Episode: 006: How to Remove Horizontal Band Lines from DSLR Footage

July 29, 2010

in Podcast Episodes,Post Production,Software,Tutorials

A Simple solution to removing those nasty brown horizontal band lines from your DSLR video footage using Final Cut Pro’s 3 Way Color Corrector.

Excuse my cold. I see this problem a lot online in forum posts, Vimeo videos, and even Jem Schofield runs into it. While the best way to deal with it is not to shoot under older florescence lights, there is a way to fix previously capture footage.

UPDATE: on Vimeo Andrew James Sykes comments and reminds us:

“As long as you shoot around 50 for EU or 60 for US (or a divisible number of these) during lighting situations such as these you should be fine.”

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QuickTime File: DSLR Video Shooter Episode #006.

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  • pooper

    Heads up, and to be totally nitpicky: those lines are from the rolling shutter on DSLRs, not the shutter speed. You have to shoot it 60fps or higher to get rid of rolling shutter artifacts. Shutter speed under fluorescents have a flickering effect, not banding.

    Thanks for the tutorial though! Found it very helpful.