Removing noise from video (not audio)

Even at high noon on a sunny day, the sensor will produce noise at the narrow view as the amount of sensor being used is reduced to fit the narrow view. The narrowing of the field is done, not optically but digitally. It has the same effect as when using digital zoom. The camera then takes this low quality result and still expands it to 1080. The result is a load of sensor noise.

At wide view using the full sensor, the noise level is low.

In still photography there are noise reduction tools -- just wondering if they exist for video.

Thanks, I'll check it out. My GoPros are usually used just to produce short clips in larger projects so the slow part doesn't bother me.

Cheers

That improves things nicely. Still see a grainy effect of course, but it is smoothed out and the saturation is actually improved.

Thanks.

I can imagine using this approach for a number of effects. Since most of my videos are instructional in nature, I don't get to play with creating effects very often.

Thanks, for only $29.00 Photon is definitely worth a try vs. having to buy the pro version of Nneat

The old GoPros are noisy in narrow view even in great light as the narrow view is in effect a digital zoom. In lower light they're much worse while in narrow view.

I'm a pro fly fisherman and I represent four companies. My videos range from fly tying instruction, to promotional videos for fishing tackle, fishing and casting instruction, plus video for electronic fishing magazines. Usually the GoPro footage is used just to provide a few seconds of an example of a fishing situation. My other cameras produce good quality HD footage, so when I cut away to a GoPro set to narrow view, I don't want a too noticeable drop off in video quality.

In most cases the wide view is simply too wide and as a consequence the subject is too small even when just a few feet away. My working distances are often fixed by the mechanics of casting and fishing so getting closer is often not an option. As an example, showing running line hitting and tangling in the first stripper guide of the rod, shot in wide view from a chest mounted GoPro, will barely be visible in unless shown full screen.

Wade's subjects on the other hand are huge. 😉

Ya, it's a rotten job, but somebody has to do it. I have a few videos up on YT at the moment. The old ones are pretty pathetic as I was still learning which end of the camera to point at the subject. My biggest challenge in shooting these videos? I'm usually by myself and it can be quite the challenge being simultaneously the director, the cameraman, the audio tech, the script writer and the actor.

Here's a recent fly tying video: http://youtu.be/4Fpz081jKsA