OT: NeatVideo v3.1 update posted

megabit wrote on 1/27/2012, 2:23 AM

Thanks for the heads-up. John.

According to its own benchmark, the v. 3.1 is indeed utilizing the GPU better - and it's faster in my real-life application!

Piotr

redpaw wrote on 1/27/2012, 6:15 AM

Thanks John.
Downloaded and upgraded.

vtxrocketeer wrote on 1/27/2012, 7:27 AM

John, I've been a happy used of NV through all of version 2. Have you (or anyone else using v3) noticed an improvement in quality with v3, compared to v2?

I've found NV to be like my Dremel tool. I don't pull it out too often, but when I need it, I really need it, and it is the best tool for the job.

megabit wrote on 1/27/2012, 7:48 AM

It really takes some pixel-peeping to see a difference in quality between NV v2 vs. v3, BUT:

- the difference is speed is tremendous, and now with v 3.1 even greater if you have a good CUDA GPU and let the plug-in find the optimal mix of the number of CPU threads to be used in parallel to the GPU!

Piotr

vtxrocketeer wrote on 1/27/2012, 8:55 AM

Piotr, thanks much for the feedback. My GPU is getting long in the tooth, so maybe the difference would not be as striking for me.

NV just posted a 2-part noise reduction tutorial on YouTube. I thought it was excellent and it does speak well for NV.

Steve

EDIT: the tutorial was from LAST year. Still good info.

megabit wrote on 1/27/2012, 9:05 AM

Can you provide links to the videos you mean? There are plenty of them, some not as good as others :)

Thanks,

Piotr

vtxrocketeer wrote on 1/27/2012, 9:39 AM

My mistake: this and its follow-on part II was posted exactly ONE year ago. I skipped over the year of posting.

Grazie wrote on 1/27/2012, 10:13 AM

vtx - great stuff indeed. Limey accent and you speak of "hoods" not bonnet . . . ?

Anyways, you've led me through the mysteries of NV very well. I learnt so much more, I'm bursting.

Again, thank you.

G

vtxrocketeer wrote on 1/27/2012, 10:28 AM

Grazie, by no means whatsoever did I hint that was my video. It is not. In fact, I have no idea who is speaking. I assumed that it is someone who works for (or was hired by) NeatVideo. I merely pointed out that NV had posted some videos.

(Alas, having lived around the U.S., my accent is distinctly CNN-bland.") ;)

Steve

Grazie wrote on 1/27/2012, 10:43 AM

Ah! Righto!

Great tutorial, really lifted the "noise" from my eyes.

Grazie

megabit wrote on 1/27/2012, 12:53 PM

Indeed, this tutorial is one of the best - if not actually THE best one among a number of similar attempts I've come across.

Thanks a lot for pointing it to us!

Piotr

vtxrocketeer wrote on 1/27/2012, 2:07 PM

My pleasure.

I can't count how many times I've used NV in "advanced mode", only to shy away from the curves and intricacies of building a manual profile because I didn't bother learning how. Now I have the power! But I must use it for good, not evil....

John_Cline wrote on 1/28/2012, 4:24 AM

Yes, v3.1 is a very nice update, it is noticeably faster and that's always good when talking about the processing intensive NeatVideo.

ritsmer wrote on 1/28/2012, 7:43 AM

Thank you John Cline and vtxrocketeer, for these great hints.

Byron K wrote on 1/28/2012, 3:11 PM

Thanks VTX for the tutorial link. Very good instructions and explanation.

Curious, which version are you guys using? Demo, Home or Pro?

ritsmer wrote on 1/28/2012, 3:38 PM

Pro (use it for full HD)

vtxrocketeer wrote on 1/28/2012, 5:25 PM

I also use Pro. Same reason (HD footage).

Byron K wrote on 1/28/2012, 6:18 PM

Thanks for the replies!

I'm trying to decide on Home or Pro because though I edit in 1080, all my vids are rendered to 720p so not sure if I'd have to use NV in native 720 or if I can use NV to edit in 1080 and it only allows me to render out to 720?

Pls correct me if I'm wrong, but I suspect that if I edit in 1080 then I'd likely have to go w/ Pro.