Neat Video vs. Magic Bullet Denoiser at DVinfo.net

Patrick Janka · November 16th, 2010, 11:53 AM

Anyone have a preference between the two that has used both? Also, Neat is available for both Premiere and After Effects. Which is the ideal platform? I would imagine Premiere, as that's where I spend the bulk of editing time, unless I'm overlooking something.

Wesley Cardone · November 17th, 2010, 09:39 AM

I use Neat on PPro. I believe, though, that once you buy a license you can use it on both PPro and After Effects. I haven't had a need to use it on After Effects so I can't answer for sure.

Neat has radically improved their process over the last year. A year ago I remember battling with finding a frame having a sufficient blank space to get my noise profile from. The updated version makes it clean and simple. You know right away if the frame selected will give you a good profile or not.

I'm still using CS3 so I only have been using the 32-bit version. I am runnning a dual-boot configuration with Win7 and CS5 installed but am waiting to swap out video cards for an MPE qualifying Nvidea card. I use Matrox RT.X2 which has not released its drivers for CS5 yet. I am hoping that in CS5 with a high performance Nvidea card and the 64-bit version of Neat installed, that the crank times will go down radically. In CS3 a simple timeline can crank for hours with the Neat denoise effect added.

November 16th, 2010, 11:53 AM	#1
Patrick Janka Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 623	Neat Video vs. Magic Bullet Denoiser Anyone have a preference between the two that has used both? Also, Neat is available for both Premiere and After Effects. Which is the ideal platform? I would imagine Premiere, as that's where I spend the bulk of editing time, unless I'm overlooking something.

November 17th, 2010, 09:39 AM	#2
Wesley Cardone Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chelsea, Michigan Posts: 104	I use Neat on PPro. I believe, though, that once you buy a license you can use it on both PPro and After Effects. I haven't had a need to use it on After Effects so I can't answer for sure. Neat has radically improved their process over the last year. A year ago I remember battling with finding a frame having a sufficient blank space to get my noise profile from. The updated version makes it clean and simple. You know right away if the frame selected will give you a good profile or not. I'm still using CS3 so I only have been using the 32-bit version. I am runnning a dual-boot configuration with Win7 and CS5 installed but am waiting to swap out video cards for an MPE qualifying Nvidea card. I use Matrox RT.X2 which has not released its drivers for CS5 yet. I am hoping that in CS5 with a high performance Nvidea card and the 64-bit version of Neat installed, that the crank times will go down radically. In CS3 a simple timeline can crank for hours with the Neat denoise effect added. __________________ Wesley Cardone www.WCardoneProductions.com, Detroit and Lansing, Michigan