Perfect NR In DaVinci Resolve - BBC TV Colourist Insight (Noise Reduction)

[@lamar.thompson]

Best tutorial on NR!! You really go above and beyond. Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@javajack-1]

I’m a long time DaVinci colourist, features, tv series commercials, since Resolve was in beta many years ago and this is the best tutorial I’ve seen on noise reduction. Congratulations on this video.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Appreciated Jack. Glad you like it.

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

Every time you manage to amaze me with your skill, knowledge and enthusiasm of the possibilities in Black Magic and share it with, proffesionals and myself as an amateur

[@DarrenMostyn]

I enjoy sharing knowledge!

[@free-radicalmedia4699]

How did you know I was posting a project with a lot of underlit night exteriors?! Amazing. One addition with my own workflow: when I'm grading RED .R3D files, I crank the ISO to see everything well, do my NR and then lower the ISO again - excellent results. Thanks, Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks for sharing!

[@_eugenechia]

The best tutorial on NR i've watched on KZbin! Thank you for your guidance Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@UraFlight]

I’m currently working on one project and for the past three days I watched several videos about Noise Reduction in Davinci Resolve. This one is the best what I’ve have seen so far. Thank you Darren for sharing this information with us. 😊

[@DarrenMostyn]

hope it helps your project!

[@frenchiecolorgrading]

I love that your explain your logic in placing the NR in your node tree ! Instead of automatically putting your NR at the beginning of your node tree, it could be smart for it to be fed by a previous node information in some cases. Great video as always :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Cheers Chloe!

[@brechtjansegers]

Your tutorials are so detailed and well made. I'm a beginning colorist still struggling in Davinci and your videos have done so much for me! Glad I discovered your channel, thank you!

[@diyachyy]

What a brilliant tutorial! My thesis film is playing in 2 days. Your node tree tutorial helped me color it, and it is looking great! Thank you so much!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it helped!

[@gioriv]

You are amazing, thank you so much. I just started back into videography to see how far can I get. I was always afraid of DaVinci Resolve, I think that's why I wasn't moving forward with shooting videos at all. Got my cameras very long time ago and now recently decide to get busy and shoot. I found your channel about a month ago and I'm hooked with it, even at my regular work I'm watching your videos come home and practice. It really is a big help and motivation for me, I have learned so much. I can't thank you enough!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thank you and I wish you all the best!! Good luck on your Resolve journey!! darren

[@haroldhoeffelman1939]

Darren, you are fabulous. For me the best I have seen on KZbin and I've seen a lot. So enthousiastic, clearly, in depth and very good explained, in fact in all your tutorials. Thanks giving your 'secrets'.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Harold. Very much appreciated as I put a lot of work into the tutorials.Wish you al the best, Darren,

[@feelinmotion]

This tutorial was amazing! I didn't even know you could render just one node.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you liked it!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

This was the most helpful noise reduction tutorial I've seen to date. Thank you!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DanielKouba]

Best noise reduction video I’ve seen. Straight to the point with lots of helpful tips along the way

[@jseamans]

Making documentaries, I deal with noise frequently. Thanks, Darren, for giving me an effective and complete workflow for dealing with it. Your tutorials have really helped me!

[@DarrenMostyn]

very welcome!

[@naturestockfootage]

Not being a pro in editing I find your explanations clear. Not only what you should do but also the reason why which is giving me a lot of "AHA" moments. As a DOP and underwater shooter I am even thinking with editing in mind as I shoot. Thank you for your great tutorials.

[@icontentacademy]

As always, excellent explanation. I loved how you used the qualifier to limit it to the shadows only. And the tip on using the scopes to see when NR stopped affecting the image is awesome!

[@ThomasVogtFreiburg]

Darren, I appreciate your expertise, your calm, relaxed way of imparting knowledge and the fact that I always receive valuable help and advice from you. Thanks for that!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

I appreciate that Thomas. Thank you.

[@PeterDrage]

Another great video, your presenting style is fantastic, clear, concise and easy to follow, none of the usual KZbin fluff to extend runtimes and feed the algorithm. This video dropped at the perfect time, as I have about 5+hours of footage to clean up, that was shot in very challenging conditions, never thought to do it via the scopes 🤦‍♂️, I have got much better results following this guide, along with last weeks node tree, than I have ever got before.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Thanks Peter and great to know you have improved in just a week from my videos. All the best, Darren

[@frankinblackpool]

Wow, I'm actually using a tool correctly for Noise Reduction and that's A/B. I saw it on a random KZbin episode from years and years ago, and I've never seen anybody else use it other than you. However what I've learned from this episode, is not to use NR on every single clip, which is something that I've been doing since Day One of owning the Studio license. Its very hard to find any tutorials let alone good tutorials, such as yours, on Noise Reduction. I am now going to immediately stop using 5 for the "Frames Range" which can only help my render speeds at about 7 frames at the moment. Every day is a school day, and I never realised that you could pin-point where you added Noise Reduction. I shall be watching this episode quite a few times and definitely improve my technique for my next masterpiece. Have a relaxing Christmas. This year should be my last working Christmas for the next few years. The magic of the big day tends to fall a bit flat after eating a bone dry, stone cold, Turkey Dinner from a cardboard box sat in the cab. But it beats working for a living.🤣🤣

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Frank. Well i hope this at least helps your render speeds and probably the quality too - 5 frames doesn't always mean better quality ! It can skew your results!! All the best and wish you a good christmas dinner - keep an eye out for my xmas livestream coming!!

[@frankinblackpool]

@@DarrenMostyn That's good to know that 5 frames doesn't always mean better. Practically everybody on KZbin land says 5 is better as well as saying Motion Radius as Large. Its like the blind leading the blind. Enjoy your evening ploughing through the comments. With my latest masterpiece, it took me all of five minutes to read and reply to my comments. Remember those days when you first started? 🤣🤣

[@opaquemediarandyf.3144]

Glad I stumbled upon this one. From Color Stabilization to NR. Another great lesson that I will need later on down the road. Darren is 2 for 2 when Ive needed the help the most. THANKS!! 🙂

[@Ghazi.D]

Your tutorials are top-notch; you know exactly what and how to explain. Thanks Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

I appreciate that!

[@Inframesdigital]

Diving into troubleshooting some strange artifacts in certain areas of the frame, and thanks to your fantastic tips, I was able to navigate through the options and effectively fix the issues. Much appreciated, Darren!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it helped!

[@owlmuso]

Absolutely the best channel for learning about Davinci and color grading. Thank you so much for your generosity. This video really explained a confusing topic for me, thank you.

[@DarrenMostyn]

My pleasure!

[@horizontalblanking]

Just a totally amateur here… but I’m really learning a tremendous amount from your channel. Great demonstrations that are easy to follow and understand.

[@DarrenMostyn]

thank you! good to hear that my work is appreciated

[@jaykellett7693]

Love the Highlight trick with NR, never thought of using that before - will definitely be using that on my next job!

[@BrianTheCameraGuy]

Darren, you have done it again. Another banger!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you like it Brian

[@ray.watts.44]

Fantastic timing, having been searching for NR tutorials the last few days. Thanks Darren.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi Ray, no problem. Just give me a few weeks notice before your next search and I'll see what i can do for you!!

[@epicbucketlist]

Great work, Darren! This NR tutorial will help me in future videos. I never even considered NR while composing my videos. Thank you again for putting these DVR tutorials together.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SachinSingh-pm9qr]

The "Radius" option in Spatial NR is for DVR to analyse NR within specific radius within the clip, it does not directly affect the clip's NR but decides how much of CPU intensive is your clip NR process. Choosing a smaller radius will enable DVR to scan a smaller radius for noise.

[@RobbinGun]

Darren thank you so much for sharing this wonderful knowledge with everyone. I am glad to have access to the right information. Your narration and video lengths are great!

[@markrobinson8254]

Your speaking cadence is quick and full of good information that I can follow along and learn.15.5 minutes of well use time . thank you

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brianrogers549]

Wow, I learnt so much from this episode, there was a few "OK I finally uderstand how to use NR now" moments for me. Awesome Big Thanks to Darren. 😂

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful Brian!

[@Danielmaczka]

Thanks for such a detailed explanation. See you in Amsterdam :)

[@mikkelalyd]

Absolutely the very best video on NR out there by far! Thank you so much Darren! Amazing work ones again!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@larcheproduction9982]

Merci beaucoup pour vos tuto ! Hyper clair et très efficace. Aucunes vidéos superflues sur votre chaine.

[@BigFlavorFilms]

Perfect. Best NR tutorial there is. Period. Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you think so!

[@TanguyGall]

The best course about noise reduction ever, thanks !!

[@filmowaniezprofitem]

This A/B view is very helpful. Thanks for sharing this :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@markee5578]

Thank you Sir Darren! as always, you help us a lot to understand every function of dial/s and buttons of the tool.

[@DarrenMostyn]

very welcome Mark

[@timsnider336]

Keep the hits coming, Darren. Thank you! Very helpful.

[@PassionForLifeGallery]

I have been using NR for a long time but I didn't know how to adjust it properly. Thanks for the tips!

[@MrHarryeisenstein]

Great video! Thanks for posting!

[@xguilherme011x]

Amazing tutorial! I was thought to put the nr before the cst, but this way is working way better

[@charlesnardi5750]

This was a phenomenal breakdown, truly extremely grateful!!

[@DarrenMostyn]

thanks charles

[@skrotfiske]

Thank you Darren, this was probably the best NR tutorial i've seen. I will def be working like this now :)

[@DarrenMostyn]

Enjoy! Thanks

[@personaldronerepair6141]

Cannot agree with you more. Awesome tutorial Darren!! Thank You

[@electriccatvisualarts2397]

This is super helpful Darren.. Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@slava.i]

Thanks Darren, very helpful tutorial on Noise Reduction... Would be very helpful to know what you're looking for on the RGB Parade to tell you that that's noise... I can see that the "blurriness" in the scope goes away when NR is applied..

[@RasMarty_]

Great tutorial Darren amazing break down of the spec's, learned alot on NR Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ahmedkamur9395]

Thank you so much Darren ❤ As a new user of Resolve coming from Premiere I've learned a lot from your channel Really appreciate it 🙏

[@DarrenMostyn]

appreciate you watching. Good luck in resolve from premiere - you wont regret it!!

[@DavidWinstead]

Thanks for all of that very useful noise reduction info.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Cheers David. Glad it helped.

[@AndyGrabo]

I am a photographer and I have a hard time working with sharpening tools in Video. Maybe that makes a good topic for an episode?

[@ZachToupin]

Once again, a perfect Davinci tutorial! How do you activate that magnifying glass, is this part of Davinci?

[@ZorgFS]

amazing, just perfect - low bow Sir!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you like it!

[@StuartHetzler]

Masterful explanation as always!

[@ra100x]

Wow, thank you, this was the best NR tutorial with explaining what does what and your tips from real example. Now I know what I've been doing wrong :D

[@DarrenMostyn]

you are welcome.

[@LukeAntunes]

Great video! Very helpful and easy to follow. Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jaydelturco]

Super helpful. Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Filming-and-Stuff]

You’re the best, Darren! Thank you.

[@joniantipatrea]

Another day another lesson ❤

[@pivovarish]

Thank you so much for sharing such a pro knowledge with us, that helps a lot!

[@DarrenMostyn]

very welcome!!!

[@danielblumensev6324]

Hi Darren, great video! Can you please do a video about the linear color space and why and when you should convert to it during grading?

[@AlexMufasa]

I always thought the NR node belongeg before the 1st CST node, so It would be the first node and it would reduce the noise of the footage before it was even graded. I've been doing this for 2 years. I'll change my workflow then, thank u 😄

[@DarrenMostyn]

Try it and see.

[@m1nt9reen]

Don’t change where you put it, you are doing it the best way already. When the footage is graded any noise is exaggerated which means that you have to increase the settings which means more processing power is required

[@johnnygenius5257]

Hi Darren your videos are absolutely amazing, thanks so much. I would like to know if you use sharpening much and where you would add it in the node tree.

[@DarrenMostyn]

No I dont use it if possible. Near the end if at all

[@johnnygenius5257]

Thanks!@@DarrenMostyn

[@zoomoutzoomin1000]

Thank you very much, I really like your explanations

[@trizzleseven]

woohooo, excellent!!! Thank you!

[@DarrenMostyn]

You're welcome!

[@pedroarruda7878]

Excellent Thank you.!

[@DarrenMostyn]

welcome.

[@nixxinn]

awsome, thank you ! ♥

[@Baleur]

Well, i guess im forced to buy Davinci instead of staying with the free version. This noise reduction is crucially important. I do a lot of timelapses with drones, and there is always noise even at 100 ISO (often due to needing an ND1000)

[@wavensdorvad]

Nice to watch a new one!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Enjoy

[@wavensdorvad]

@@DarrenMostyn I did! And a lot! Spectacular being able to adjust noise reduction by seen the areas that you are affecting in order to avoid edges of the talent. 10/10

[@mickymack1230]

Thank you Thank you Thank you 🤩

[@ecko1882]

There is a new Ultra NR out now on the beta... can you give us your thoughts on that?

[@michaelbyrne2619]

Hi Darren, do you have any full courses

[@zoomoutzoomin1000]

It will be very interesting to see you do a noise reduction for a home video taken with an old home camera. An analog video camera. There are documentaries that use such old video with a lot of image noise.

[@DarrenMostyn]

I do lots of it - I grade a lot of true crime docs and they have lots of footage from all the decades! Same techniques just dont over do it

[@zoomoutzoomin1000]

@@DarrenMostyn Thank you

[@Inner_Tree_Media]

Great episode, Darren! Thanks so much for your passion + expertise. --> Quick question: what's your logic for applying grain in 709 vs DWG? Also, I was so sad I couldn't do that course with you and Daria recently, will you be doing that again?

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi. My choice for REC 709 with that grain is because it is the Resolve grain specifically I feel behaves best in REC709. If you apply grain using dehancer for example it can be in DWG. The 4 day LIVE Masterclass WILL run again next year, yes - make sure to sign up to the email list in the description for notice of when. All the best, Darren

[@samshep70]

Legend, Life saver.

[@Evgeniy_Shaman]

In your "Node tree" video Texture node (grain) placed before CST out, in this NR video - Grain node (texture) placed after CST. What difference?

[@vincentlee592]

Very good video very accurate

[@DarrenMostyn]

Glad you think so!

[@KarelZweefvlieger]

it shows, and is a perfect examplery roll I am a glider pilot and we use the same , sharing, non profit

[@brianknight7208]

Thanks!

[@DarrenMostyn]

Appreciated. Thank you fir the tip!

[@jfscott100]

Hi Darren, thanks once again for an informative video, two things I took from the video were: 1. Putting noise reduction near the start of the pipeline and caching just that node results in not needing to cache again again after any changes to nodes further along the pipeline, I was always in the habit of caching the entire clip. 2. It was interesting to see that even your machine, I am sure you mentioned in an earlier video you use a Mac Pro, struggles with noise reduction without caching. I did see or read somewhere of a setting to make the scopes more responsive but can't remember what the setting was, do you have any tips for making the scopes more responsive?

[@DarrenMostyn]

yes i have a £15K mac with 64GB gfx and 196GB RAM and it wont do realtime NR so its expected. Scopes response time - if you click on the three dots you can choose quality - that will help. Personally I use dedicated external scopes to take away stress from the system - omniscope - discount codes in the description if you are interested! Hope that helps.

[@MilitaryHistoryWithWill71]

Thank you Darren, 👍

[@DarrenMostyn]

Very welcome

[@geodrone7643]

Maybe you can post the original and after video on a Drive or some... :) Would be nice to see it without YT compression.

[@ramilchef6063]

Hello guys! Could anyone teach me, correct color correction? I am beginner and trying to learn asap.

[@TommySidorski]

If my monitor is sRGB, would I use the display transform node at the end to be sRGB instead of rec709? Would it be sRGB gamma 2.2?

[@mollygriswold7979]

So helpful. Thank you.

[@DarrenMostyn]

You're so welcome!

[@gimbalair]

re watched this as I am struggling like heck to make a decent footage from a gopro 11 look usable. Looks like I will have to buy the studio version or of things like Neat Video plug in do a n equally as good job?

[@maxxbom777]

Darren you are amazing! I learn something new every time. I thank you. The node in front of the LUT 2383 expects Rec709 cineon film log. After the LUT I still have a CST with Rec709 Gamma 2.4. I think Cineon needs to be resolved back to gamma 2.4. I think the image is not as flat and nicer with this node. Is that right? However, I only assigned gain 0.4 to the LUT with the conversion back to gamma2.4. Without reconversion, the LUT is fixed at Gain 1.0.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi. Im struggling to follow your explanation, however it is ALL covered in this episode. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2OyfYSEiK59nbc Hope that helps. darren

[@the.wolfer]

Monster ❤

[@BarbarosGokdemir]

Thank you!

[@sleimy79]

hi. which node can I use for the skin tones ?

[@richards1243]

In regards to using lower res proxies, does that affect the appearance of noise when trying to fix them. Thank you.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Yes it does it will disguise the noise often too!

[@soundseen]

Golden egg! Thx

[@rajdeepchakraborty3259]

After applying noise reduction the system is getting really slow. Kindly suggest ways how the system can run more efficiently after applying noise reduction.

[@DarrenMostyn]

NR is heavy processing. Render the node can help. Render cache.

[@DerSchaddan]

have not watched the video yet, but NR in the beginning, Grain at the end Removing texture comes first, adding texture comes last, kind of logical isn't it? If you were to do it any other way, you'd end up with messier keys all around - case close

[@CineTravelLife]

Hello! I'm following your advice and working with Timeline Color Space DaVinci WG/Intermediate. But what should I do if I work on a Mac? If I have Timeline Color Space Rec.709-A everything is okay, that in DaVinci, that on the macbook the same display. But if I choose Timeline Color Space DaVinci WG/Intermediate I have different result.

[@asmashingwayita9200]

i am interested about this as well

[@HeIsHarsh]

Next video about Halation & Glow 🙏🙏

[@DarrenMostyn]

I have halation video already kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoPGmHWlpb18faM

[@SimeonMihalkov]

Why before was said that it's best to put the NR node before the CST and now it's a different method ?

[@DarrenMostyn]

as mentioned in this episode "I don't put it in the same place every time" What are you referring to in your comment ?

[@SimeonMihalkov]

That usually it was said it's best to put it as a first node. Like why changing the way things work constantly, same with the node trees, even you had a different approach before than the one right now. For intermediates, beginners or maybe me it's just confusing. @@DarrenMostyn

[@DarrenMostyn]

as the software evolves we all find new techniques - that is the beauty of this industry - it is constantly evolving and my techniques get better all the time. My approach is pretty consistent - I actually have three different node trees I use depending on the job.

[@Vasil.O.]

How do you magnify around mouse cursor?

[@adamdrakestudio]

Hey Darren, do you generally limit your grain to the shadows and mids more than highlights or is that just in this kind of shot with NR? I have no idea where I read it but I somehow came to think that creating artificial film grain looks more filmic with grain more in the highlights.

[@DarrenMostyn]

Hi. Yes, I didn't make that clear. The grain is reduced in highlights to help with noise reduction. I didn't want to add extra grain. if Im using grain in general it would probably be the opposite.

[@adamdrakestudio]

@@DarrenMostyn thank you. Glad I asked and that wherever I got the info was in fact correct.

[@DarrenMostyn]

@@adamdrakestudio Glad you asked too as hope others see this in comments - Its hard to know where to get detailed when delivering an episode.