilliant!

Loving the quality of your content... looking forward to watching you grow!

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

+Joe McClane thanks, Joe! I'm excited about the Mastermind! A lot of work ahead of us!

Seen this trick some months ago, came back to it as it helped me out. Thanks a lot!!!

You saved my day! Short, clear, and easy technique! You're the best.

@BlueMantleFilms

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it worked for you.

You know what I love about clickbait? When the title looks like but the video isn't actually clickbait. THANKS!!!

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Meaning what you expect to see is what you end up seeing? Yes, I like that too. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for this tutorial. Appreciate you getting right to the point. Saved a bunch of my footage with this trick!

Matt - you are THE MAN! Brilliant tutorial - thank you SO much! The quickest fix ever!

Truly appreciate it. I had two light sources, I believe, so the flicker also flows across. I couldn't solve it fully, but it is at least markedly improved over my original capture and far less likely to induce headache.

This is awesome man. I have so much footage I can't use and now I can.

Straight and to the point! Everyone else's video last 5 times as long - thank you!!!

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

+1221 Media & Entertainment yep! Making this one (which will also be my approach for future tutorials), I wanted to keep it short and sweet. I love +Mango Street's channel for that specific reason: short and to the point. Are there any topics you'd be interested in seeing some videos/tutorials made on?

Dude, glad I stuck around til the end for the mask part, this was huge, and it totally fixed the flicker! Thank you so much!

Thank you for not trying to sell some extortionate plug-ins! This worked perfectly for me

Thank you man, I tried so many different ways and this is the only one that worked

Straight and to the point, and worked like a charm. Thanks!

2000 video selling plugin and one good man ! thank you

this video just saved my life! AND this is how tutorials should be! -no bla bla bla. right to the point. thx!

Thank you! Thank you! And, thank you for quickly getting right to the point!

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

I always prefer tutorials that get right to the point. I wish the KZread algorithm would reward what people actually prefer watching rather than what keeps people on a video the longest...there are so many tutorials that are overly long (admittedly I've even unnecessarily extended tutorials by a bit) because the algorithm is more likely to promote them when they're longer. Oi.

I love you for saving hours of my footage - liked and subscribed! :)

You're the type of people that make KZread better. NO BS, flashing time wasting introduction. You get right to the meat. If I could've liked your video more than once I would!

@BlueMantleFilms

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I try to approach tutorials from the standpoint of “what would I want it to be if I were watching?” And for most tutorials on YT I get annoyed with how long they are and how much unnecessary info is included, so I try to, as you say, get to the meat. I just wish the YT algorithm would pick up on that and show the video to more people. Instead any video under 10 minutes has little chance of being promoted by the algorithm. Oh well.

found this on 2020, my life saved..... thank you dude you are awesome ;)

Thanks for the quick and efficient tutorial, saved my day !

So simple, so effective. Thank you!

Thank you very much!! I thought it was impossible. You saved my job :)

This just saved my life. Thank you.

To echo many other comments - you are a hero. Also, odd coincidence, I got married in the church in your intro, to the lady who's footage gave us some flicker on our b-roll :D

seen and tested a few different solutions but this one is far the best! and simplest. Thank you!

@BlueMantleFilms

3 жыл бұрын

It has worked very well for me for four years now. I occasionally find myself needing to do something else (such as ReVision Effects DeFlicker) but this little trick covers probably 98% of my de-flickering needs.

I was so shocked by the result in my own video that I woke up my mum that was sleeping next to me, thank you so much for this tutorial 🙏

I can't tell you how many searches I have done to find THIS answer! Oh my goshhhhhh, THANK YOU! That did it!

Holy smokes! What an intuitive and cool fix. Thanks so much!

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

I'm glad this was helpful. I can't take credit for the initial idea...it was something I learned from a Philip Bloom tutorial. I did modify it a bit so it would work with my footage (he used only one layer at 50%, but in my case I found it was necessary to use two). Anyway, I do agree this trick is crazy and awesome, and it has definitely saved a bunch of footage I would otherwise have not been able to use.

wow, thanks for this fix! This was so helpful :D

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it could help.

Earned your sub in 50 seconds total. Well done mate!

THIS HELPED! Didn't get it 100% fixed, but it's waaaay better now than it was! The only thing, video became a tiny bit blurry because it's only 30fps. More fps would be better i guess!

you're a life saver, thank you!

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm so glad this is helping people. I feel like flicker is cropping up so frequently now that most cameras can film at 60fps or 120fps (or higher). So this is a nice trick to have in the bag when I get my settings wrong.

I've tried it on my footage and it works, I just can't get over how well it works, thanks so much, you da maaaaaan

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't it great? This hack is a variation of one I learned of about three years ago. Until about a year ago I didn't have need to use it because I wasn't really filming in slow motion (which is where a lot of this flicker crops up) but once I started using this and experimenting with different numbers of layers and different opacities, I discovered that it works remarkably well.

@kayleighmay2557

6 жыл бұрын

I filmed in a house with LEDs everywhere (and we couldn't use natural lighting since it was supposed to be night time). We filmed anyway but I was very discouraged and ended up thinking that it would all be unusable. You proved me wrong :) I saw below that you can use a similar technique for noise reduction. Would you mind explaining how that works? Do you also need to move the layers along a frame or only change the opacity? Thanks! + 1 subscriber

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

Same technique. It essentially averages the difference between frames, making it so that noise is reduced since the specific noise of one particular frame is unique to that frame. You can get a similar noise-reduction effect if you speed up video to 200% and choose "frame blending" for interpolation. Having real-time footage playing at 200% would be weird, but if you're working with timelapses this is a nice way to reduce both noise and flicker from the footage.

Thanks for the clear explanation, this did not end my flicker, it made it smoother. trying to adjust

Great tip! Adapted it to a nodal system. Works like a charm. Thank you.

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Like Resolve? Or something different? (I don't know much about Resolve, but I think it has the option to be a nodal system, yes?)

Thank you. This clip changed my life.

thank You and what I liked the most is that explained everything till the end. Life saver

For the dynamic video I tried to move third clip just for one frame, and motion blur went away almost fully. This is a trully amazing fix, thank you a lot!

@BlueMantleFilms

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it worked.

thank you so much..it is an amazing trick..instantly rid of the flickering..wish could give more than 1 thumbs up..

Huge thanks. I'm editing a video that starts with successive clips at the indoor entrance of an office that had horrible flickering. (One bad ceiling bulb I didn't notice while I was there) Your solution worked well. Even better when I selected Optical Flow on the clips at issue.

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

I LOVE YOU DUDE. You just saved my life

Thank you for this! Fixed my shot with 2 lamps on dimmers problem!

Thank you for saving me 💜💜 easy, simple, useful TIP !

Thank you for the tutorial. Exactly what I was looking for 🙏🏻

This is EXACTLY whatI needed, many thanks!

worked in After Effects as well, like a charm, thanks a lot :)

thank you so much for this helpful video. but what can i do when there is movement in the video? i used it for my footage and the flickering lights are gone but the movement in the shot is looking weird...thank you.

it worked really well, huge thanks

Easy and straight to the point, thank you

This is really helpful, thank you!

Thank you. I’m curious, what does the “Y” command actually do in this scenario? Couldn’t you just duplicate and drag the clips one or two frames over? Just want to make sure i understand. This is a super helpful video though thank you. I have nasty taillight flicker from a parked car in my video i need to be rid of.

Amazing and so simple, thank you!

You are a GENIUS!! This worked flawlessly, can't thank you enough!

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Wish I could take credit for this, but alas I can't. I first saw it from Philip Bloom, who does awesome video work around the world. I did modify his technique a bit so that it would work better with the footage I was dealing with, but the principle isn't unique.

Awesome fix! Really appreciated!

Thank you man, really useful and speedy trick

WAIT A MINUTE! You said I can fix video flicker in 30 seconds, yet the video is almost 3 minutes long! You lied, dude. I'm pissed!!! Really, though, I did as you said and it took away 80-90% of the flicker from shooting off a TV. I have a GH5 and used the synchro scan as best I could, but there was still lots of flicker. Thanks and well done. Concise. Subbed, Bub.

Ur an absolute gem mate, thanks for saving my career 🤙😎💯

WOW! Totally worked. And so easy. Thank you so much!

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't it amazing how it just works?

Thank you! So helpful, and really and truly as quick as you said!

Good trick I’ve needed many times..thank you

Very straight forward, thanks a lot bro

It works perfectly! Million thanks!

Thank you so much! Worked like a charm!

Very helpful for a quick fix. Thanks

This video helped me a TON. Thank you so much!!

@BlueMantleFilms

4 жыл бұрын

E.J. Yu you’re welcome! I’m happy it was helpful. I use this trick all the time! Literally on almost every project I’ll have at least a handful of shots that I use this on.

Amazing! Totally worked for me. Thank you!

Amazing, it repaired my footage !

cool trick! obviously it softens the image a bit, but in some scenarios it's definitely worth it to get rid of the flicker

You Rock!! 3 layers worked waaaay better than just 2... AND!!... you saved me 150$ from buying a plug in!! THANK YOU!!

@BlueMantleFilms

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I recently went back to the same shot I used as the first example in this video, wondering if after a couple of years I would use a different method to deflicker it. After talking with people and reading comments from people who have seen this video, I was convinced that I must have gotten it wrong and that the proper opacities should be 100/50/33 instead of 100/67/33, but trying it again, I still got better results with 100/67/33. I'm sure it's entirely dependent on the particular flicker that people have (so it will depend on the framerate you're filming at, as well as the electrical frequency of the country you're filming in), but 100/67/33 worked better in my case.

simple fast, perfect THANK YOU SO MUCH!

This is really helpful! Thanks a ton.

Mannnnnn you just won a subscriber with one single video !

@BlueMantleFilms

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Welcome to our channel! Please forgive the delay in follow-up videos. I've been so behind on editing of some for-hire projects that I've decided it's better to spend a few weeks trying to knock those out, get a little ahead of the game, and then I'll be posting more KZread videos.

@NoxMush

5 жыл бұрын

Right? Same for me! Saved my arse brother!!

Amazing and quick fix, thanks a lot!

Simple and useful. Thank you very much

THANKS! Worked great! Even on moving footage!

Saved my life... Thanks so much!

Hi there, Greetings from Greece. I'm Konstantinos and I just wanted to tell you that you just help me alot with a very bigh problem. I use my camera, nikon d850 to capture videos of the night sky with the stars etc. The only problem is that sometimes i have that flocker when I use high Iso like 25600 or even 104.000. A long time now I have captured amazing stils but the video flicker was so but... Thank you, yes, it did an amzing work on high iso in low light conditions..

woo hoo - so simple and yet so few people know about this. Great stuff, thanks.

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I can't take credit for the idea. I first learned of it from Philip Bloom...but I did modify it (by doing two layers and different opacities) so it would work better with the flickering I was dealing with.

Thank you man that's perfect, straight to the point 👏🏻

Witty solution. Loved it! 😍 Thank you so much!

I LOVE YOU because you saved my video footage of my laughing baby while it was sleeping....

Love how you are to the point! WORKS a treat on the flicker - but the person moving and talking now looks out of sync/blurred (yes I have muted the two copied layers). Any advice?

OMG thank you so much! Life saver!!! if only i found this video earlier!!!

Brilliant. Applied the same technique in DaVinci Resolve 15 and it worked very well

@BlueMantleFilms

5 жыл бұрын

I haven't used this technique in anything but Premiere just because I don't edit in other programs (I used to use FCP, but not since FCPX). But yes, it should work with any program that allows multiple layers and adjusting opacity. Glad it worked for you!