Perry Paolantonio Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Well actually, almost every movie has noise reduction, film or digital. I've been authoring DVDs since 2000, and Blu-rays since 2007, with about 1000 titles under my belt. There may be a few labels that still do this, but saying "almost every movie" is way over the top. In 17 years, we've never used noise reduction on any discs we've authored. We don't do it on film scans or when grading unless the client insists, and in those cases, we've requested that we not be listed in the credits. -perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted March 23, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted March 23, 2017 In 17 years, we've never used noise reduction on any discs we've authored. We don't do it on film scans or when grading unless the client insists, and in those cases, we've requested that we not be listed in the credits. And that is correct, it's not done in the authoring bay, it's done in the coloring bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Paolantonio Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) And that is correct, it's not done in the authoring bay, it's done in the coloring bay. Not here, and not with any of the clients we've authored DVDs or Blu-rays for who handled their own transfers and/or color or restoration. I could easily list 50-60 titles off the top of my head from the past couple of years that I know for a fact to not have had any noise reduction applied anywhere in the pipeline from film to Blu-ray and/or streaming. My point is that making blanket statements about this kind of thing is not a good idea, because what you're saying is demonstrably untrue. -perry Edited March 23, 2017 by Perry Paolantonio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted March 23, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted March 23, 2017 I've seen slight touches of noise reduction used from time to time...generally rare and for artistic reasons more often than technical/compression optimization reasons. But less now that film grain is a badge of honor and evidence of you spending more money on a project. :) My thought would be that if you NEED grain reduction, you probably exposed the film poorly or shouldn't have shot film on the project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Cunningham Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 I've seen slight touches of noise reduction used from time to time...generally rare and for artistic reasons more often than technical/compression optimization reasons. But less now that film grain is a badge of honor and evidence of you spending more money on a project. :) My thought would be that if you NEED grain reduction, you probably exposed the film poorly or shouldn't have shot film on the project. Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted March 24, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted March 24, 2017 My point is that making blanket statements about this kind of thing is not a good idea, because what you're saying is demonstrably untrue. But it is true... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Paolantonio Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 But it is true... :) You can believe what you'd like. It would be to everyone's benefit though, if you didn't go around spreading misinformation. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted March 25, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted March 25, 2017 You can believe what you'd like. It would be to everyone's benefit though, if you didn't go around spreading misinformation. There is no misinformation being spread by myself. There isn't a single hollywood/commercial movie on DVD or BluRay that hasn't gone through noise reduction of some kind. They just don't exist! Digital OR film, it doesn't matter. I know this because 1) I've worked on them and 2) I've actually worked with dailies that aren't corrected. So I can compare and contrast camera dailies with final output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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