Smoothing filters

[kakomu]

I'm currently working with the Outer Limits first season and the grain is horrendous. On top of which, the video runs at a full 29.97 fps, making compressability low (even with h.264).

I looked at the filters that were included with Gknot, but none of them were particularly helpful.

I looked through a few of the past threads, but I don't know which filter is king of the hill right now, nor do I know which settings to use. So, if I could be directed towards the best filter and usage, that would be awesome.

Also, I was hoping to sharpen the video after I smooth over the grain. Is there a good filter that would work immediately after the smoothing filters that will eventually be suggested?

[rfmmars]

This is what I use

loadplugin("c:\avs\plugins\depan.dll")
motion=DepanEstimate(trust=2.5, fftw=true)
DepanInterleave(data=motion)

#loadplugin("c:\avs\plugins\descratch.dll") Add this for film scratch removal
#loadplugin("c:\avs\plugins\despot.dll")
#converttoYV12()

#Despot(p1=30,p2=15,pwidth=800,pheight=600,mthres=20,motpn=true,dilate=1,seg=1)
#selectevery(3,1)
#descratch(2)
#converttoYUY2()

ConvertToYV12()
HDRAGC(coef_sat=1.0,coef_gain=1.5,max_gain=.5)

convertToYUY2()
loadplugin("c:\avs\plugins\DeGrainMedian.dll")
DeGrainMedian(limitY=7,limitUV=9,mode=0)
DeGrainMedian(limitY=7,limitUV=9,mode=1)

#Strong filtering for big grain removal:

#loadplugin("DeGrainMedian.dll")
#DeGrainMedian(limitY=40,limitUV=56,mode=0)

This works great with 8mm film and VHS

Richard
photorecall.net

[kakomu]

can you link me to a place to find depan, despot and degrainmedian?

[steptoe]

Try here, this has all of them as they are all by the same author plus plenty more filters

Check RemoveDirt() on his site, its a very good all round noise/dirt remover function


http://avisynth.org.ru/fizick.html

[Boulder]

RemoveDirt is kassandro's filter.

www.removedirt.de.tf

[steptoe]

sorry, my fault, I should take more notice