This is related to information in the thread
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vide...ermittent.html. I am splitting this question out because the process required to use a user-defined function and some filters in AviSyth can apply to different situations.
Ok, I'm running on the edge of understanding using user-defined functions and using plugins that contain more than just a dll. I'll start with what I think I know.
Post 10 of the related thread calls for the use of the function ContrastMask. It is not listed anywhere in the AviSynth wiki. I finally found a link in DigitalFAQ. ContrastMask is a script as opposed to a dll. After rereading the AviSynth wiki I figured out that this script is a user-defined function. To get it to work you have to change its extension from avs to avsi and load it in AviSyth's plugins folder. This way it will be loaded automatically by AviSynth.
Now for the really fuzzy part. The script that Sanlyn suggested for my really dark video clip calls ContrastMask. When I run the script, ContrastMask is found but I get an error that the filter GaussianBlur cannot be found. I found GaussianBlut in the AviSnth wiki as part of the broader VariableBlur filter. I'm stuck trying to figure out how to install/use VariableBlur filter. There's a dll and sub-folders to go with it. How do I place this in AviSynth's plugin structure?
Thanks,
Steve