TMPGEnc results in washed out color

[aleath]

I am currently trying to archive my VHS tapes onto DVD. My process for archival goes something like this:

1. Capture to Adobe Premiere through a Canopus ADVC-100.
2. Use Premiere for editing and frameserve to TMPGEnc for encoding.
3. Convert the PCM audio from TMPGEnc to AC-3.
4. Use DVD Workshop to author the DVD
5. Burn the DVD with Vob Instant CD/DVD

So far the process works fairly well. On the first movie I encoded, the DVD quality is comparable to VHS, except that the color is washed out on the DVD. Reading through the forum I have found that this seems to be a common problem, but was hoping that I could improve the color somewhat. The problem is most noticeable when a scene including the deep blue sky is compared between DVD and VHS, with the sky on the DVD looking gray instead of deep blue.

In encoding in TMPGEnc, I used a guide that was linked to on this website. The url is: http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0165394101/TMPGEnc_Template.html
I encoded using 2-pass VBR, avg bitrate 5100, min 1700, max 8000. Also, I used high quality for motion search precision.

Can anyone recommend settings I may have overlooked or settings that can be tweaked to improve color? Should I just use the wizard that pops up when first opening TMPGEnc? Switch to another encoder? Any ideas or suggestions please.. just want some ideas before I commit my computer to another 12 hour encode.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.. thanks in advance.

[Laddydaddy]

Use the filters provided by TMPG. You can boost the colors so they aren't washed out. Also, if you can frameserve from virtual dub it has a filter you can download called hue/saturation/intensity. It is even better than the color filters provided in TMPG.