(i have no idea what i'm doing)

DirectShowSource("d:\hr1_big.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

Invert().YLevelsS(gamma=1.5, output_high=240).Invert()

orig = last

Repair(AA(), orig, mode=3)

prescale = last

FluxSmoothST(spatial_threshold=2, temporal_threshold=12)

LanczosResize(856, 472, taps=5)
LimitedSharpenFaster(Lmode=3)

vmToon(sharpen=false, thinning=35, strength=64, threshold=3, luma_cap=200)

Repair(last, prescale.Spline36Resize(856, 472), mode=1)
function PreviewFile()
{
DirectShowSource("d:\hr_previews.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)
Trim(0, 448)
AA(edge=true)
Crop(0, 4, 0, -4)
Spline36Resize(856, 472)
return last
}

last ++ PreviewFile()

Top one is the new one, right?

Yes.

I think it could still use some work (the line of her sleeve is smudged and fades into the background a bit), but at this point making random changes makes it worse.

Trying to mask it so I can apply much darker, uh, darkening/warpsharp to the characters only would be interesting. I'm mostly allergic to sharpening, though.

updated to handle the falling scene at the beginning of 1; it's still tough to compress if you know less about x264 than me (ie, you are a fansubber), but ehhh

DirectShowSource("d:\hr1_big.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

function HeavyGradient(clip clip)
{
last=clip
Repair(AA(), clip, mode=3)
grainoptimizer(last, gradfun2db().fluxsmoothst())
prescale = last
LimitedSharpenFaster(dest_x=856, Lmode=3)
Repair(last, prescale.Spline36Resize(856,472), mode=1)

vmToon(sharpen=false, thinning=15)

return last
}

function OrdinaryHR(clip clip)
{
last=clip
Overlay(clip, Invert().YLevelsS(gamma=1.5, output_high=240).Invert(), mode="Darken")

Repair(AA(), last, mode=3)

FluxSmoothST(spatial_threshold=0, temporal_threshold=7)

prescale = last
LimitedSharpenFaster(dest_x=856, Lmode=3, strength=110, undershoot=1)
Repair(last, prescale.Spline36Resize(856,472), mode=1)

vmToon(sharpen=false, thinning=15, strength=48, threshold=4)
return last
}

function PreviewFile()
{
DirectShowSource("d:\hr_previews.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)
Trim(0, 448)
#AA(edge=true)
AAA()
#Overlay(last, Invert().YLevelsS(gamma=1.5, output_high=240).Invert(), mode="Darken")
Crop(0, 4, 0, -4)
Spline36Resize(856, 472)
return last
}

Trim(0,2370).HeavyGradient() ++ Trim(2371, last.framecount).OrdinaryHR() ++ PreviewFile()

When's Geneon going out of business so I can recreate the whole DVD set?

>>5

Apparently they went out of business on about September 28, 2007. Their site is held by squatters now.

...fuck. Who has the licenses to their shows now, then? They had loads of good stuff.

Currently going insane trying to suppress flickering noise in their hair. I don't want to run that filter chain again (it's far too slow) so I hope --nr in x264 is safe.

And even after complaining that the DVDs are way too blurry, I haven't really sharpened them... it does look much better, though.

I am so done.

DirectShowSource("d:\hr1_big.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)

function HeavyGradient(clip clip)
{
last=clip
Repair(AA(), clip, mode=3)

fluxsmoothst(0, 7)
grainoptimizer(last, gradfun2db().ttempsmooth(), tdist=10)

prescale = last
LimitedSharpenFaster(dest_x=856, Lmode=3)
Repair(last, prescale.Spline36Resize(856,472), mode=1)

vmToon(sharpen=false, thinning=15)
awarpsharp(8,cm=1)

return last
}

function OrdinaryHR(clip clip)
{
last=clip

Repair(AA(), last, mode=3)
Overlay(last, Invert().YLevelsS(gamma=1.5, output_high=240).Invert(), mode="Darken")

prescale = last

LimitedSharpenFaster(dest_x=856, Lmode=3, strength=110, undershoot=1)
Repair(last, prescale.Spline36Resize(856,472), mode=1)

vmToon(sharpen=false, thinning=15, strength=48, threshold=4)

ttempsmooth(maxr=5)
fluxsmoothst(4, 7)

awarpsharp(5,3,cm=0)

return last
}

function PreviewFile()
{
DirectShowSource("d:\hr_previews.avi", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)
Trim(0, 448)
#AA(edge=true)
AAA()
#Overlay(last, Invert().YLevelsS(gamma=1.5, output_high=240).Invert(), mode="Darken")
Crop(0, 4, 0, -4)
Spline36Resize(856, 472)
return last
}

Trim(0,2370).HeavyGradient() ++ Trim(2371, last.framecount).OrdinaryHR() ++ PreviewFile()

>>8

HOLY SHIT

That is brilliant!

How do you apply these scripts? The changes are quite magnificent.

It's still under development and will be until I test it on every episode; I've already rewritten it entirely from that one. I guess I should find somewhere else to post it.

Look for a DVD+AVISynth encoding guide, anyway. HR is 30fps so you don't need to worry about ivtc. I'll figure out which plugins I'm using sometime.

Currently wondering how they messed up ep 2 like this...

http://pastebin.com/f70225015
You'd want to replace the Source lines with something else, and get rid of preview file/hikariaemon since those aren't available.

done now, I guess, but staring at every frame for a month leads you to the uncomfortable realization that ep 4/9 are the only ones with good character art...