Quality Test Help

[Tichinde925]

Quality Test 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz6OhBZVxco

Quality Test 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoP6Rfcy2r4

Quality Test 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN_uK7FxiAY

Which one is best?

 

[EPsilon933]

1 is too narrow

2 is too wide

3 is the closest, but still not right. Nice motion blur

3>1>2

 

[ajp_anton]

Aspect ratio:
#1 is too narrow at 1:1 (482x478)
#2 is exactly as it should be, 1.33:1 (638x478)
#3 is also too narrow, 1.2:1 (574x482)

Black borders:
Why? They can be useful to trick Youtube's bitrate allocator, but as you don't even fill the screen, that's probably not what you had in mind. Also, in #3 you add one to the top while increasing the one already at the bottom.

Image quality:
#2 looks the best detail-wise, it seems to have suffered less than #1 from an intermediate compression step. They both suffer from failed deinterlacing though...
#3 has lost all detail, but that's an unavoidable side-effect of motion blur. It does look much smoother though.

IMO the tradeoffs in adding motion blur aren't worth it, but maybe that's just me. I may change my mind though if it can be somehow improved.

 

[CT Chia]

wow that motion blur looks really cool. i wouldnt apply it to matches, but would look awesome for combo vids
how did u apply it?
i know some ways, just wondering ur method
3 is the best imo, but dont always use the blur

 

[Tichinde925]

I found ajpanton's motion blur vid for melee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gxWo3AMUGo

Looks alot better than mine since he probably captured that match directly to his PC than using a medium (VHS tape) like I do.