Help cleaning up game cutscenes

[Hagaren Viper]

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I'm sorta at a loss of what to do here. The game is Persona 3, and I ripped these scenes directly from the disk. The problem is, the videos themselves aren't super high quality. I've got the quality to where it isn't bad, but it still looks kind of messy. Some scenes do look pretty nice, some not so nice. Meh.

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DirectShowSource("04 Gekkoukan High.m2v")
ConvertToYV12()
Deen("w3d",3,6,8)  
LoadTDeint() 
TDeint(mode=1,order=1)
BlendBob()
VagueDenoiser()

Kind of an odd filetype I have to work from, eh? ^^;

Anywho, does anyone have any ideas on what would make this footage look better?

[Vax]

Add removegrain after the deen. And I guess you should try lowering your deen.

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removegrain(mode=2)

Some fastlinedarkening and sharpening would like nice in my opinion. If not, just try.

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Fastlinedarken(strength=??,thinning=??)

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limitedsharpen(strength=??)

[Hagaren Viper]

Hmm, just tried some of that. It looks a *little* better, but not a whole lot of change.

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DirectShowSource("04 Gekkoukan High.m2v")
ConvertToYV12()
Deen("w3d",2,6,8) 
removegrain(mode=2) 
LoadTDeint() 
TDeint(mode=1,order=1)
BlendBob()
VagueDenoiser()
limitedsharpen(strength=50)
ssxsharpen()
Fastlinedarken(strength=50,thinning=0)

Maybe I should have given this thread a title that didn't make it seem like I was using Final Fantasy cutscenes or something

[SenTrix]

Hmm, just tried some of that. It looks a *little* better, but not a whole lot of change.

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DirectShowSource("04 Gekkoukan High.m2v")
ConvertToYV12()
Deen("w3d",2,6,8) 
removegrain(mode=2) 
LoadTDeint() 
TDeint(mode=1,order=1)
BlendBob()
VagueDenoiser()
limitedsharpen(strength=50)
ssxsharpen()
Fastlinedarken(strength=50,thinning=0)

Maybe I should have given this thread a title that didn't make it seem like I was using Final Fantasy cutscenes or something

I wouldn't use removegrain myself due to it killing the quality.
and LoadTDeint(), TDeint(mode=1,order=1) would go before deen.

I would help you out more when i get back from school.

[Kariudo]

removegrain modes 2 and 5 (if you're using v1.0) are VERY conservative and don't destroy fine detail (even using mode 2 twice in a row won't kill details)

I'd probably go with fft3d() for this source (very good at retaining detail, but removes a ton of noise)

ssxsharpen can probably be removed (you already are using limitedsharpen...and most times that's all you'll need, just mess around with some more parameters)

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DirectShowSource("04 Gekkoukan High.m2v")
ConvertToYV12()
LoadTDeint()
TDeint(mode=1,order=1)
BlendBob()
fft3d()
limitedsharpen(stuff)
fastlindarken(stuff)

I'd try this, fft3d is really slow (unless you can use fft3dgpu, then it becomes really fast)

[Hagaren Viper]

Hmm, I downloaded the fft3d filter, but I can't get it to work. It says 'there is no function named fft3d'. Maybe i installed it wrong? it goes in my AviSynth plugins, right? Sorry, I'm a total noob when it comes to AviSynth.

[Kariudo]

yep, fft3dfilter.dll goes into avisynth's plugins folder...but there is a little more work to be done.
in the features and limitations section of the html documention it tells you to download an fft library (FFTW3.DLL from ftp://ftp.fftw.org/pub/fftw/fftw3win32mingw.zip)and put it in C:\Windows\System32

[Scintilla]

I'd try this, fft3d is really slow (unless you can use fft3dgpu, then it becomes really fast)

I think that depends on your GPU. Mine is a budget card, and I haven't noticed it to make FFT3DGPU faster than FFT3DFilter.

[Hagaren Viper]

Gah, I did what you said and for some reason my computer is STILL trying to tell me that the filter doesn't exist. Any idea what might be wrong?

[Vax]

Gah, I did what you said and for some reason my computer is STILL trying to tell me that the filter doesn't exist. Any idea what might be wrong?

It did that for me for removegrain so I just put it in both the regular avisynth folder and the plug-in folder. Idk, it worked for me