Deflicker runs a temporal average-mode pass so pulsing lights and timelapse exposure flicker are smoother before you cross-post owned footage.
What does deflicker change in the file?
Deflicker re-encodes video with ffmpeg deflicker (mode=am, size=5) and even dimensions, remuxing audio as AAC with the filtered picture.
What does temporal deflicker change for indoor and timelapse clips?
Deflicker produces smoother temporal light levels on indoor and timelapse clips.
Concrete results of deflicker:
- LED/fluorescent pulse is less distracting in the feed.
- Timelapse exposure pump softens without a full grade.
- Pairs with enhance when softness remains after flicker is gone.
What do pulsing lights look like after social re-encode?
Without deflicker, pulsed lights enter feeds as strobing indoor masters that look broken on mobile.
What uncorrected flicker costs on mobile:
- Flicker reads as compression damage or a bad take.
- Viewers swipe when brightness pumps every few frames.
- Timelapses look amateur without a temporal pass.
How does stable luminance relate to readable opens?
Stable luminance is cleaner event and timelapse uploads for discovery.
Why feeds punish strobing luminance:
- Feeds re-encode hard — flicker survives and looks worse.
- Stable luminance keeps faces readable in the open.
- A dedicated deflicker pass beats guessing with enhance alone.
- Without deflicker, pulsed lights tax watch time.
Deflicker is a temporal average pass — not AI restore or a full color grade.
When deflicker vs Enhance Lite?
Use deflicker when brightness pulses frame-to-frame; use Enhance Lite when the issue is softness, noise, flat levels, or light blocking without temporal flicker.
Related enhance steps:
What footage benefits most from deflicker?
Indoor events under LED/fluorescent lighting and short timelapses with exposure pumping benefit most; steady outdoor daylight usually needs no pass.
What deflicker does not do?
It is not AI upscale, color grade, or rolling-shutter repair — severe flicker may still need a better take or offline grading.
Deflicker smooths temporal light flicker on owned indoor and timelapse clips before upload.