Posted by rgould9 on 08/20/07 20:09

On Aug 20, 3:04 pm, tonsofpcs <tonsof...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 5:30 pm, rgou...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I shot some material in Europe with a 60i HDV camera. I'm aware that
> > European and North American flourescent lights pulse at different
> > frequencies, which makes it difficult to shoot normal-looking video
> > unless you've got the right kind of cam.
>
> > So I've got a few night shots that have this ugly flicker on them, a
> > bit like what you get when you point your camera at a television set.
>
> > I'm not expecting any miracles here, but is there any way to clean
> > this up in post? Some frame rate change, or maybe a plug-in?
>
> > I'm using Vegas, also have After Effects, and can get access to other
> > programs.
>
> > Gould
>
> You could try layering two copies of the video with a 1 frame offset
> and varying the opacity of the top layer until it looks right (it may
> not, I don't have any source material to try it on, this is just a
> stab in the light). This may yield an exposure that seems to be
> constant, reducing the flicker.

I will try this.

Do you mean having the top layer start just 1 frame before the lower
layer does on the timeline?

Gould

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