Evangelion DVD (Not Platinum) AVS scripts

[SephirothJenova]

Well, I was fooling around in AVS and VirtualDubMod trying to make these horribly encoded DVDs better and this is the script that I came out with. There's also an example image showing the original frame on the left and the scripted frame on the right. Any thoughts on how to improve this?

SetMemoryMax(64)
Import("C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\mfToon-v0.52.avs")
MPEG2Source("H:\NEON_GENESIS_EVANGELION_VOL_1\VIDEO_TS\Evangelion DVD 1.d2v")
FieldDeinterlace()
Trim(2720,166996)
Tweak(cont=1,sat=1.3,bright=11,hue=0)
mfToon(strength=215)
mSmooth(threshold=3,strength=4)
ConvertToRGB()

VicBond007 also tells me that I need two scripts basically. One for tv playback and another for computer playback because the color correction for the script will make it look worse on a television. Any thoughts about that?

[Kalium]

I think you might want to add some sharpening on the tail end of that.

[NeoQuixotic]

I think you might want to add some sharpening on the tail end of that.

SetMemoryMax(64)
...
mfToon(strength=215)
...

Isn't that enough? However, from the image it looks like little or no sharpening was performed. I'd be careful with mfToon though. I think a some light sharpening will be just fine. My new friend for sharpening is:

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LimitedSharpen(ss_x=2.0,ss_y=2.0,Smode=2)

[SephirothJenova]

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LimitedSharpen(ss_x=2.0,ss_y=2.0,Smode=2)

I tried that out and the edges just look more jagged instead of being smooth, curved lines. I see that a lot of scripts use the deen function, but I've also read that it can seriously mess up your memory. Would that be of any use?

Sephiroth

[NeoQuixotic]

I tried that out and the edges just look more jagged instead of being smooth, curved lines. I see that a lot of scripts use the deen function, but I've also read that it can seriously mess up your memory. Would that be of any use?

I've never had that problem before when using LimitedSharpen. I've never worked with the old Eva since I have a full Platinum set now (^_^), but that still sounds odd. I avoid mfToon if possible because of the warpsharpening and that it is extremely slow. I only use mfToon on very blurry sources.

Deen is very powerful, but slow. I use deen all the time since it is a spatial and temporal smoother with many levels of strength and functionality. It has always given me great results. I don't know about messing up memory, but as with any filter, it might not be stable.

[Scintilla]

I tried that out and the edges just look more jagged instead of being smooth, curved lines. I see that a lot of scripts use the deen function, but I've also read that it can seriously mess up your memory. Would that be of any use?

I've never had that problem before when using LimitedSharpen. I've never worked with the old Eva since I have a full Platinum set now (^_^), but that still sounds odd. I avoid mfToon if possible because of the warpsharpening and that it is extremely slow. I only use mfToon on very blurry sources.

Actually, I like the warpsharpening effect on NGE; last time I worked with NGE, I found that <b>WarpSharp(depth=80)</b> had a rather pleasing effect for the majority of the video. However, that's <i>without</i> line darkening; I've never tried it with.

What about WarpSharp (must be loaded separately) followed by, say, FastLineDarken?