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!
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!
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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?
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!
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
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
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).
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.
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?
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
😍 Hope this helps you get rid of flicker forever!
P.S. This video was colored with my presets: whoismatt.com/luts
Sorry but a plugin is not "a technique"...
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
Nice!
Doesn’t work well if the camera is moving . Too much ghosting images .
@@AminYoma true. It depends of the clip. But it can help if you try to mask only the area where the flicker happens. But also here... It depends
I do the exact same thing and works well for me when the camera is not moving, which is always when I make timelapses
it was a great advice. thank you!
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.
YET ANOTHER plugin that should be a built-in feature in AE and DVR. Love this career lol
Aaaand the good news is that Davinci Resolve has its own deflicker included …. And it works awesome 😎…. 😬
It does work pretty great!
Thanks for always being so willing and ready to show us how to up our editing skills, Matt 😃👍
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!
Good to know. 👍
You are a life saver! Works like a charm and I didn't even know it exists!
@@norfolknonsense7578 Glad to help :)
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!
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.
Glad to help Long! :)
Best money I ever spent! Been using it as last couple of years...
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!
Love Flicker Free, total life saver!
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.
Awesome!
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.
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
👍 glad to help!
Bought the plugin. Works like a charm! Thanks Mat!
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
I just downloaded the demo & wow! It works. If there are any discount codes floating around plz let me know. 😊
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.
Great stuff! Was just working on a wedding that has some nice shots with flicker! Will give this a try! Thanks Matt!
😁👍
Damn you don't change, always happy and your beard doesn't get grey at all.
Missed your bearded face, been busy with work and my wedding shoots start soon. You're such a confidence booster!
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?
It should be called Flicker $150. Lol great video!
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!
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
flicker free saved my shots a lottttt of time! i got flicker free during sale.. i remember getting 20%+ some time ago
Amazing, thank you so much!! I was worried I would need to refilm!
Could you also just set the correct region (PAL/NTSC) to avoid this in the first place? Thank you.
frame blending worked for me, saved me $149
Love it !!!! Thx Matt
dude this is insane! Worked so well!
Thank you so much for your tips, you're an absolute legend! 🎉
Awesome trick to remove flickering! Thanks matt, as always, a very good video from you! 🙂
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
Wow, really good, thank you so much Matt. Even the first method worked for me already
Thanks, your video saved my project 🙌
You saved my life tonight.
Great video. Long term, this video is going to crush. Nice work buddy. 👏🏻
Thanks so much Matt! 😁
worked like a charm thank you so much!
This is SOLID GOLD! Thanks soooo much!
Matt, you are my hero. Thank you!
Awesome Matt. Thank you from Austria
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.
Thanks for flicker free..my life saved😍..
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?
I think the plug-in uses the same method as the first one. So instead of paying i think i will go with masking right now. thanks :)
Perhaps this plug-in will become a standard feature in APP (and all editing software) in the near future? I hope so.
youre video is so good bro, appreciate it
its trueee
Awesome video... very helpful, thank you!!!
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.
I knew it you won't disappoint us ❤️
Thanks man!
Very helpful thank you Matt
Bought it, thanks a lot Matt
Thank you for this - most helpful.
It didn’t work for me, I have rolling bands that go horizontally across and the flicker free didn’t work! Any other suggestions?
very helpfull and u are explain in it a great way. thanks for making this one.
Thank you Matt!
Thank you so much! This was very helpful
Thank you for this. It’s amazing.
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).
Hi Matt, this effect has HUGE impact on rendering. Do you know a way to fix that? Cause I have a huge clip around 5 min with flickering.
very nice! thank you for sharing!
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.
Hi, could this technique help with flickering in the whole screen, like a light alarm is changing from blue to red? and makes hard to watch
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?
Out here doing the Lords work, again.
Method #1 introduces ghost frames, not motion blur.
HEY matt! Bought this! Do you recommend using the GPU option on m1 Macs? WHat does that mean? lol
Can be a life saver.. tx for the tip Matt 👍
Glad to help! :)
what about Flicker Removal option in Fields Options with right click in PREMIERE PRO?
Holy shit! Marry me. It totally worked.
it's already using flickerfree but it become slow motion how to fix it?
Amazing! Would it be okay to nest the clips instead of rendering it out? :)
If you have a powerful computer - otherwise, like he said, your program may crash or play very slowly.
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
Great video, thanks
It's good but $150 extremely high in my opinion. Definitely should have been $100 less
youre great man
Thank you ..you are doing great...
This didn't work well for me. Way too much motion blur on 24fps footage
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.
Thanks Gerald! I'm the same and usually try to fix the flicker in camera, but sometimes I'll miss it and need to fix it in post. :)
@@whoismatt I’ll remember your tip and if I have a flicker that I can’t remove, I’ll check your video again. Keep up the worthwhile tips.
I think my problem on my iPhone footage is temporal noise, not flicker.
Great Video 🔥🔥🔥
You are a life saver
I’m getting some serious semantic satiation from how many times “flicker” is said in this video
😂 flickerflickerflicker
you are a beauty legend!
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.
Is there a way to do this in iMovie too? It allows only one videotrack.
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.
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.
Hi, have you noticed an export issue especially when this filter is used with warp stabilizer on footage on longer films (1hr long etc)?
Nope haven’t experienced that. But I don’t think I’ve exported a video that long with both effects applied to the same clip either
@@whoismatt Thanks!!
There is a demo version for FCPX now.
Awesome!
2:45 to tell you its not free. :(
I found the crack version of Flicker free and it works literally awesome!!! Thank you for introducing the software, it took away a huge burden away!
Removing the flicker in imovie isn't possible right?
In my case it’s happening behind bride’s head 👌
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.
Hey! I have export guides on my channel that will walk you through export settings to use to export your video :)
Life saver.