video effects/plugins apply order on video clips/video timelines

marcinzm wrote on 8/27/2021, 1:07 PM

Hello,

I often use the same video effects for various projects.

I mean below video effects on video timeline:
a) FBmn Software`s White Balance GPU - set proper white balance

b) Graide Color Match - color match between different video angles

c) Color curves (to "paint S" - shadows a little down, highlights a little up)

d) Color correction (to add more color saturation)

e) Lens Correction (mainly for GoPro videos to fix fish eye)

f) Prodad mercalli Pro - to fix stabilization

g) Neat Noise Reduction - to reduce noise on videoclips

Can you tell me what is the proper order of applying these effect to get the best result - I mean mainly the video quality result, and of course rendering efficiency.

Can you share your opinions about apply order of above effects?

Thank you in advance

Marcin

Comments

Musicvid wrote on 8/27/2021, 1:29 PM

f, e, and g need to go first IMO.

With the rest, try to consolidate as much as possible in one filter, to avoid redundancies, which are destructive to bit depth and can cause banding and loss of color integrity. Stacking color filters should be avoided wherever possible.

alifftudm95 wrote on 8/27/2021, 1:39 PM

f, e, and g first in Media FX level

then proceed a, b, c & d in normal video FX Level

marcinzm wrote on 8/27/2021, 2:37 PM

OK thank you guys for your quick replies.