My system drive crashed, but I got a new one installed just in time for the second airing of the sci-fi extended version. I experimented with the averaging filter "Overlay" last night, mixing the two Sci-Fi cuts to reduce noise:

Original:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/HydroAddict-1.jpg

Original with Denoise:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/HydroAddict-1withNoiseFilter.jpg

Original averaged with Second Capture:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/HydroAddict-1and2Averaged.jpg

Original averaged with Second Capture then Denoised:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/thegreathunger/HydroAddict-1and2AveragedwithNoiseF.jpg

The Denoise works best after averaging the two captures together, however I still wonder whether the Denoise is too much. It would help a lot come MPEG2 encoding time, but it does also offer a certain "plasticity" when placed next to the averaged clips. I wonder if an average of more sources might yield even better results.

The best source would probably be shepp74's satellite capture (potentially devoid of noise and thus, not needing noise filtering or averaging), but I'm having trouble getting in touch with Shepp74. In fact, I haven't recieved any captures from anyone yet. If anybody has ReverendBeastley's Encore capture (or a demon's invite so I can download it myself), I'm going to need that to finish my edit. I'd also love additional captures of the recent Sci-Fi airings to kill the noise.

HELP! THIS PROJECT IS HOGGING 454 GIGS!