So I have a 1.21 GB AVi

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:40 pm

Post a screenshot of the Utena footage and of the RahXephon footage, and include the pixel dimensions of each.

OzzieAlThor79 · Post by **OzzieAlThor79** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:49 am

Shazzy wrote:Post a screenshot of the Utena footage and of the RahXephon footage, and include the pixel dimensions of each.

Screenshots. Got it. Won't be up for about 10-12 hours (as it is 7:45 A.M. here and I'm at work. Won't be off till 5 P.M. ish --O.T. FTW! -- and home with the kids settled will take me till 7 P.M. ish. But I'll get'em up.

Ready for the noob question?

"Pixel Demensions"? You mean Screen Ratio? ( I don't think you do, hence the need for the question).

OzzieAlThor79 · Post by **OzzieAlThor79** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:25 pm

Ok, to be clear, these are things that show up after I run a video through WMM and creat the AVI file mentioned in the title of this thread.

These graphic blips are not there in my HuffyAVI files. They only happen after I try to actually save a video through WMM.

If you look above the guy in the red shirt, you can see a "shredder type" series of bumps on the upper right hand side of him. Trust me, that's on that whole clip.

Another thing that shows up on OTHER clips:

It should be obvious the right side of this video has a bunch of discolouration, and funky ness.

I have Eva and RahXephon footage that seems to come out right. The Utena stuff is my issue.

Again, should I clip this video to remove these issues?

Or should I just go with the WMV and be happy till I can get a REAL video editing program?

OzzieAlThor79 · Post by **OzzieAlThor79** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:26 pm

OzzieAlThor79 wrote:Ok, to be clear, these are things that show up after I run a video through WMM and creat the AVI file mentioned in the title of this thread.

These graphic blips are not there in my HuffyAVI files. They only happen after I try to actually save a video through WMM.

If you look above the guy in the red shirt, you can see a "shredder type" series of bumps on the upper right hand side of him. Trust me, that's on that whole clip.

Another thing that shows up on OTHER clips:

It should be obvious the right side of this video has a bunch of discolouration, and funky ness.

I have Eva and RahXephon footage that seems to come out right. The Utena stuff is my issue.

Again, should I clip this video to remove these issues?

Or should I just go with the WMV and be happy till I can get a REAL video editing program?

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:40 pm

OzzieAlThor79 wrote:If you look above the guy in the red shirt,

That's Akio.

OzzieAlThor79 wrote:you can see a "shredder type" series of bumps on the upper right hand side of him. Trust me, that's on that whole clip.

And that's dot crawl. Considering this is RGU we're talking about, I can't say I'm surprised.
You shouldn't lose anything by cropping a few pixels off that side; just make sure you keep your width in multiples of 16.

OzzieAlThor79 wrote:It should be obvious the right side of this video has a bunch of discolouration, and funky ness.

I don't see discoloration, but I do see macroblocking. Rapidly changing action lines like that do have a tendency to cause macroblocking.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:47 pm

I should add that dot crawl is notorious for being difficult to remove (see <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... r">here</a> for more), and depending on your source, it can be downright impossible if you've already IVTCed your footage. If it's just on the borders of the image, like the part you complained about, then slight cropping is the way to go.

I should also add that your cropping doesn't necessarily have to bring the width to a multiple of 16, as long as the width is a multiple of 16 at the end of the filter chain (throw in a resizer if you have to).

OzzieAlThor79 · Post by **OzzieAlThor79** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:10 pm

Scintilla wrote:I should add that dot crawl is notorious for being difficult to remove (see <a href="http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... r">here</a> for more), and depending on your source, it can be downright impossible if you've already IVTCed your footage. If it's just on the borders of the image, like the part you complained about, then slight cropping is the way to go.

I should also add that your cropping doesn't necessarily have to bring the width to a multiple of 16, as long as the width is a multiple of 16 at the end of the filter chain (throw in a resizer if you have to).

A. Yes, I know his name too.

B. Yes, I went in and had scripts, deinterlaced and made pretty (as best as my noobish self can at this point that is) my footage. I also resized my footage as per your studios instuctions (http://www.aquilinestudios.org/wmm2guide.html FTW!) for working with WMM. I took all the series and also resized all the footag to what was said in that guide too. (LanczosResize(640,480))

Was that right?

C. If that WAS right, when I put my finished AVI (again, this was just a bunch of clips from the different shows I through together just to test for this kind of issue) into VDM to get my massive Huffy file, do I need to figure out a new script and add the resize to that as well so I can get a decent looking file?

D. Thanks. I apprciate the help!

OzzieAlThor79 · Post by **OzzieAlThor79** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:22 pm

OzzieAlThor79 wrote:
A. Yes, I know his name too.

B. Yes, I went in and had scripts, deinterlaced and made pretty (as best as my noobish self can at this point that is) my footage. I also resized my footage as per your studios instuctions (http://www.aquilinestudios.org/wmm2guide.html FTW!) for working with WMM. I took all the series and also resized all the footag to what was said in that guide too. (LanczosResize(640,480))

Was that right?

C. If that WAS right, when I put my finished AVI (again, this was just a bunch of clips from the different shows I through together just to test for this kind of issue) into VDM to get my massive Huffy file, do I need to figure out a new script and add the resize to that as well so I can get a decent looking file?

D. Thanks. I apprciate the help!

I'm assuming these questions are so noobish and obvious they don't even deserve an answer...

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:41 pm

OzzieAlThor79 wrote:
I'm assuming these questions are so noobish and obvious they don't even deserve an answer...

Frankly, I have no idea what you're asking. Reword the question for clarity?

OzzieAlThor79 · Post by **OzzieAlThor79** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:28 pm

1. I resized my AVi's and already deinterlaced and such when I was getting my clips. Was that right?

2. If that WAS right, when I put my finished product (a DV-AVI produced by Windows Movie Maker) into VDM to get my massive Huffy file, do I need to figure out a new script and add the resize to that as well so I can get a decent looking file? I'd prefer to not have to make a WMV if I don't have too.