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Flexy
20th September 2006, 05:09
i have the hardest time finding a filter which does a proper
white balance/white-point/gray-point/black point operation.

I have two white-balance filters, but they dont work right. The filters are "ACOBW and NDF" "and" Whitebalance V2.0 beta 2". I also have "RGB equalize"...but it doesnt work as i want either.


THE PROBLEM:
I need a filter using Virtualdub(mod) or Avisynth which can do a whitepoint on a white section of a frame...then w black/gray point on the darker sections.

TYPICAL scenario is that the WHITE/bright parts of a video are PINKish......but the dark parts are GREENish...so the WB differs depending on brightness levels.

I need something like a custom LUT/color curve applied to a video. <--- non linear !!!

So...i read about similiar problems people have...and one uses Photoshop and a single RGB frame (which he saved from the video)...then he makes a new color-curve with Photoshop, new WPoints/GPointss/BPoints (according to different birightness levels)...then saves this custom color-curve as a file and applies this with some avisynth function to the video (I think it was Avisynth/RGBlut function).

() i do NOT have photoshop, i have paintshop. I dont think i can save a custom colorcurve with painthshop.

Besides, this method looks like too much effort...there MUST be one filter which does proper white-balance ???

(*) any pointer to a standalone tool would help also (independent from virtualdub)

(*) or a link to a good, recent collection of vdub(mod) filters

thanks

neuron2
20th September 2006, 05:28
never mind...

communist
20th September 2006, 07:37
Did you take a look at ColorYUV(autowhite=true)?
Its pretty good and fully automatic. Though "But be careful - it isn't very intelligent - if your material is a clear blue sky, autowhite will make it completely grey!"

I guess you already took a look at these:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=96048
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=106196

Flexy
20th September 2006, 07:56
Did you take a look at ColorYUV(autowhite=true)?
Its pretty good and fully automatic. Though "But be careful - it isn't very intelligent - if your material is a clear blue sky, autowhite will make it completely grey!"

I guess you already took a look at these:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=96048
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=106196

this is simple...but actually works best.

neuron2, yeah i am using this...but i would need the same funcionality like (your ?) plugin just for the various brightness evels :)
Right now i am experimenting around in sony vegas, but is not that easy either.