VCD Cleanup

Fungie½ · Post by **Fungie½** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 2:25 pm

Hi all. I'm working on my Shoujocon entry and it uses some Sailor Moon Stars footage. Since my Sailor Moon Stars HK box won't be here a friend is sending me some VCD's of the series. Since I know the quality won't be that amazing, does anyone have any suggestions as to what filters and stuff I should use to clean it up a bit? Arigatou.
~Daniel

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Mon Jun 16, 2003 2:37 pm

smartsmoothhiq is probably arguably the best thing for cleaning up mpeg artifacts, or you might want to give deen a shot too.

Dannywilson · Post by **Dannywilson** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:28 pm

The 2D cleaner plugin for virtualdub also works wonders on fuct up footage, I had to use it a couple times on M:I when ppl sent me weird (THEY WERE USING FANSUBS DAMMIT) footage.

FurryCurry · Post by **FurryCurry** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 1:00 pm

This filterchain might be worth a try; you'll need the smart resize filter & 2d cleaner plugins for vdub.

Warning: this may be painfully slow.

smart resize to 16x the source filesize (using precise bicubic): 352x240-->5632x3840

2d cleaner: start with a setting of Threshhold 10, X3,Y3 maybe go as high as T40, X5, Y5 (play around a little)

smart resize (bicubic) to your editing resolution, (I'll assume DVD res) 720x480

Save clips as RGB mode huffyuv, or uncompressed if that gives you trouble. (to avoid colorspace conversions)

*don't forget to check "no audio"

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 1:44 pm

I don't think upsizing before filtering really gives you much improvement, if any at all :\