Joe's Filters: Joe's Noise - Color

The Joe's Noise - Color plugin is a part of Joe's Filters, shareware utility and image processing effects for Final Cut Pro.

What it does

Joe's Noise - Color adds random color noise to an image without having to composite an extra track or nest clips. The filter includes extensive controls for choosing colors to include in the noise mix, scaling the size of noise particles, pre-blurring the noise before applying and a full set of compositing controls for building the final image.

Scaling the noise particles has two positive side effects. First, the particles look better on video output. Single pixel noise tends to cause dot crawl and compression problems for interlaced digital video, larger noise particles soften naturally and produce a less distracting grain effect. The second benefit is increased rendering speed. The noise routines behind this filter generate only what is needed, so scaled noise actually requires less processing and renders faster.

Example Images

Original Image
Joe's Noise - Color Amount: 50 Scale Noise: 100% Blur Noise: 0 Monochrome: no (unchecked) Red, Green, Blue: 255, 255, 255 Mode: Normal Opacity: 100%	Joe's Noise - Color Amount: 50 Scale Noise: 300% Blur Noise: 0 Monochrome: no (unchecked) Red, Green, Blue: 255, 255, 255 Mode: Normal Opacity: 100%
Joe's Noise - Color Amount: 50 Scale Noise: 300% Blur Noise: 0 Monochrome: yes (checked) Red, Green, Blue: 255, 255, 255 Mode: Normal Opacity: 100%	Joe's Noise - Color Amount: 50 Scale Noise: 300% Blur Noise: 0 Monochrome: yes (checked) Red, Green, Blue: 50, 50, 255 Mode: Subtract Opacity: 100%

Three Kinds of Noise

There are three different noise filters included with Joe's Filters bringing a wide range of noise filtering and adjusting options to Final Cut Pro. Each plugin's uses noise differently to produce unique results. Here are a few basic examples of the differences:

Original Image

Joe's Noise Color

Joe's Noise Levels

Joe's Noise Saturation

The Controls

• Noise Amount (0.1 - 400)

  Determines how much noise to add to an image.

• Fixed Noise

  Determines whether the noise changes on every frame or stays fixed for the duration of the effect.

• Scale Noise (100 - 1000%)

Increases the size of the noise particles.

• Blur Noise (0 - 10)

  Blurs the noise before compositing it back into the image. A slight blur can prevent the noise from shimmering on a video monitor.

• Monochrome

  Restricts colors to black and white. The RGB Color sliders have no effect when this is checked.

• Red/Gray, Green, Blue (0 - 255)

  Controls how much of each color to mix into the noise. When monochrome is checked, the red slider controls the amount of gray.

• Mode, Opacity

  Composite controls to specify how to apply the blurred image back onto the original.