Advice on first time restoring video, color correction
 

This is the first time i have done restoring, i only have 1 episode to do, but could do with any tips, advice or do i need to restart again? I do need to learn this, as got other shows i want to do and i want to learn this properly.

i am using adobe premiere pro cs5 and use the filters colour correction, dust and scratces and gamma correction for these samples. took me an hour to render. :rolleyes:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...astriker/a.jpg - restore

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...astriker/b.jpg - original

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...astriker/c.jpg - restore

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...astriker/d.jpg - original

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On my calibrated monitor, the "original" images have much better color/tonal values. You've cooked them in the "restored" versions, and they definitely have illegal color values (for NTSC or PAL video). This is likely due to using a consumer LCD monitor with out-of-gamut color settings (fooling your eyes), and a heavy hand on the color knob (you trying to compensate for the monitor, and not really flaws in the video itself).

Your attempts to remove noise appear to mostly be using basic blur methods, which also lose a lot of the crisp detail on the original versions. There are some better NR methods we can use.

For color correction, Adobe Premiere Pro is an excellent tool
For noise reduction, Adobe Premiere is a joke. It will just ruin quality further. Never use it.
Same for Adobe Premiere audio filters -- lousy, lousy, lousy!

From what I can see, this restore project could avoid Adobe Premiere entirely. I think you need four key things:
1. Slight saturation boost.
2. Slight chroma noise reduction.
3. Noise reduction, temporal method A
4. Noise reduction, temporal method B

All of this could be accomplished in VirtualDubMod (not VirtualDub -- VirtualDubMod).

Can you cut off a small sliver of the original MPEG file (assuming this is an MPEG recording), and attach it to a post? Something less than 16MB in size. Then I could reply back with very specific settings.

If you want to learn even more advanced filter work, there may be some good Avisynth NR filters, for MPEG block/mosquito noise.

Also, please remember to attach images to forum posts -- don't link to images hosted on those photo/image sites, because those are not permanent. Read more here: http://www.tvpreservation.com/forum/...ges-files.html (includes instructions, reasons why, etc). Thanks!

i have attached the file for you to have a look at LS, i am downloading virtualdubmod and i will get that avisyntch as well, i want to learn it all, including the advance, also could you give me help with the audio as well.

I 'm glad you mentioned Premier. I 'm enrolled back in college. ITV ( Interactive Media Speciality) applied Science :p My video editing class is Adobe Premier 2.0. lol
I'm gonna need a new timmy lol

My second major IT Network Administration :p

I will need to pick your brain . :p

lol your kidding they teach 2.0? lol is this school free? never heard of schools that dont keep up with todays technology.

I know [88] [88] . I think CPS is 10 years ahead of college ;)[88]

You must mean Premiere Elements 2.0, because nothing would even run the original Premiere anymore -- unless you're on a Gameboy-style Mac.

Ok i find that funny your college is 10 yrs behind times, give them the titile gram ma. LOL...

LS did you get a chance to look at the video, i just finished disc 6 of vr troopers and cant do nothing more without your guidence obi-one konobe. LOL

FYI, you're not forgotten, I'm just slow. (Tied up with work.)
I have the file, and will have feedback for you soon.

Thanks.

TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress works really well and is super user friendly with great results.
I use Sony Vegas pro for Chroma Noise though.
I can upload it for you if you's like.

thanks wayshway, i would appreciate it if you can upload it for me. that will come in handy for me, with the help of LS and this new book i got the art of digital colour correction, hopefully i will be alright.:cool: