The Art of Cleaning Up Your Image Quality.

[jesterspet535]

For those that have pretty much gotten the process of capturing a video onto a computer down to a well rehersed routine, know how to perform the simple cut/join with thier favorite editor, the next step in becoming the next Hironimo* is cleaning up the video so that it does not look like it was transmitted by Voyager1 from the edge of the solar system.

I have found the noise filter in Vdub to be inadiquate for my needs. and would like some input from the community on what I can do to improve my quality.

My question to you, is what tips/tricks/slight of hand do you use to reduce the signal noise, so that is is indistinguisable from the original analog source when playing it digitally?

If a sample video is required, just say so , and I'll post something under 2mb after I get home.


* The best VidCapper on Dalnet, now in retirement.

[El Torro]

Well, i usually do is, like you say, enable a noice filter... (it makes it alot slower, but it's serely worth it). Besides that, i use Sharpen edges and Ghost reduction...

I i notice, there is something with the colours, i aso enable Colour correction, and fix the problem myself(you need to lookinto settings to do that)

If there are much more severe problems, i use Premiere(Adobe), there you can change contrast, brightness ETC

[shochan]

what worked for me was to use a line amp before the capture card to boost the signal and take out some of the fuzz

[snowmoon]

Easy.. for TV stuff I use....

If it's pure telecine materal I pass it through avisynth's decomb 4.0 then load into vdub
( If interlaced ie not telecine ) ViewFields
Smart Smooth HQ or 2d cleaner optimized ( adjust to make sure detail is not being clobered
kNRC ( use NR only using the cropping will have wierd results combined with viewfields )
msharpen or xsharpen to give it the last little boost.
UnViewFields ( only if you use viewfields )

For SVCD cap directly to 480x480 and for CVD cap at 704x480 or 352x480.