What would be a must have filter to add to the Avisynth script?

[HansensUniverse]

Hello, i wonder what would be considered must have filters or features that should be added for Avisynth, that are generally a really good idea to get familiar with, i want to take my time and make sure i don't cut any corner with my project.

I am familiar with deinterlacing with QTGMC which i am very satisfied with and a few other things but nothing major, i am happy with what i have achieved right now but i don't want to wrap it up before investigating for any potential additional things i should do.

[davexnet]

Look here for the different categories. . "potential things" you should do depends on
the problems you see in the media
http://avisynth.nl/index.php/External_filters

[HansensUniverse]

Look here for the different categories. . "potential things" you should do depends on
the problems you see in the media
http://avisynth.nl/index.php/External_filters

I have glanced over the options but there are just so many of them and it's really difficult to tell which one to go for, generally speaking looking for some external or internal filters for handling noise or sharpening that is highly regarded amongst the community, there are typically some that stick out.

[DB83]

Although all things avisynth are basically over my head there really is no 'go to' script.

Just as with any other script - such as a tv program - the content changes to suit the plot. And the hardest part, as already stated, is to determine the 'plot'. It is a steep learning curve or ask for opinion on a scene by scene basis from those who do have the eye for what is required.


As far as I understand it QTGMC has settings for noise reduction so you do not need another filter. And as for sharpening you will basically be opening a whole can of worms.

[Cornucopia]

The only thing you will really ALWAYS need in AVISynth, is a SOURCE filter.

After that, it all depends on what you want to do, and what your material needs:
Interlacing/Deinterlacing
Cropping/Borders
Resizing/Scaling
Compositing/PIP
Temporal Denoising
Spatial Denoising
Framerate adjustment
...and many more...

Scott

[HansensUniverse]

Although all things avisynth are basically over my head there really is no 'go to' script.

Just as with any other script - such as a tv program - the content changes to suit the plot. And the hardest part, as already stated, is to determine the 'plot'. It is a steep learning curve or ask for opinion on a scene by scene basis from those who do have the eye for what is required.


As far as I understand it QTGMC has settings for noise reduction so you do not need another filter. And as for sharpening you will basically be opening a whole can of worms.

Yeah, I will leave it the way it is, i know from digital video processing that it is easy to go overboard with filters, easy to ruin your footage that way, i think trying to make standard vhs homefootage sharp will indeed open a can of worms and i rather not and leave it and frankly the sharpness isn't bad for what it is, i focus more on how clean the image is, color dept & contrast, it's important for me to have a natural looking footage, as for the footage i am working with now it has excellent color and contrast levels right out of the capture so i wont be needing any adjustments, i figured the less processing the better in the end.

[HansensUniverse]

Although all things avisynth are basically over my head there really is no 'go to' script.

Just as with any other script - such as a tv program - the content changes to suit the plot. And the hardest part, as already stated, is to determine the 'plot'. It is a steep learning curve or ask for opinion on a scene by scene basis from those who do have the eye for what is required.


As far as I understand it QTGMC has settings for noise reduction so you do not need another filter. And as for sharpening you will basically be opening a whole can of worms.

https://imgur.com/a/BKmrRuo color and contrast is pretty good for being unedited 30 year old homefootage, video quality is also clean mostly, there are of course sections where there is signs of degradation in quality as one would expect.

[davexnet]

Although all things avisynth are basically over my head there really is no 'go to' script.

Just as with any other script - such as a tv program - the content changes to suit the plot. And the hardest part, as already stated, is to determine the 'plot'. It is a steep learning curve or ask for opinion on a scene by scene basis from those who do have the eye for what is required.


As far as I understand it QTGMC has settings for noise reduction so you do not need another filter. And as for sharpening you will basically be opening a whole can of worms.

https://imgur.com/a/BKmrRuo color and contrast is pretty good for being unedited 30 year old homefootage, video quality is also clean mostly, there are of course sections where there is signs of degradation in quality as one would expect.

What capture device did you use?

[HansensUniverse]

Although all things avisynth are basically over my head there really is no 'go to' script.

Just as with any other script - such as a tv program - the content changes to suit the plot. And the hardest part, as already stated, is to determine the 'plot'. It is a steep learning curve or ask for opinion on a scene by scene basis from those who do have the eye for what is required.


As far as I understand it QTGMC has settings for noise reduction so you do not need another filter. And as for sharpening you will basically be opening a whole can of worms.

https://imgur.com/a/BKmrRuo color and contrast is pretty good for being unedited 30 year old homefootage, video quality is also clean mostly, there are of course sections where there is signs of degradation in quality as one would expect.

What capture device did you use?

Elgato video capture, not the best in the world but it's so difficult to get a DVD recorder or any kind of high end analog to digital capture card where i live that are of professional quality, i do however use a good deck with an inbuilt TBC which helps a lot.

[davexnet]

Elgato video capture, not the best in the world but it's so difficult to get a DVD recorder or any kind of high end analog to digital capture card where i live that are of professional quality, i do however use a good deck with an inbuilt TBC which helps a lot.

Thanks for the info. In the future if you have specific issues, post a short clip showing the problem

[ridibunda]

For me, "Temporal Degrain" is a must-have script. It removes the video noise well (but it takes too long to encode)