MSU filters cumulative announce

[DmitriyV2]

We published following filters & programs after last update:

VirtualDub MSU Cartoon Restore Filter - New filter
http://www.compression.ru/video/cartoon_restore/index_en.htm

One of the most prominent coding artifacts in highly compressed animated video are the ringing artifacts. Ringing noise preferably manifest itself around edges due to coarse quantization. The filter is designed for quality improvement of compressed cartoons like video by deleting ringing artifacts

Filter is suitable for video restoration (specialized for cartoons, but simple preset suitable for photorealistic video ringing suppression also).

AviSynth is also supported.

This is first release, updates with more advanced filtering methods are coming soon.


AviSynth MSU Frame Rate Conversion Filter - New filter
http://www.compression.ru/video/frame_rate_conversion/index_en_msu.html

The filter is intended for video frame rate up-conversion and contain fast branch of our FRC research (we have also slow versions designed mainly for hardware implementation)

This is first release, updates are coming soon.


VirtualDub MSU Noise Estimation Filter - New filter
http://www.compression.ru/video/noise_estimation/index_en.html

This filter is used to estimate mean noise level in video sequences using 4 implemented methods.
Filter is suitable for video processing automation.
AviSynth is also supported.


VirtualDub MSU OldCinema Filter 2.0 - update
http://www.compression.ru/video/old_cinema/index_en.html

We updated one of our old popular filters. This filter is intended to achieve an "Old cinema" effect. You can vary color correction algorithm and add various artifacts, so video looks like "chronicle".
New effects in 2.0:
* Improved vertical scratch generation algorithm
* Added large spots generation algorithm
* Added new color correction algorithms
* Improved spots: black and white, and various sizes
* Added image flicking
AviSynth is also supported.


MSU Video Quality Measurement Tool - update
http://www.compression.ru/video/quality_measure/video_measurement_tool_en.html

MSU VQMT is a program for video quality measurements (for codec and filters tuning). One of our popular programs, used in many universities, now supported by more than 20 companies.
Last updates:
* Error at the opening YUV-files fixed
* Set of interface fixes
* New documentation


Enjoy! :)

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Also we reach one million of total filters downloads:
http://www.compression.ru/video/video_statistics.htm
Of course we understand what we can do better results (sometimes level of students filters not so perfect), but we are only one university multimedia lab with wide publishing of video filters not as MATLAB code. Adn we try to keep this course even in situation when papers and patents become more and more important for our lab.

[Zarxrax]

The cartoon filter seems very interesting. I'd love to see a native avisynth plugin with support for more colorspaces.

[DmitriyV2]

The cartoon filter seems very interesting. I'd love to see a native avisynth plugin with support for more colorspaces.
Ok! We accumulate your vote!

[Guest]

AviSynth MSU Frame Rate Conversion Filter - New filter This one is very promising, and source code too! There are a few artifacts, however. For example, I make a slow motion using it of a swimmer. As his arm recovers from back to front, chunks of the arms disappear and reappear, being replaced by the water that lies behind. Is there any hope for an improvement in that regard? I can provide the test clip if needed.

Thank you for this filter, it will be useful for me.

[Sharktooth]

VirtualDub MSU Noise Estimation Filter :D
im happy now :)
this could mean FGM for x264... or at least it's a starting point...

[Dark Shikari]

VirtualDub MSU Noise Estimation Filter :D
im happy now :)
this could mean FGM for x264... or at least it's a starting point...I think Manao already made a filter that gives noise parameters for FGM ;)

[Adub]

What is FGM? I ran a google search, and I am pretty sure that is not what you guys are talking about.

[Dark Shikari]

What is FGM? I ran a google search, and I am pretty sure that is not what you guys are talking about.Film Grain Modelling.

[Adub]

Gotcha. Thanks.

[DmitriyV2]

This one is very promising, and source code too! There are a few artifacts, however. For example, I make a slow motion using it of a swimmer. As his arm recovers from back to front, chunks of the arms disappear and reappear, being replaced by the water that lies behind. Is there any hope for an improvement in that regard? I can provide the test clip if needed.
This is 0.5 version (first public release), of course we plan new updates. We have 2 commercial versions of FRC with higher quality (like this (http://www.yuvsoft.com/video/FRC_developers.wmv) with fine processing of 3 pixels details and good complex motion processing), but we cannot use them in free filters. Main task of this free filter - high quality without using of proprietary technologies. And I think this will be possible, we implement many absolutely different approaches from zero point during filters research.
Thank you for this filter, it will be useful for me.
You welcome! ;)

VirtualDub MSU Noise Estimation Filter :D
im happy now :)
this could mean FGM for x264... or at least it's a starting point...
Great! :)
Sure. It's possible to use filter results directly or to implement new method and compare our 4 implemented methods with new for higher results receiving.