Need Cleaning-Up scripts

[Vax]

Normal Footage



Scripted Footage




Script

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AVISource("C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner\My Documents\Mellow Project.avi")
ConvertToYV12()
Deen("w2d",7,12,16)  
Fastlinedarken(strength=50,thinning=0) 
tweak(hue=1.0,sat=1.2,cont=1.1,bright=-2) 
VagueDenoiser() 
limitedsharpen()

Yeah cleaned it up a bit, but not too much. If you need more screen-shots, I will post them. Anyone got anything that I can add to clean it up more?

[AaronAMV]

Vaguedenoiser and limitedsharpen should be before the color tweaks (this includes fastlinedarken). See if the order makes a difference, which I believe it does

[Vax]

Sort of looks worse to me.

[AaronAMV]

I just realised, you did work with that footage as LAGARITH, right?

You also exported as LAGARITH right?

If you used XviD and exported as XviD, there isn't much scripting we can do.

[LivingFlame]

On a side note, you can go to the Video menu in Vdub and click Snapshot Source Frame to take a still of your footage instead of screencapping the entire program. Try to save it as a .png as well. It's lossless, unlike .jpg which will deteriorate quality even further.

Personally, I don't like what deen is doing to the image. It's creating that ugly blotchiness on the characters face, and even a little on the helmet, not to mention lost detail in the background. I'd try weakening it, or maybe even dropping it and trying another smoother such as FluxSmoothST(). But hey, that's just me.

[Kariudo]

your settings for deen are WAAAAAAAY strong
if I do anything over deen("a3d",3,3,3) it starts smoothing too much detail out of the picture for me (heck, even 3,3,3 is pushing it. I just don't use deen that much anymore)

vaguedenoiser should go before any sharpeners (I'm not sure if fastlinedarken counts as a sharpener...but I'd play it safe and throw that after vaguedenoiser)

cut down on deen, and throw in removegrain(mode=2)
I'd increase the strength parameter of limitedsharpen (strength=50 or =100...or more depending on your taste)

it doesn't really look like you need tweak in there (it's usually used to make older source like Utena look right [ie, white is white...not yellow])

[Qyot27]

your settings for deen are WAAAAAAAY strong
if I do anything over deen("a3d",3,3,3) it starts smoothing too much detail out of the picture for me (heck, even 3,3,3 is pushing it. I just don't use deen that much anymore)

The w modes are not quite as harsh as the a modes, if I remember correctly. I can use a deen("w3d",3,6,8) on certain footage and it cleans things up rather nicely without oversmoothing - granted, this isn't DVD footage I'm talking about, but w/e. I usually don't go over 2,6,8 on DVD footage.

Still, using 7,12,16 on any of the modes is really out there.

[Vax]

I just realised, you did work with that footage as LAGARITH, right?

You also exported as LAGARITH right?

If you used XviD and exported as XviD, there isn't much scripting we can do.

Footage is lagarith and it is exported as huffy




@ LivingFlame & Kariudo: Alright i'll try weaking the deen or taking it out.

[Vax]

Sorry for double posting.



Current Script

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AVISource("C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner\My Documents\Mellow Project.avi")
ConvertToYV12()
Deen("w3d",3,6,8)  
VagueDenoiser() 
Fastlinedarken(strength=50,thinning=0) 
limitedsharpen(strength=100)
tweak(hue=1.0,sat=1.2,cont=1.1,bright=-2) 

Remove grain is not in there because it does not import with it and the message is.

Script Error: There is no function name "removegrain"


Either how, it looks a tad bit cleaner.

[Kariudo]

when you don't have a filter, google it

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Removegrain
I'd get the v1.0 pre-release

I don't have the time to explain exactly how to install it, but read the included documentation and you should be fine (IIRC you will only be moving 3 of the files in that package into your plugins folder)

if you don't know what instruction sets your cpu supports, google cpu-z