Another question: Converting square pixels into round pixels.

Earthling2000 · Member Joined: 23 May 2008 Location: Pakistan

"I tried to post this question earlier but my browser crashed while I was typing the question. And I accidentally pushed the submit button while trying to save my post. I apologize to the admin if that post was actually submitted."

Here is the question.

Baldrick · Administrator Joined: 09 Aug 2000 Location: Sweden

I changed your post so it shows the images.

You can't do much with such bad video source...

Earthling2000 · Member Joined: 23 May 2008 Location: Pakistan

I know Baldrick. But that video is not really the source. And I sharpened that video a lot before taking the snapshot. So that the square pixels would become visible. It was only an example, so there is nothing to worry about. I would just like to know about how to convert the square pixels of a video into round pixels like those in the second picture. I would really appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance.

jagabo · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: none

That's not "round" pixels. It's a paint effect. Oil paint, pointillist, something like that. Many image editors and video editors have such filters.

Gavino · Member Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Location: Spain

ROTFL.

With all this talk about 'square pixels' and 'non-square pixels', it was only a matter of time before someone asked for round pixels...

poisondeathray · Member Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Location: Canada

Earthling2000 - The big square blocks in the 1st picture aren't pixels. Those are macroblocks from inadequate compression probably from a MPEG2 source. Each block is actually composed of 16x16 pixels.

In order to convert something like #1 into #2, you would need a better quality source. You could try deblocking filter first, then one of the effects jagabo mentioned, but it won't look very good unless you start with a decent quality source