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Old 12th October 2012, 11:37   #1  |  Link
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Good sharpening method for Blu-Ray content

I m looking for something similar like the Darbee Darblet. Is that possible with some kind of sharpening filter/tool an a fast HTPC? I ve heard someone talk about Didee Finesharp but cannot find anything about this. Is this the one I m after or are there any others/better?

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FineSharp is located here.
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Old 12th October 2012, 12:35   #3  |  Link
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thanks. I ll post other questions in your official FineSharp thread.
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Seems that is not quite comparable. FineSharp, as the name somehow suggets, deals mostly with enhancement of fine structures and edges. Darbee seems to implement something like a wide-range Unsharp-Mask with halo protection.
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A year or some other back, I fiddled with a multi-scale sampled, (quasi-) median enhancer. Those results were more or less similar to what Darbee is achieving.

A (pretty naive and pretty slow) version is to simply use a wide-range median filter for sharpening.

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# medianblur.dll
# repairSSE2.dll
# mt_masktools-25.dll

imagesource("D:\darbee_6_0_test.png").converttoyv12()

a = last
b = a.medianblur(12,8,8)
c = a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(b,1),1),1),1),1),1),1),1)
d = mt_lutxy(a,c,"x x y - abs 1.62 2 ^ / 1 1.62 / ^ 1.62 3 ^ * x y - x y - abs 1.62 + / * +",U=3,V=3)

interleave(a,d)

return(last)

==>

(Open in tabs to flip back-n-forth.)
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Looks pretty darn good to me! New thread?
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Not yet. This is only a torchlight, in practice things shouldn't be done that simple. A particular problem is chroma handling, which must be done different. It would be needed to isolate a saturation layer, and work on that. When done directly like in this little script, nasty things will happen. Against a green background, a grey line will turn into purple, and such.
And for big framesizes like full-HD, a multiscale version is pretty much recommended. Doing a big-range median on full-HD is anything but funny, speed-wise.
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Wow, the result is impressive.
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Cool thread...Can't wait for you experts to release some awesome filters for sharpening.
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Didee, you have some screenshots maybe that show what Finesharp does to HD content?
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A case example was posted here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1568963#post1568963
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The result looks subtle with no artifacts I can detect. The Darbee Darblet is way more aggresive but a lot of people praise the Darblet for the negative side effects which the Darblet does not seem to have.

Could you help me on my way how to make your script work? I use MPC-HC with madVR renderer and LAV audio and LAV video filter.
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Code:
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a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(a.repair(b,1),1),1),1),1),1),1),1)
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In case you're still pursuing this, it seems that repair mode 1 tends to introduce border artifacts. This is often visible at normal 100% video size, but can be seen clearly when zooming in the borders. Repair modes 4, 7-9, 13, 14 & 16-18 seem to behave better in this respect.

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can someone please please help me on my way with a step-by-step guide how to make this script work?

using mpc-hc with madVR renderer and lav audio and video filters.
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can someone please please help me on my way with a step-by-step guide how to make this script work?

using mpc-hc with madVR renderer and lav audio and video filters.
If you're familiar with Avisynth this script should present no challenge, even I managed! If you're new to Avisynth, there's very little you need to know and it's covered here:

http://avisynth.org/mediawiki/Main_P...h_-_start_here

Enjoy!
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it seems that repair mode 1 tends to introduce border artifacts.
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Repair modes 4, 7-9, 13, 14 & 16-18 seem to behave better in this respect.
Do you have an example where the script produces obvious edge artifacts from repair mode 1? I know that mode 1 can be a bit harsh to edges sometimes, but there are resons why to use it for a proof-of-concept implementation. The "repair(repair(..." chain is used for topological reconstruction. And only mode=1 can do it completely. The point is that a median filter will cut (or "round") the corners of objects, which in this context is an unwanted sideffect. The intention is to remove "small" detail (in respect to the median radius, which is relatively large here), but to NOT cut/round the corners of big continuous areas. Else, you get "glowing corners" on things like squares, fingertips, whatever, and it gets worse the thinner the removed strands are.

Synthetic testcase:



different color combination:


In this example, the correct thing to do is: to do *nothing*. This is achieved only by mode=1, because only this mode can "extend" areas using the full neighborhood. All other modes fail.
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Which script are you talking about in fact? About "FineSharp", or about the script posted in this very thread here?

Those are two completely different beasts ...
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Which script are you talking about in fact? About "FineSharp", or about the script posted in this very thread here?

Those are two completely different beasts ...
Dont know if you can advise me which script to use but want a script that makes 1080P Blu-Ray content sharper without visible artifacts from seating distance.

CPU/GPU is no problem here (I7 2600K oced@5Ghz + GTX460 oced)
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CPU/GPU is no problem here (I7 2600K oced@5Ghz + GTX460 oced)
It wouldn't be difficult to produce a small script for which your CPU is 10-times or 20-times too slow to process it in realtime.
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It wouldn't be difficult to produce a small script for which your CPU is 10-times or 20-times too slow to process it in realtime.

Come on Didee, serious now
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