The colours are disgusting on playback.

Purple Harlequin · Post by **Purple Harlequin** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:32 pm

Okay, so here's my script:

mpeg2source("C:\Documents and settings\My Documents\My Videos\AMV\Batman Begins.d2v")
Telecide(order=0,guide=2)
LanczosResize(1024,576)

I think it's looking a bit bare the the moment.

I'd show a print screen of the problem, but the files are on another computer and my pen drive is awol.

So here's my explanation as best as I can describe it:

The playback is perfectly fine, but some areas of colour seem to be the wrong tone. ie: skin tones seem too orangey or too brown - creating a discoloured "patch" on the affected area.
Another odd phenomenon woud be that the colours seem to "swim" as the characters move.

Help?

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Phantasmagoriat · Post by **Phantasmagoriat** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:42 pm

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

if you haven't already looked at this, it usually tells you about some good filters to clean the footage. You may just need to add mfrainbow(strength=255)... or ...tweak()...or something like that...

If you feel like punishing yourself, you could do the terrible frame-by-frame picture editing thing :\ ... but I'd usually prefer some creative ways to get around the ugly spots. For example, if the problem is blotches in a black sky, you can sometimes mask/rotoscope the sky, and put a black background behind it... or place an object entirely over the ugly spots

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:15 pm

Are you looking at the file in VirtualDub(/Mod)? If so, your problem may be that VDM is displaying the video in only 16-bit color. You can fix this by going to:

the Tools menu --> Preferences... --> Main tab --> Set "Output color depth" to "Use output setting"

Purple Harlequin · Post by **Purple Harlequin** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:21 am

Phantasmagoriat, I did read the entire EADFAG, painstakingly; I did think that that page in particular had something to do with it, but none of their tips worked.
Thanks anyway!

So, with that in mind, I attempted Scintilla's approach; lo, and behold, it worked! Thank you so much! ^___^