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CyborgHyena

12-27-2015 01:01 PM

Avisynth histogram vs. ColorYUV for calibrating levels?

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Which is better for calibrating the levels of a clip in Avisynth, the histogram or ColorYUV(analyze=true)?

Because even if I stretch the luma 245 with ColorYUV, the graph does not enter the brown portion.

I thought the brown parts of the histogram graph are from 0-15 and 236-255?

This is the Avisynth script I used for the attached pictures.

Code:

AviSource("1995.avi")

AssumeTFF()

Crop(8,0,-8,-8) # crop vhs noise and black borders



#ColorYUV(analyze=true)

#ColorYUV(off_y=-6, gain_y=16)



#ColorYUV(analyze=true)



ConvertToYV16(interlaced=true)



histogram(mode="levels")

themaster1

12-27-2015 04:13 PM

to modify the luma levels i suggest you use the ylevels filter (which is more accurate)
and for the histogram you can use ColorYUV(analyze=true) which display numbers instead of a graph or both at the same time:
ColorYUV(analyze=true)
Histogram("levels")

Brown parts are out of range levels for TV but the more important is to get the blacks right (not too dark) you can have brights out of range... a little

msgohan

12-28-2015 01:48 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CyborgHyena (Post 41271)

Because even if I stretch the luma 245 with ColorYUV, the graph does not enter the brown portion.

It does. You have to look very closely to see where it's happening, because it's not many pixels. ColorYUV(analyze=true) will report a maximum value even if only a single stray pixel of noise happens to hit that level.

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CyborgHyena

12-28-2015 04:13 PM

Luma stretched

Quote:

Originally Posted by msgohan (Post 41292)

You're right, now I see it when I zoom in to the graph.

The lowest value in this clip is 9 and the highest 242.

For my future caps I will decrease the contrast and brightness much more, but it's hard to find a scene which has a large range though.

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