EVERYTHING you NEED TO KNOW about NOISE REDUCTION in Davinci Resolve (tutorial)

EVERYTHING you need to know about NOISE REDUCTION in Davinci Resolve
In this video I show you everything you need to know about using Noise Reduction in Davinci Resolve. Noise Reduction in Davinci Resolve is a SUPER powerful tool that allows you to reduce noise within your video. All cameras have noise especially in low light conditions so applying Temporal and Spatial Noise reduction helps bring back your video to look super fresh! Unfortunately this feature is not in the free version of Davinci Resolve but that shouldn't prevent you from watching it anyway. (You'll probably end up buying the studio version anyways right? :P)
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[@JimRobinson-colors]

This is a good tutorial for people that are not familiar with NR - The only thing I would add that most tutorials don't cover is, that you don't need NR for every shot and you don't even need everything to be processed on a node - i.e. If you have noise in just shadows - key the luma on the node and apply NR to just the shadows - And I still to this day - Do a node splitter and check the noise separately on Red, Green and Blue nodes first - There are a lot of occasions where you can retain more detail by just cleaning up the blue channel, or green, or even red. Also, I tend to add film grain at the end and go back and limit the NR if it is not needed - You have to keep in mind too, that people watching your final product, rarely zoom into it at 400% and pixel peep - So , if you can't see very much noise full screen on a 32" display, and your end target is to the Internet - you might not need any noise reduction at all. Nice job Jamie. Keep'em coming.

[@aristomenis_k]

Well said!

[@JamieFenn]

Well said indeed. Ill talk all about that in another tutorial ;)

[@jmich5123]

Good video and great tip. New to Resolve but not to image processing. These two tools are very impressive imho. Any videographer would do well to learn how to use them through experimentation.

[@flywithoutwingss]

@@JamieFenn Great tutorial, I just apply noise reduction to all my clips, increasing all the values in the NR section... just found out that that kills my GPU when I want to render in 4k.. Now I need to be more specific with how much and where to apply NR. Great tutorials.

[@ahmadronald6389]

sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a method to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot my password. I appreciate any help you can offer me

[@JamieFenn]

What do you guys think about the new intro? P.S. I think this is naturally becoming a series "Everything you need to know about ______" hahah. Watch this next video if you want to know everything about STABILIZATION! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmXMqYSgrbiaqbs

[@nigelmull]

Brilliant tutorials. I must admit I bought the Studio version specifically for the noise reduction as I do a lot of shoots in low light

[@JamieFenn]

300 bucks alone is what the NR costs IMO. The fact you get an entire program for that price is incredible!

[@VentusMedia]

Same bro.

[@digitalhome6575]

Same here hehe

[@jmich5123]

same here. Once I saw a couple tutorials the credit card came out.

[@Nobody-tu5wt]

Try Cgpeers,im sure sombody should upload cracked version

[@filmmaker5457]

Jamie, well explained. Looks like I can't get away without the studio version. Cheers! And keep it up!

[@JamieFenn]

Hey thank you so much!! The studio version is totally worth it... Cheers mate!

[@rolandrickphotography]

That is what I call a valuable KZbin contribution. Thanks for sharing, avoided half a day fiddle myself with those sliders 👌

[@JamieFenn]

hahaha I know what you mean. I thought it would be a good idea to break it down as best as I could to save everyone the headache :D

[@definefilms794]

Jaime, you are killing it. LOVE the content! There is a real lack of tutorials on making great channel intro’s like yours. Would love to see a tutorial on that topic.

[@JamieFenn]

Hey thank you SO much!!! I think it's because no one wants to give away their personal secret sauce hahaha

[@definefilms794]

Jamie Fenn HAHA, that’s totally why...🙂 It’s created a huge content gap just waiting for someone to declare themselves KING.

[@garychuntz1450]

I must say that was one the best Noise reduction tutorials I have seen, great job and great breakdown of the complete toolset.

[@JamieFenn]

Wow, thanks!

[@wsterlingy]

Most complete tutorial I have found on the noise reduction system in Resolve. 👍

[@JamieFenn]

Thanks Sterling! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@bigal7864]

Thanks again for a wonderful video Jamie 🎥🇬🇬.

[@JamieFenn]

You're so welcome! Thanks for the continued support my friend! cheers

[@thetrabis]

Oh wow, I was searching for exact that topic one week ago! Thank you!

[@JamieFenn]

Glad you found this then! Enjoy :D

[@revelationvideoproductions1168]

Thanks for this video I'm using 17 right now but can see how most of what you said still applies. I'm still somewhat new to Davinci and learning everything the more projects I do the more I start really liking this software over Sony Vegas.

[@heesang1989]

The best of the best explanation!

[@fenrir3970]

Great work❤️ keep upp the great work❤️

[@JamieFenn]

Will do! Glad you liked it.

[@ElBoyoElectronico]

Man, this is super helpful. Thanks for the video!!

[@JamieFenn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@priyaanshu6391]

This cleared a lotta things up. Thanks Jamie.

[@JamieFenn]

No problem. You’re welcome!

[@joyoffilming9500]

Jamie, today I did my first real NR, following your instruction - great! Now my PC, especially the GPU, have some hot hours to go thru -:)

[@joshmoxey.]

Hot hours is too accurate hahaha

[@user-pu3kv4so9d]

HEY you do coll stuffs especially about davinci keep it up

[@JamieFenn]

Will do thanks man!

[@darkroomstudio2100]

Awesome tutorial! :) One thing, in case if you set the separate luma and chroma values in the spatial threshold with faster mode selected, you are able change the mode from faster to better afterwards and Davinci will keep your separate luma and Chroma values.

[@JamieFenn]

Thanks for the info!

[@detectiveivan5386]

I love this tutorial. now I understand how to fix noise red. Thanks man. (y)

[@JamieFenn]

Great to hear!

[@himalayakilaru]

Helped me a lot! thank you so much.

[@JamieFenn]

Glad to hear that!

[@Shadow_Li]

This video save my life

[@BorsukenSlayer]

I have been using the nr for a long time but i have not really understood all of the settings, thanks great video.

[@JamieFenn]

Glad you learned a lot Christer! And you're welcome!

[@vOCesUGa1]

Cool man. Another unexplored area of DR.

[@JamieFenn]

Yessir!

[@black_horse_lover2655]

Ooooo, nice new intro!

[@JamieFenn]

ohhhh you're welcome! Thought Id switch things up a little bit for 2020. :D

[@NickMirro]

Superb! Should always add noise reduction as the very first node (after blur). That way you can tweak other nodes later and not have to wait fo re-render.

[@JamieFenn]

Only if you have the node cache turned on 😉

[@jannik244]

New Intro? I Like it😍

[@JamieFenn]

Old but new :D Thanks me too. Thought Id change things up a little for 2020

[@saumyarc]

Thank You

[@griffindant4301]

hey, keep up the good work .Love your videos and BTW im the first

[@JamieFenn]

lol thanks man! Have a great week!

[@joshmoxey.]

Great tutorial, Jamie. I still find NR a tad bit confusing as a DR rookie, but this helped me understand more of what's really happening and why.

[@JamieFenn]

Yea it’s sometimes a little complicated but I made this video as clear as I could. Glad it helps you out!!

[@joshmoxey.]

@@JamieFenn Dw you smashed it brother!

[@joonkim5208]

Thank you so much for the educational videos. I have learnt so much since I started watching your tutorials. As I try new features in Resolve, I am finding my computer starts running out of puff and I may need to look at upgrading it. Would you have any recommendations on the specs of a desktop machine that will handle the load efficiently. I would appreciate some guidelines.

[@JamieFenn]

I would google system requirements for Davinci and get a machine that’s faster than that...

[@tragedyproductions4165]

Maybe it's just me, but I kind of like the look of Spatial NR set at Faster. If you put just a SMALL amount, it cleans up that pesky grain. Yes, it does give a little bit of that "blurry" look but again, leave it at a small amount around 2-3, it looks fine. I film at night clubs where low-light and grain are pretty much promised, so I can probably get away with that setting if it actually makes the footage cleaner lol

[@bbrent5340]

THX for a very helpful, nicely detailed (BUT NOT MIGRAINE RESULTING..haha) explanation of this portion of DV. Most other vid's 'sort of' describe what the different tools in it can do but very seldom the correlation between their use.

[@JamieFenn]

I really tried to break it down so people can fully understand what the options are because I think a lot of people just don't know the true details. Thanks for the kind words as well! Have a great day.

[@TheCreativeModellerHO]

Cool! 😃👍👌🏻I have a GIGABYTE GTX 1080 g1. So I think I will be able to do this. Are you editing on a macbook?

[@JamieFenn]

Im not sure. But sounds like you should be just fine. Yes Im on a macbook pro.

[@carlosjavier9824]

What about the 8GB RTX GEFORCE 2070super msi?

[@knocknapeasta]

Hey mate thank you for the video. Quick question - do you balance in the first node, denoise in the second and then sharpen in the third? I'm always wondering if I should sharpen first or denoise last, it's not obvious to find this kind of information. Many thanks from Tasmania

[@JamieFenn]

In this example I did it after the grade. But I now do it first before I do my primary and secondary’s. Sharpen last

[@adsmithtx]

Very informative video.... BMD should hire you to do detailed videos on all there software......

[@JamieFenn]

That would be great! Or sponsor me :D

[@kingshuk1990]

love for Ableton & Yamaha HS8

[@JamieFenn]

[@jasono1361]

Will the NR in Fusion produce the same results? (I’ll probably end up buying the Studio version anyway)

[@JamieFenn]

I don’t think so. Not to this detail

[@ortizgab]

Very good tutorial, very complete. Thanks, good work! Too bad it only works in the paid version ...

[@JamieFenn]

I think the total price of the software to easily be what the NR costs standalone.

[@camerongalloway518]

I can't figure out how to render clips without exporting. Like you would normally do in Adobe Premiere. I applied NR on a clip and now when I play it back it just lags. Any help?

[@JamieFenn]

Yea right click on the clip in the edit tab and render color output. Turn on render settings to user as well.

[@zlejablko]

Your no noise reduction looks 10x better then my no noise reduction .Yeah it for the paid version :(

[@rectape]

Hi, is it possible to render the denoised footage inside the project to ease the GPU charge?

[@JamieFenn]

Yes! You can cache the NR node.

[@dvrlearner1151]

What do you think is better Neat video or NR in Da vinci?

[@JamieFenn]

Haven’t used neat video, the NR in DR is pretty incredible....

[@sheeshifpv7861]

Hello ! What is your pc config ?

[@asad.sultan]

Is there any friendlier approach for people using basic macbook which has 8gb of ram. the estimate I got for a 30 second clip was 7 hours.

[@JamieFenn]

Watch my extremely fast exports video.

[@DingDongDrift]

can i do NR on an adjustment clip so i can do multiple clips at a time? i tried and it doesn't seem to be doing anything.

[@JamieFenn]

You wouldn't want to do that as different clips would have different noise.

[@DingDongDrift]

@@JamieFenn it's one continuous shot i cut into multiple clips so the noise is all the same.

[@jorn-jorenjorenson5028]

One thing to note about the really good NR in Resolve 16 is, that it is very VRAM intensive, especially temporal NR. Denoising 4k footage with 4 GB VRAM seems to be impossible, produces "out of memory" messages and stops Resolve working. At least, I did not manage it without reducing the resolution to HD first. I'm still struggling, but that probably forces me to buy a 2080ti with 11GB.

[@JamieFenn]

I did mention that. And weird- I only have 4gb of vram on my laptop and I've never had issues. I optimize media (prores LT)

[@jorn-jorenjorenson5028]

@@JamieFenn Thanks for your response! I have a laptop too with a 4GB 1050ti and 32GB RAM. Working with 4k footage (optimized media, also prores LT I think, originally BRAW 12:1), I always end up "out of memory" when using temporal NR or any slightly more complex fusion stuff or effects in the colour tab. It got a little better by switching some effects from GPU to CPU, but that still is not working reliably (and gets really slow). That is a pity, because despite of that DR16 runs suprisingly smooth on my laptop. Can even play 4k 60fps BRAW directly from my camera in real time (without colour grading and effects, of course.) But so, I'm stronlgy thinking about getting a dedicated 4k (bucks) video editing monster machine.

[@JamieFenn]

hmmm yea when working with such huge data files you will probably want that monster. hahah

[@svizajedno9502]

How do you do that transform slide 24>00 and show the better color gradeing? i wanna know that slide

[@JamieFenn]

All that is is a wipe inside DR...

[@CyphersBasement]

Is there a reason you didn't cover audible noise reduction? I'm trying to improve with Fairlight, and I thought this would help.

[@JamieFenn]

Because this is for only for video and I already have audio tutorials covering that...

[@RaviKumar-qh5pe]

How to reactor plugin in davinci.list of effects included in reactor

[@Ben-id1tc]

What courses did you use to learn everything you know in fusion?

[@JamieFenn]

none.

[@Ben-id1tc]

@@JamieFenn So just playing around and experimenting?

[@JamieFenn]

Reading, and practice.

[@ValdezJu]

This is the main reason to consider paying $300. for the studio version (for me).

[@JamieFenn]

One of them for sure. Mine was the fact that there was SO much in this software that it was too good to pass up.

[@George-hl3qj]

How much juice in the pc to run that NR ?

[@strandskovmedia4606]

Get Neatvideo if u only need noice reduction. Davinci is great. But wait untill u see neatvideo.

[@christianstelzl2494]

Thx a lot jamie for the explanation. Helps a lot! I am sooo frustrated and I really hope you can tell me the solution quickly. Im on a Mac with the mac mouse. when you zoom in in the previewwindow it always zoom in to the middle, right. But how in the world can you move the zoomed clip around that you see a specific area in the Clip?? I have tried it with hold command, option.. togeather, shift and so on. Nothings works. Am I stupid? If you could response Id be so happy. Thx again!

[@JamieFenn]

I have the same set up and I just hold shift and swipe my finger the direction I want.

[@christianstelzl2494]

Jamie Fenn YOU ARE MY HERO! LMAO... I’m so stupid. Its just that easy! Thx man for your super quick response. You safed my life

[@JamieFenn]

haha no problem man! Cheers !

[@gavinbeauchamp8328]

how would you add noise for 90s looking videos?

[@JamieFenn]

add grain in color tab

[@mr_strongboy]

Are there any free methods for noise reduction? I'm no pro, and I don't intend on investing hundreds of dollars for a software that then has a steep learning curve just so that I can remove noise (although I'm aware that, computationally, It's quite complex).

[@JamieFenn]

Not really.. And I usually tell people if they need something that the studio version has then its worth the investment of a one time cost of $300.

[@ijob98]

nice video but somehow I can unlink the spartial noise reduction also when it is set to faster

[@JamieFenn]

Maybe that’s new with DR 17. Or maybe it was a bug when I made this video. But I can do it now too. 😂

[@Detsawm]

If using the temporal reduction to try and fix an old VHS recording would a lower number be better due to the comparatively low frame rate of old cameras?

[@JamieFenn]

It just depends on the amount of noise. Theres only so much you can do and then you soften the image too much.

[@Detsawm]

@@JamieFenn Thank you

[@JamieFenn]

You got it!

[@xFelix1307x]

There are so many ways to do it. Edit page and Fusion also allow the same noise reduction, right? How do I decide where to do it?

[@JamieFenn]

Whereever you want. But fusion is for composites where the color page is for color...

[@xFelix1307x]

@@JamieFenn Ok, thanks ^^ But in which order are they applied? E.g. I put noise reduction in edit page or fusion, is then color grading applied before or after? :D

[@JamieFenn]

I mention it in the video.

[@xFelix1307x]

@@JamieFenn I can't find it, maybe you misunderstood me? Anyway, I think I can just test it, thanks for the answers!

[@TerenceKearns]

Always worth mentioning in the title if it's for STUDIO and not the free version

[@JamieFenn]

I wrote it in the description....

[@Aveiro17]

@@JamieFenn I agree it should be in the title and not "hidden" in the description, not everyone reads that. But I also understand that would inevitably lead to fewer views. But "tricking" people into watching is not the way to go. And I mean that in a loose sense, obviously. Just my two cents, hope it doesn't come off as too harsh. Keep up the vids man!

[@JamieFenn]

I wasn't intending to hide it in the description. Not trying to come off harsh either but I don't feel like I have the responsibility of reminding all my viewers of what features they have and don't have in every video. If people are wanting to learn about this and realize they don't have the features, its time to upgrade.

[@Aveiro17]

@@JamieFenn Fair enough :)

[@taikang]

Your tutorials are always great and fun to follow. But you made a crucial mistake here: Only in "Better" you cannot unlink Luma & Chroma in Spatial NR. In "Faster" you actually can unlink and control them separately. In the Tutorial you state you can only unlink it the "Enhanced" mode.

[@JamieFenn]

Werid. I couldn't unlink them? Only with enhanced. I think it was a glitch going back to faster after using enhanced.

[@taikang]

@@JamieFenn Maybe. I use often the "Faster" mode with the sweet spot Luma=2 and Chroma=10 (max Luma=3, Chroma=15, beyond that detail loss is too high). For heavy DeNoising candidates I only work with NEAT Video, since it's light years better than DVR NR. It's like comparing a Skoda and a Maybach.

[@JamieFenn]

I guess it just depends on the source footage.

[@taikang]

Jamie Fenn it, of course, always does. But regardless what your source is, NEAT video does blow DVR NR straight out of the water. I did extensive testing and NEAT beats it in every single aspect.... aside render time: you need a strong system for NEAT.... or patience. ;-)

[@situacionando]

Wondering where Sharpening node is?

[@JamieFenn]

You create a node. Then apply sharpening.

[@sixtarsgld5969]

Did this used to be within the free version of Davinci? Cus now it's not, right?

[@JamieFenn]

Not sure this is an older video

[@rcwildman9255]

You have to buy the full davinci to have noise reduction, I tried this and it said I hit my limitations and upgrade.

[@JamieFenn]

Correct.

[@hautehussey]

I don’t think a small radius would be easier on your computer. I suspect that has more to do with your sensor and how large the grain is you’re trying to remove.

[@JamieFenn]

Small radius is for lower numbers for the luma and chroma. The higher the numbers the more GPU it takes to render.

[@carlorville24]

Thank you for the tutorial. I just think your audio voiceover is somewhat too compressed, at least for my ear.

[@JamieFenn]

Agreed haha

[@DonRNguy]

Can you use these noise reduction nodes in the free version of Davinci?

[@JamieFenn]

Unfortunately no as I wrote in the description. But that shouldn't stop you from watching it because your going to buy the studio version right? :P

[@gimbalair]

guess this is only available in Studio version

[@totalbingshow8564]

Missed before and after versions?

[@JamieFenn]

Its in the video.

[@Jeff-zc6rr]

You should mention that this is the paid version of Davinci Resolve

[@JamieFenn]

This is the paid version of Davinci Resolve

[@Akash_R_Sharma]

Can u start a discord

[@JamieFenn]

maybe.

[@imothy]

I can't do any of this because resolve studio puts a watermark ughh

[@JamieFenn]

I highly suggest buying DR. It's worth every penny.

[@imothy]

@@JamieFenn I may, but my pc really sucks, and i work with 480 footage mostly. So its hard to justify.

[@Bojang_Bugami32]

Don't use pirated version if you are a professional.

[@imothy]

@@Bojang_Bugami32 I'm not a professional. but I doubt any professional would leave the davinci watermark in their footage!

[@nopro_films]

fuuuuu......... this works, but only if you have the pro version... :(

[@JamieFenn]

Its worth it :D

[@kalinkha]

01:30 👍🏻

[@FatManJackson]

I thought this was about audio...

[@JamieFenn]

Nope

[@ozzythemighty2767]

Love Davinci but demoising videos too much work on that platform. Get neat video & save yourself a headache.