SmartSmoother in VDub?

[animeultima]

I keep hearing people talking about a smart smoother in Nandub and VirtualDub, but they only have a regular smoother and it does crap to the video. I saw some posts with some pics of what the smartsmoother was able to do in Nandub and such, but I got nandub, and it has the same thing a VirtualDubmod. If there is a filter smartsmoother, and it is as great as everyone says it is, then where can I get it and how? I am probably just confusing myself, but if not, then someone help me. If i am, please slap me.

[setarip_old]

There is a "SmartSmoother" filter by Donald Graft...

[Guest]

If there is a filter smartsmoother, and it is as great as everyone says it is, then where can I get it and how? SmartSmoother was a filter I wrote early in the desktop video evolution. It was pretty radical at the time but even more capable adaptive smoothers are now available, espcially under Avisynth. Nevertheless, it is still a useful tool. Here are two links for you, The first is to my SmartSmoother. The second is to a similar but much more capable filter by Klaus Post. Get your feet wet with the first and do production with the second.

http://neuron2.net/smooth.html

http://neuron2.net/hiq/smoothhiq.html

[animeultima]

thanks. but what happens if i set the settings strong. it seemed to blur around lines a little, but what happens if i mix in warpsharp?

[lordadmira]

thanks. but what happens if i set the settings strong. it seemed to blur around lines a little, but what happens if i mix in warpsharp?
It's a fine art to get the settings right but it is one of the best noise reducers out there, especially for anime. Warpsharp might help a little but it won't restore detail. It works best on blurry anime. Smart Smoother on 5,35 will give some good results without sacrificing much detail.


LA

[Guest]

thanks. but what happens if i set the settings strong. it seemed to blur around lines a little, but what happens if i mix in warpsharp? Yes, if the settings are too strong, it will start blurring across boundaries. I doubt that warpsharp can properly mitigate that.

Just for fun, can you post a link to a short unprocessed source clip, or upload it to my FTP server?