Guides and AMVapp Public Alpha/Beta Test

Angry Angel · Post by **Angry Angel** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:06 am

I have a question about the Post-Production (Visual Quality) part. Excuse me if I sound like an idiot, but is "Temporal Smoothing" supposed to be the remedy for Dot Crawl, too? Because I tried it on some of my footage and it doesn't fix the dot crawl problem at all.

Right after Temporal Smoothing comes the part on removing Rainbows, then sharpening and adjusting colors... it seems like "5) Dot Crawl" got kinda skipped. Is the Dot Crawl remedy something you still plan on putting in, or am I missing something here

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Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:15 am

As far as I can tell, there really isn't any good, easy way to get rid of dot crawl. I remember once asking about this when I was working with CPM's Angel Sanctuary R1 release (which has some pretty bad dot crawl and rainbowing throughout), and being told as much.

You might want to check out Lindsey Dubb's <a href="http://www.avisynth.org/warpenterprises ... >GuavaComb plugin</a> (or, <a href="http://www.avisynth.org/warpenterprises ... ip">here's the version for AVISynth 2.0.x</a>), as it's supposed to be able to handle dot crawl... but good luck finding settings that work well without introducing artifacting on scene changes.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:22 am

Angry Angel wrote:Right after Temporal Smoothing comes the part on removing Rainbows, then sharpening and adjusting colors... it seems like "5) Dot Crawl" got kinda skipped. Is the Dot Crawl remedy something you still plan on putting in, or am I missing something here ?

Oh, and I just love how the last thing it says before putting everything together is "The last thing I want to show you is how to use the Levels filter........." and then it doesn't say anything about it.

Angry Angel · Post by **Angry Angel** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:34 am

LOL, I know!!! Hihi... I was sitting there all anxious like "What? Level what?? What now?!?! What do I do??? I'm gonna cry!!" Funny

Thanks Scint, I'll check that out

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:19 pm

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... intro.html

On this page, the links don't work -- they all point to your C:\ drive.

Alice [OLSP] · Post by **Alice [OLSP]** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:26 am

Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> Guide Updates

LOL! Might wanna fix that little typo. ^^;;

billy_wires · Post by **billy_wires** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:29 pm

AL [ABS] wrote:
Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> Guide Updates
LOL! Might wanna fix that little typo. ^^;;

Um, that's not a typo. Read <a href=http://www.a-m-v.org/guides/avtech31/>ErMaC & AbsoluteDestiny's Friendly AMV Guides</a> is an acronym, something along the lines of Read ErMaC and Absolute Destiny's Fantastic A/v Guides, or something like that.

downwithpants · Post by **downwithpants** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:45 pm

it is a typo
it reads: read ermac and absolutedestiny's friendly amv guide guide updates

billy_wires · Post by **billy_wires** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:02 pm

Yeah, I realized that a bit after I posted. How about we give me the benefit of the doubt, then.

Alice [OLSP] · Post by **Alice [OLSP]** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:20 am

OI! Sorry about that, lol. For some reason I had assumed it was meant to say FAQ...

I want a title...

Professional Conclusion Jumper

^^;