View Full Version : What to do when the source is almost completely devoid of details?


Chainmax
15th September 2006, 16:18
I am toying around with a 49s clip from a movie that looks almost like a cartoon due to the complete lack of picture detail. This is not the first time I've come across this kind of source, so I was wondering if anyone here had a way to make this kind of footage look less empty. Here's a comparison from this 49s clip:

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2900/im1mg1.png (http://imageshack.us)

tsp
15th September 2006, 18:00
Addgrain() maybe? BTW what is the Result frame?

Chainmax
15th September 2006, 19:17
AddGrain was used, but as you can see it's not enough. As for which picture is which, they have subtitles.

Fizick
15th September 2006, 19:28
Some fractal filter may help here, but it is not exist still. :)

Chainmax
15th September 2006, 20:48
Can something be done with existing tools? By the way, this is the filterchain I used for the result:

MPEG2Source("X:\wherever\daclip.d2v",info=3)

ColorMatrix(hints=true)

Tweak(sat=1.2)

DeBlock_QED()

FFT3DFilter(sigma=1,bw=32,bh=32,bt=3,ow=16,oh=16,sharpen=0.7)

ADDGrainC(10,2)

Crop(4,56,348,126,align=true)

EEDI2().TurnRight().EEDI2().TurnLeft()

GaussResize(688,272,p=100)

dull=last
sharp=dull.LimitedSharpenFaster(SMode=4,Strength=1000,wide=true,soft=50)
Soothe(sharp,dull,25)

AddGrainC(2,2)

AddBorders(16,104,16,104)

Levels(0,1,255,16,235)