Author Topic: Sharp edges/clear colors (Read 943 times)

bluedagger · « **on:** July 31, 2008, 02:45:31 PM »

Okay, i was wondering. When i see most HQ vids today, the quality is sharp, by sharp i mean the the edges are sharp, the colors are bright and shiny and on my vids i get dull colors and blurred out edges. Is this because im using a lame color correction, or is it something like the blur type (i use standard gaussian)? Please, someone halp me, because im about to render a HQ on a collab.

Pendji · « **Reply #1 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:06:09 PM »

Color corrections, there is a pretty good pack of them in visual proX topic and then just special rendering settings

you suck at grabbing

Daffy · « **Reply #2 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:07:14 PM »

The sharp edges is because AA (for nVIDIA) or Hydravision (for ATi) is turned on which makes the edges smooth.
When it comes to color corrections, somehow wmv rendering analrapes the colors, you can get up to a 30% color loss.
If you want to render a .wmv, first render a lossless .avi using the Huffyuv codec, then import the .avi on a new track and set that track to "Solo".
Then render a .wmv, that preserves around 95-98% of the colors.
Un-corrected recordings does actually look pretty good if you use that method.

Bazrun: That last sentence was uncalled for, i'd report it but i'd end up getting the report myself so i'll leave it hoping an admin will give you a warning.

Pendji · « **Reply #3 on:** July 31, 2008, 03:12:47 PM »

Quote from: Daffy

The sharp edges is because AA (for nVIDIA) or Hydravision (for ATi) is turned on which makes the edges smooth.
When it comes to color corrections, somehow wmv rendering analrapes the colors, you can get up to a 30% color loss.
If you want to render a .wmv, first render a lossless .avi using the Huffyuv codec, then import the .avi on a new track and set that track to "Solo".
Then render a .wmv, that preserves around 95-98% of the colors.
Un-corrected recordings does actually look pretty good if you use that method.

Bazrun: That last sentence was uncalled for, i'd report it but i'd end up getting the report myself so i'll leave it hoping an admin will give you a warning.

We got a special relationship so he should know that its a joke

Could you maker a deeper tutorial on this ? would help alot

Daffy · « **Reply #4 on:** July 31, 2008, 04:36:35 PM »

Oh... my bad then... sorry.
It's pretty easy, just check the huffyuv part of my xvid tutorial and import that .avi
I have been working a little on a tutorial for different methods on how to render/encode .wmv's with better quality.
For example one that supports AviSynth scripts and more advanced options which are usually locked to automatic.

Labiloute · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2008, 01:37:39 AM »

Thanks for this info Daffy. i will try myself to watch teh difference

Daffy · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2008, 03:45:27 AM »

It also takes care off any lag and/or stuttering so in my opinion this should always be done.

sony · « **Reply #7 on:** August 05, 2008, 07:49:03 AM »

I wonder that how could Daffy learn this much gibberish...

Author Topic: Sharp edges/clear colors (Read 943 times)

bluedagger