How to improve a 16mm film to video transfer?

[carlmart]

Please forgive me if my questions sound too basic.

My only experience with color correction were within Avid Xpress, using its own color correction system or using the 3Prong plugin, also inside Avid.

They had a "white balance button", where you picked a white within the image and it balanced to that white. So it was a good place to start putting colors right.

Is there any color correction plugin, be it within Avisynth or for VirtualDub that allows me to do that?

[rfmmars]

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Originally Posted by rfmmars View Post
Remember when using these filters, easy does it. Most important when using the non-linears fuctions.
What does that mean exactly?

The more sliders you use the more cirtical the adjustment become. The "Tint" defualt adjustment setting is the best for bring back the face color, however it lessens the green. I follow that plugin with the RGBeq tint. Anytime you are using the non-linear adjustments in "Fdumps" plugins, the filter order makes a big difference. You can use The "invert" plugin before and after to get other color corrections.

I also use HDRagc but for film, its Fdump plugins. There is just not a one button cure for film.

Richard

[carlmart]

There's are plugins for Vdub that can be ported to Avisynth or frame served to Avisynth from Vdub.

Just now did I seem to guess that what you are saying is that I can use Vdub plugins from avisynth? Or is the opposite?

[carlmart]

I am getting ready to to use this avisynth/virtualdub combo to process my film.

The problem is that I am not too familiar with Vdub on how to process video through it. I already know how to do that when using just avisynth, with HCEnc, but I don't quite know how to proceed with Virtualdub.

The script I wrote loads fine in Vdub, but I am not quite sure what video compression to set, for instance. The file size is very large too and I am getting an avi file, not an m2v, which is what I need.

So that's my confusion.

How should I proceed?

[rfmmars]

I am getting ready to to use this avisynth/virtualdub combo to process my film.

The problem is that I am not too familiar with Vdub on how to process video through it. I already know how to do that when using just avisynth, with HCEnc, but I don't quite know how to proceed with Virtualdub.

The script I wrote loads fine in Vdub, but I am not quite sure what video compression to set, for instance. The file size is very large too and I am getting an avi file, not an m2v, which is what I need.

So that's my confusion.

How should I proceed?

If your are use to using Avisynth for the processing, then set your filters in Vdub and frameserve out to Avisynth. I do it both directions, its easier to adjust plugins in Vdub than Avisynth. This is very true when using "Fdump's" filters. As I said I go both directions outputting Avisynth by (frameserving) back to Vdub and using Vdub to frameserve out to my NLE, Movie Edit Pro 14 Plus, where I can add more Vdub plugins on a frame by frame basis if needed, all in one string, no recompression ever.

[carlmart]

If your are use to using Avisynth for the processing, then set your filters in Vdub and frameserve out to Avisynth. I do it both directions, its easier to adjust plugins in Vdub than Avisynth. This is very true when using "Fdump's" filters. As I said I go both directions outputting Avisynth by (frameserving) back to Vdub and using Vdub to frameserve out to my NLE, Movie Edit Pro 14 Plus, where I can add more Vdub plugins on a frame by frame basis if needed, all in one string, no recompression ever.

Here comes the big question on something I am really interested: how do you do frameserve?

Is there someplace I can go learn about it?

Let's start on how should I proceed to frameserve out to Avisynth.