larkofam

No dice...... Entered everything exactly as you gave it..... Saved it as an .avs file.

This time, the error message is 'could not open file' in DevIL library.

I just can't imagine why/how this won't work on my end when it works on your end.

Sincerely,

Garrett.

Tried all that. Still getting "The script's return value was not a video clip".

I've got an idea...... Since I already have both the pictures downloaded..... why not send me your actual script (the .avs that you created that works for you that enabled you to do this process) as an e-mail attachment (that is, as opposed to me cutting and pasting). 

If yours works for me, not only will I have a working script but also a good template to experiment with.

If you are willing to do this, please send me a private message, and I will give you my e-mail address.

Thanks!

Garrett.

OK, Now it says the script is missing the closing quotation mark. So I add a quotation mark at the end, and now it says "The script's return value was not a video clip"

My operating system is Windows XP SP3

My version of Windows Media Player is 11.0.5721.5280

My version of Avisynth is 2.5

Thanks!

Garrett.

The file appears to be good, however, With Windows Media Player I get "Script Error: Syntax Error", and with VLC Media Player, a random picture (not related to the file) just flickers on the screen.

As I said IDK what I am doing wrong.

Thanks!

Garrett.

Spaced Ranger,

Thank you for the info.

I downloaded the images and followed your instructions to the letter and for whatever reason it will not play in my media players. What could the trouble be?

Thanks in Advance!

Garrett.

Spaced Ranger said:

@ larkofam

I'm posting this info across a few entries ... as I do it myself and ready screenshots. Included will be info on Avisynth and a script to do what I'm demonstrating in my paint program -- if I can figure out the corresponding functions and/or find plug-ins to do same.  :)

Avisynth is what I, and many others, use for involved, video & audio manipulation. It outputs a stream of video/audio to a video encoder of your choice to create a movie file. That file, in turn, can be played directly on your computer and/or encoded to disc for a DVD/Blu-ray player. (Most of that is beyond the scope of this posting. See other forum threads for that information.)

BTW, if you have a decent paint program, that's an easy and interactive way to quickly visualize and test the procedures I'm describing.

I have just downloaded AVIsynth, and, when you get the time, would greatly appreciate a rundown on how to use it, and, if possible, a script to do what we are talking about.

I have PhotoShop, which seems to be an excellent paint and all-around image manipulating program. I am still learning how to use it but am amazed at what I have been able to do with it thus far.

Thanks!

Garrett.

So, let's say I have a standard definition, feature length, colorized film, say from a VHS tape or a laserdisc..... I also have a restored, black-and-white version of the same film on DVD or BluRay..... I have the means to rip both to my computer and have done so numerous times......

Now, How would I go about superimposing the color signal from the former over the latter and exporting it in a file suitable for burning to DVD, and with what software?

Forgive me if I sound dense,, but this is something I am very interested in. I am not familiar with the software you mentioned.

If it is not too much trouble, I would greatly appreciate an in-depth explanation of how to do such a project from start to finish.

Thanks in advance!

So how does one do this with an entire video? Is that even possible? Feasible?

@SpacedRanger,

Thanks in advance!

Spaced Ranger said:

skyjedi2005 said:

There has been a recent revival in the Colorization Of films especially undertaken by Ray Harryhausen for the films he worked on.

Bravo, Ray Harryhausen! And about time to throw the torches & pitch-forks of anti-colorization-P.C. (political communism) back onto the trash-heap of the dark ages, where it belongs.

Really late for this party, but glad to see there's still some punch in the bowl.  :)

To answer a now very old question -- yes, you can inject a lower quality colorized source's color information into a higher quality B&W source ... easily and with excellent results! In this Walt Disney's Zorro proof of concept, I combined a YouTube colorized posting (320x240) with a cable-TV B&W capture (720x480) in a paint program using it's split channel & combine channel (HSL) functions:

Naturally, the YouTube was small, smeared, and blocky, which required fix-ups: JPEG Artifacts Removal (maximum); increasing the weak saturation; resizing and repositioning to match the B&W image. From this, the Hue and Saturation were HSL separated for use in the final recombination.

The broadcast was better, of course, but still needed improvement: Edge-Preserving Smooth for the broadcast "noise"; sharpening the slight picture softness; rebalancing the picture's brightness spectrum (from 20-240 to 0-255). From this, the Lightness was HSL separated for use in the final recombination.

 Spaced Ranger,

First off, I just wanted to say I think what you did there is awesome. 

Now, could you tell me what software you used to do this?

Also, do any instructions/tutorials exist for doing what you did with this software? I am very, very interested. Feel free to private message me with any info you might be willing to share.

Thanks In Advance!

Sincerely

Larkofam.