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Algorithm: Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin
Implementation: Vladimir Popov, Nikolai Trunichkin

This filter is intended to achieve an "Old cinema" effect. You can vary color correction algorithm and add various artifacts, so video looks like "chronicle".

Features

• Several color correction types
• Vertical Stripes
• Small and large noise
• Emulsion exfolication effect

Changes in version 2.0

• Improved vertical scratch generation algorithm
• Added large spots generation algotithm
• Added new color correction algorithms
• Improved spots: black and white, and various sizes
• Added image flicking

Settings

Filter has simple and advanced settings:

Filter supports VirtualDub job control, so it is usable in AviSynth. Example:

LoadVirtualDubPlugin("..\VirtualDub\plugins\MSU Old cinema.vdf","Old_cinema", 0) clip=AVISource("D:\work\video\film.avi", false, "RGB24") return clip.ConvertToRGB32.Old_cinema(247, 223, 181, 0, 1, 10, 10, 15, 70, 3, 20, 5, 50, 150, 0, 1, 100)

Filter parameters

Filter parameters:

• 16. Color correction
  No Changes - there is no color correction
  Manual Linear - linear transform from color to black&white video
  1. Red - Correct red color
  2. Green - Correct green color
  3. Blue - Correction Blue parameter
  Yellow Shift - colors are faded to yellow
  Blue Shift - colors are faded to blue
  
• Fade effect
  4. True/False activate effect transfer from "Color cinema" to "Old cinema"
  5. If True then we transfer from "Color cinema" to "Old cinema", if False then transfer from "Old cinema" to "Color cinema"
  6. Start frame number
  7. Duration of transfer (in frames)
  
• Roller`s track
  8. Number of tracks
  9. Clarity tracks
  
• Scratch settings
  10. Number of scratches
  11. Probability of scratch
  12. How many frames scratch will be shown
  13. Clearness of scratch
  17. Scratch thickness
• Border fade
  14. Shape of ellipse. If this parameter is greater, ellipse transforms into rectangle
  15. Fade sharpness. If this parameter is greater, pixels outside ellipse fade less
• Show noise - display large noise
• Screen shivering
• Effect light lamp - colours are faded at the image border
• Random noise on screen - display small noise
• Flicking - light intensity is changes randomly
• Big noise - display large spots

Examples

Let's consider job of the filter on a test sequence "Foreman".

source frame from "Foreman"sequence

after MSU Old Cinema, use "Yellow shift" color correction

The next example demonstrates the usage of the "Real old cinema" preset. Certainly, you can adjust the amount of noise, spot, scratches and other types of artifacts regardless of the preset as every film features its own adjustments.

source frame from "Foreman" sequence

after filter MSU Old Cinema work (preset "Real old cinema")

source frame from "Flower" sequence

after filter MSU Old Cinema work (preset "Real old cinema")

Download

• Filter "MSU Old Cinema 2.0". Open this file with VirtualDub. Unpacked in the folder "Plugins". File size 85.0 KB (in ZIP)
• Previous faster version of filter "MSU Old Cinema 1.7". File size 46.0 KB (in ZIP)
• Filter license

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Video resources:

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Last updated: 07-December-2007

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