althor1138

If you live in Europe and are trying to get ahold of the JSC you can try tradera, I believe the set is up for sale there right now.

Your make it blend function could probably be much shorter in length if you used something like animate instead of doing it manually.

How are you copying chroma from gout to se and getting the images registered?

I was having a hard time finding anything like this so I wrote my first 2 functions.  I made them specifically to repair the 4-eyed stormtrooper scene in my hybrid script.  The frame length of the clips should probably be divisible by 4 but they seem to work with any number.  Mileage might vary.

**EDIT**

I re-wrote clockwipe to use duration instead of a startframe and endframe.

Function circlewipe(clip bottom, clip top, int "Duration", float "cirx", float "ciry", float "startsize", float "endsize", float "sharpness")
{
    #Set Defaults
    Duration=Default(Duration,24)
    width=bottom.width()
    height=bottom.height()
    cirx=Default(cirx,width/2)
    ciry=Default(ciry,height/2)
    startsize=Default(startsize,70)
    endsize=Default(endsize,9000)
    sharpness=Default(sharpness,27)
    
    #Make Mask and Overlay it onto clips
    animatecircle=Animate(top,0,Duration,"gramama",1,1,cirx,ciry,startsize,1,1,cirx,ciry,endsize).spline64resize(width/10,height/10)\
    .tweak(cont=sharpness).blur(1.58).blur(1.58).spline64resize(width,height)
    circlemask=mask(top.converttorgb32(),animatecircle.converttorgb32())
    circlemaskoverlay=overlay(top,bottom,mask=circlemask.showalpha(),opacity=1)
    return(circlemaskoverlay)
    
}

Function clockwipe(clip bottom,clip top, int "Duration", float "blurriness")
{   
    
    width=bottom.width()
    height=bottom.height()
    wb=blankclip(bottom,duration,color=$FFFFFF)
    bb=blankclip(bottom,duration,color=$000000).spline64resize(width/2,height/2)
    hs=hshear(wb,0,$000000,0,duration/4,90)
    vs=vshear(wb,0,$000000,0,duration/4,90)
    topright=hs.crop(0,0,-width/2,-height/2).trim(0,duration/4-1) ++ bb
    bottomright=blankclip(topright,length=duration/4,color=$FFFFFF) ++ vs.crop(width/2,0,0,-height/2).trim(0,duration/4-1) ++ bb
    bottomleft=blankclip(topright,length=duration/2,color=$FFFFFF) ++ hs.crop(width/2,height/2,0,0).trim(0,duration/4-1) ++ bb
    topleft=blankclip(topright,length=duration/4+duration/2,color=$FFFFFF) ++ vs.crop(0,height/2,-width/2,0).trim(0,duration/4-1) ++ bb
    sh1=stackhorizontal(topleft,topright)
    sh2=stackhorizontal(bottomleft,bottomright)
    sv=stackvertical(sh1,sh2).trim(1,duration).spline64resize(width/10,height/10).blur(blurriness).blur(blurriness).blur(blurriness).blur(blurriness).blur(blurriness).spline64resize(width,height)
    clockmask=mask(top.converttorgb32(),sv.converttorgb32())
    clockoverlay=overlay(top,bottom,mask=clockmask.showalpha(),opacity=1)
    
    return(clockoverlay)
}

RU.08 said:

All I really need now is that list of the required plugins for this script.

RU.08, If you load the script into AVSP it will tell you which ones are missing.

The ones I see that aren't internal filters are:

Ylevels

Vaguedenoiser

Depan

HDRAGC

I stand corrected lol. I'm not an expert on the transfer of film to home video by any means.

Yes you are right.  The dvd contains the progressive frames and pulldown flags are applied to make the framerate appear on the television as 29.97 fps just like the CAV Laserdiscs.  At least this is how I interpret it.

The important thing to know is that the DVD's, Definitive collection laserdiscs, and the faces laserdiscs all originate from the same 35mm film which  had the DVNR applied before it was struck to film(as far as I know). This 35mm print of the gout films was blurred before it was ever transferred to laserdisc or DVD.

rmclain, the framerate on the dvd's is 29.97. Somewhere during the rip process you have applied an inverse telecine, reducing the framerate to 23.976.  The gout dvd's were created from the same 35mm film print which was used for the definitive collection laserdiscs (as far as i know).

The film was scanned via a telecine machine at 24fps because that is what film is captured at.  On the Definitive collection laserdiscs the frames are stored at 24 fps and a pulldown flag on the disc signals the player to apply a pulldown, making the output to the tv 29.97 fps. On the faces laserdiscs the pulldown is already encoded onto the disc and the player just assumes that it is 29.97 fps.

On the Gout DVD's the film was rescanned and digitally transferred to DVD at 29.97 fps with the pulldown applied already (as far as i know).

The motion problems are from the DVNR which was applied to the 35mm film print before it was ever transferred to laserdisc or DVD.

Thanks for the info Darth Mallwalker. 

RU.08, I appreciate anybody that wants to help.  I hope this info from Darth Mallwalker will give you what you need.  I know Pittrek had done a PAL version of the script and he said that he had a problem with the move along sequence in mos eisley.  I've double-checked it on the NTSC side of things and it is correct.

As far as the plugins for avisynth.  I believe  most of them are core filters.  The rest should be available for download on the avisynth wiki page under external filters.  I believe the latest versions should work just fine.

Right now I'm going through the script and trying to figure out which scenes should be weighted average and which should use the chroma copy.  I prefer the weighted average method as long as it works because i don't have to worry about noise or bad alignment.  When this is finished i'm gonna try to replace more of the wipes.  It should be pretty close to finished after this.  I'm always open to ideas to make it even better though.

I say welcome with your project.  Nobody ever succeeded by doing nothing.  Best of luck, I'm sure you will find many more problems than you've expected.  Some of the guys on here are very good at what they do and know these 3 films like the back of their hands so you've come to the right place. 

I know what you mean about the blend frames.  I'm using it right now on my hybrid script.  The only way to be sure is to go through it frame by frame.  It's enough to drive one crazy. I wish someone knew a better way to do it.  I guess it's still faster than doing it in PS or Vegas.

ok I've edited the script in post 139 to incorporate the mask/overlay method.  You should be able to just open the second part of the script and try it directly.  The overlay in the variable avgcap1cap2 is set to mode=blend.  I'm not sure if that is best so you can try to change it to luma as well.  I don't think it will make that much of a difference though.

*EDIT*

If it's mixing the wrong parts of the images just let me know and I'll switch things around in the script.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

That's a promising idea.  I was wondering if there was a way of taking the bright clip and chopping out all information above 128 luma, taking the dark clip and chopping out all information above 128, and then simply adding them together.

Or maybe something slightly more sophisticated would be to do the above on the extremes (say, above 192 and below 64), and blending the center range.

Of course, there might be some strange effects I haven't considered.  If there is a way of "chopping" above/below a certain luma with some small degree of fuzziness, that would probably reduce the possibility of artifacts.

I'm not positive but I believe this script is doing that.  I create a mask of the brighter clip and then invert it so that only the darker areas get overlaid onto the darker clip.  This leaves the bright areas of the dark clip untouched while passing the dark areas of the bright clip onto the corresponding areas of the dark clip. If i understand correctly grey pixels in a mask allow the pixels from the image to pass through with an opacity based on how close they are to white. This should mean that the middle ranges are a blend of both.  I've been checking this method by using the gout and a bright version of the gout and i've not seen any artifacting spatially or temporally.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

 If there were a way to have it choose pixels based on which pixel is less extreme (that is, pick the pixel closer to the midpoint, which should use the lighter source in the dark areas, and the darker source in the light areas - rather than averaging them), then it could probably be used everywhere.  Hmm, I wonder if anyone has ever written a script to do that?

I actually think I've found a way to do exactly this in avisynth using only the mask,showalpha, and invert filters.  Here are some pictures to demonstrate.  It is an extreme comparison because I brightened one image considerably just to demonstrate what is happening.

Normal frame

Masked bright frame overlaid on top of normal

Bright frame

The image doesn't look great because I way overbrightened the bright frame to intentionally blow out the whites to show that it successfully only brightens the dark areas from the normal pic.

If you are interested let me know.  For now though,  I must do some housework or the wife will kill me when she comes home.

lol I'm not really sure.  I'd say if the video looks correct then it doesn't matter.  What is xvid4psp anyway? Does it directly support avs files?

I sent you a PM with what is hopefully a better explanation of what i was trying to explain lol.  BTW, the clip you posted looks pretty good already I think. Nice work!

No, that doesn't matter. Which capture of reel 1 is your darker capture and which is the lightest? 

*EDIT*

What I mean is when you entered your captures into the script, was it cap1 or cap2 that was the darkest of the 2 captures.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

althor1138 said:

The base clip should probably be the darker clip and the overlay clip should be the lighter clip.  Then change the opacity to try and find what you are looking for.  opacity=1 might even work.

Ok, that gives me some things to experiment with.  By "base clip", do you mean cap1 or cap2 in the script?

The base clip is the "bottom"clip in overlay.  The overlay clip is the clip put on top of the base clip.  the base clip is always the first clip entered into the overlay filter. So the base clip in the filter below should be your darkest clip, regardless of whether it's cap1 or cap2.  If they are backwards, just flip them around.

Overlay(BASE clip,overlay clip,mode="luma",opacity=0.5)

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

The scripts for aligning and combining the clips also worked!  So now I have to identify those scenes that might benefit from it, because judging from the output many scenes won't.  If there were a way to have it choose pixels based on which pixel is less extreme (that is, pick the pixel closer to the midpoint, which should use the lighter source in the dark areas, and the darker source in the light areas - rather than averaging them), then it could probably be used everywhere.  Hmm, I wonder if anyone has ever written a script to do that?  As it is, it may only be useful for improving sections that are already pretty good in both sources.

Pretty remarkable nonetheless.  I could see using this for a variety of applications besides this one.

I'm glad it works.  Maybe you could try to change this variable:

avgcap1cap2=overlay(cap1out,cap2out,mode="blend",opacity=0.5)

to something like this:

avgcap1cap2=overlay(cap1out,cap2out,mode="luma",opacity=0.5)

                                    (darkclip,lightclip,mode="luma,opacity=0.5)

The base clip should probably be the darker clip and the overlay clip should be the lighter clip.  Then change the opacity to try and find what you are looking for.  opacity=1 might even work.

It might work, might not.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Next I'll try your second set of scripts.

After I get some example clips, I'll post them.

SWEET!

Ok I've edited the script in post 139 to only align two captures.  I've commented out all the variables for a 3rd capture so if you want the capability, it is still there.

Thorr, it adjusts itself.  As long as the frames are identical in each capture.

I've changed the script so that it automatically will align all three captures of the first reel.  I've added a couple steps but I did a test run last night and this way is far superior to the old version(i'd say it works perfectly). It goes like this.

Step1:  Save this as avs file, input paths, and open it in virtualdub:

#reel1cap3=avisource("PATH TO FILE") #This video will be altered to match source video. Trim so that frames match source.
reel1cap2 = avisource("PATH TO FILE") #This video will be altered to match source video. Trim so that frames match source.
reel1cap1 = avisource("PATH TO FILE") #This is the source video.
blank=reel1cap1.blankclip() #blankclip used for forced scenechange in next line
inter=interleave(reel1cap2,reel1cap1,blank) #This will force a scene change after every comparison of one set of frames.
#inter=interleave(reel1cap2,reel1cap1,blank,reel1cap3,reel1cap1,blank) #This will force a scene change after every comparison of one set of frames.
return(inter)

Step2:

Add the Deshaker filter and configure pass 1.  The only changes I made was this: Scale:FULL,UsePixels:ALL,DeepAnalysis:30%.

Take note of the destination for the log file and press ok. Then you can press F5 to preview output from start.  Let the whole thing finish and then close Vdub and move on to next step.

Step 3:

Save this script to an avs file and input path to files and path to deshaker log. The output will be the average of all 3 captures or you can output each capture individually.

#cap3=avisource("PATH TO FILE") #this video will be altered to match source video. Trim so that frames match source.
cap2=avisource("PATH TO FILE") #this video will be altered to match source video. Trim so that frames match source.
cap1=avisource("PATH TO FILE") #this is the source video.
blank=cap1.blankclip()
#reel1cap3=interleave(cap2,cap1,blank,cap3,cap1,blank).depan(subpixel=2,pixaspect=1.0,inputlog="**PATH TO DESHAKER.LOG**").selectevery(6,3)
#reel1cap2 = interleave(cap2,cap1,blank,cap3,cap1,blank).depan(subpixel=2,pixaspect=1.0,inputlog="**PATH TO DESHAKER.LOG**").selectevery(6,0)
reel1cap2=interleave(cap2,cap1,blank).depan(subpixel=2,pixaspect=1.0,inputlog="**PATH TO DESHAKER.LOG**").selectevery(3,0)
reel1cap1 = cap1

#cap3w=reel1cap3.Width()
#cap3h=reel1cap3.Height()
cap2w = reel1cap2.Width()
cap2h = reel1cap2.Height()
cap1w = reel1cap1.Width()
cap1h = reel1cap1.Height()
borw = (cap1w-cap2w)/2
borh = (cap1h-cap2h)/2
#reel1cap3=reel1cap3.AddBorders((654-reel1cap3.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap3.Height)/2, (654-reel1cap3.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap3.Height)/2, color=$000000)
reel1cap2= reel1cap2.AddBorders((654-reel1cap2.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap2.Height)/2, (654-reel1cap2.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap2.Height)/2, color=$000000)
cap1p = reel1cap1.AddBorders((654-reel1cap1.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap1.Height)/2, (654-reel1cap1.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap1.Height)/2, color=$000000)
int = Interleave(cap1p,reel1cap2)
#int1=Interleave(cap1p,reel1cap3)
est = int.depanestimate(range=1,pixaspect=1,zoommax=1.5,improve=false,trust=0)
#est1=int1.depanestimate(range=1,pixaspect=1,zoommax=1.5,improve=false,trust=0)
dep = int.depaninterleave(est,pixaspect=1,prev=0,next=1,subpixel=2,mirror=0,blur=0)
#dep1=int1.depaninterleave(est1,pixaspect=1,prev=0,next=1,subpixel=2,mirror=0,blur=0)
cap1out=reel1cap1
cap2out = dep.SelectEvery(4, 1)
#cap3out=dep1.SelectEvery(4,1)
#avgcap2cap3=overlay(cap2out,cap3out,mode="blend",opacity=0.5)
#avgcap1cap2cap3=overlay(avgcap2cap3,reel1cap1,mode="blend",opacity=0.33)
maskcap2=mask(cap2out.converttorgb32(),cap2out.converttorgb32()).showalpha().invert()
avgcap1cap2=overlay(cap1out,cap2out,mask=maskcap2.showalpha(),mode="blend",opacity=1,greymask=true)

#return(avgcap1cap2cap3)
return(avgcap1cap2)

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

That is so awesome, thanks a lot!  I will definitely be giving this a try.

Cool. Please let me know if it works.  I know of one more step to add if it doesn't but it requires a two pass so I thought simple is better to start with.

**EDIT**

See post #139 for newer,better version

reel1cap2 = avisource("PATH TO FILE") #this is the video that will be altered.
reel1cap1 = avisource("PATH TO FILE") #this is the video that will be the source that the other is matched to.

colw = reel1cap2.Width()
colh = reel1cap2.Height()
bww = reel1cap1.Width()
bwh = reel1cap1.Height()
borw = (bww-colw)/2
borh = (bwh-colh)/2
reel1cap2= reel1cap2.AddBorders((654-reel1cap2.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap2.Height)/2, (654-reel1cap2.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap2.Height)/2, color=$000000)
bwp = reel1cap1.AddBorders((654-reel1cap1.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap1.Height)/2, (654-reel1cap1.Width)/2, (480-reel1cap1.Height)/2, color=$000000)
int = Interleave(bwp,reel1cap2)
est = int.depanestimate(range=1,pixaspect=1,zoommax=1,improve=false,trust=0)
dep = int.depaninterleave(est,pixaspect=1,prev=0,next=1,subpixel=2,mirror=0,blur=0)
acol = dep.SelectEvery(4, 1)
avgcap1cap2=overlay(reel1cap1,acol,mode="blend",opacity=0.5)

return(avgcap1cap2)

Hi Puggo,

I'd first like to say thanks for preserving these films so that they are available to all of us.

I noticed while reading this thread that you are looking for a better way to auto-align the frames from several of your reel captures.

I know of an avisynth script that should do a better job of auto-alignment than photoshop or vegas.  I've never used the vegas method but from what you are describing it's not that great. 

If you are interested just let me know what resolution your captures are and I can edit the script to fit the resolution and then post it here in this thread for you.

I think the less resizing you do the better off you will be. I think it would be better if you didn't resize the pal sources to match the script.  Just change the cropping and resizes in the script to match the sources you are using. I have no experience with Pal actually.  I live in PAL land but I'm american and most of my dvd's are region 1.  Are PAL dvd's not natively yv12? I tried to make sure there wouldn't have to be any color format changes.

1) I will have to find my pal discs and do a comparison using your script modification to see if there is a difference in the sources.

2) The gout colors are bad (so is the SE) and I'm currently encoding with g-force's script so that I can use it instead of the raw gout(virtualdub is telling me 6 days as of right now before it's finished). I'd suggest this since the raw footage is a bit of an eyesore when pit against the clarity of the SE.

3) I will probably substitute gout footage for all of the se changes after I have g-force's version to work with.

4)See #2 lol.

5) I've just double checked the move along sequence and didn't see any repeating sequence.  Could be a difference in the sources or the script is wrong and my eyes are fooling me.