how to get LimitedSharpen/Masktools to work properly

[kelevra]

hi there,

ive got a big problem using Masktools/LimitedSharpen with dvd-rb.
i cant figure out how to make it work properly. would someone be so nice and write a little tutorial howto "install" masktools and limite dsharpen and tell me what to write into the FilterEditor?
thanks
kelevra

[Boulder]

Extract limitedsharpenfaster.avsi and MaskTools.dll from the MaskTools v2 package to your Avisynth 2.5 plugins folder which probably is C:\Program Files\Avisynth 2.5\plugins. Then simply add LimitedSharpenFaster(yourparametershere) in the Filter Editor.

Be warned though, the filter shouldn't be used directly on truly interlaced sources. But that is another story, using the search will give you all the information you need.

[kelevra]

if i do that i get the error message: There is no function called DEdgeMask in Hcencoder

[Boulder]

You have an old version of LimitedSharpenFaster then.

Download this package: http://manao4.free.fr/masktools-v2.0a30.zip and extract the limitedsharpenfaster.avsi from there (it's in the masktools folder). Then also extract the mt_masktools.dll to your plugins folder.

[kelevra]

now it tells me "removegrain invalid mode" -.-

[Boulder]

Then you'll need at least RemoveGrain : http://home.arcor.de/kassandro/RemoveGrain/RemoveGrain.rar. Choose the dll which matches your CPU the best. Chances are that you also need to extract the Repair dll.

[steptoe]

Click on this link, it will tell you exactly what you need to get the function to work

http://avisynth.org/LimitedSharpen#LimitedSharpenFaster


Also, have a look at the SeeSaw function by the same guy that does a similiar job but in a different way, which gives different results, some better and tries to cure some problems that LimitedSharpen can introduce

Look here for the function and how to use it :

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=104701

Also, you can download images that show exactly what differences there are between SeeSaw, LSF and with no filtering

http://rapidshare.com/files/28815879/Pictures.zip.html


Bear in mind that LSF is very slow, SeeSaw can be even slower, and if you add other denoisers or filters in the functions calls, that will slow it even more, but if quality is what you want, then times not an issue

More and more people are using SeeSaw as it has definate advantages over LSF