Included Video Filters
601 Correction – Expand Color Space – This video filter expands the RGB range of the video from 16-235 to 0-255. Use this filter to create output for a system that uses the full 0-255 range from input that uses 16-235.
601 Correction – Shrink Color Space – This video filter shrinks the RGB range of the video from 0-255 to 16-235. Use this filter when create output for a system that uses the 16-235 range from input that uses the full 0-255 range.
709 Correction – SD/HD Color Space – This video filter is used to convert video in the SD (601) colorspace to the HD (709) colorspace. Broadcast HD video uses YCbCr colors following Rec. ITU-R BT 709-5 where as broadcast SD video follows ITU-R BT 601.
Bitmap Keying – Superimpose a bitmap logo or graphic on the video. This is often used to watermark video so it can be personalized.
Black/White Correction – This filter lets you adjust and control the levels of black and white pixels in your video. By adjusting the sliders, you can specify at which point a pixel will become black and/or white. The higher the setting, the more nearly black pixels will be converted to true black and vice versa. This works best if you are encoding video for the Web and need to adjust the black and/or white levels of broadcast video so that they are truly black or white. It’s also useful for making white titles on a black background more legible when viewing on a computer monitor.
Blur – This filter blurs the video in a rectangular pattern.
Circular Blur – This filter blurs the video in a circular pattern.
Color Correction – This filter allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue and saturation of your video image.
Color Safe – Some colors that can be displayed on a computer cannot be displayed on television or video output. This filter restricts the colors in the source to only colors that are safe for television and video broadcast.
Crop – Remove unwanted edges on the video with this filter. This is often used for removing any edge blanking or other unwanted video information from the top or bottom of the video frame.
Fade In/Out – This filter applies a fade in and/or out to your video in order to aid the encoding process. You should use this filter if your source video has a lot of fast motion in the first few frames. The fade in gives ProCoder 3 a “running start” so it can encode your video more efficiently.
Gamma Correction – This filter adjusts your video’s gamma settings.
Gaussian Blur – This filter applies a Gaussian blur to the video.
Median – This filter is designed to improve picture quality by removing single-pixel defects without affecting the sharpness. This is similar to a despeckle filter.
Rotate – This filter provides 90-degree rotation and axis-flipping for the video.
Sharpen – This filter sharpens the video using the “unshapen mask” technique.
Temporal Noise Reducer – This filter removes noise by using temporal noise reduction. Temporal noise reduction is effective for removing analog noise.
Saving Custom Video Filter Presets
A custom preset saves the customized settings of the selected filter. Saving a custom preset is useful if you plan on reapplying the same filter settings in the future. Custom presets are stored with the default presets and can be categorized into folders and subfolders.
1.Select the filter you would like modify from the Filter list.
2. Modify the filter’s properties according to your specifications.
3. Click the Save Preset button. The Save Video Filter Preset window will appear.
4. At the bottom of the Save Video Filter Preset window, type in a name the preset and type in a personalized description that will remind you about your custom settings.
5. After you have saved a customized filter preset, simply click Addand load it the same way you would load a default preset.
6.To remove a customized filter preset, click Add to open the Load Video Filter Preset dialog. Then click the filter preset you want to remove and click the Delete Preset button. You cannot delete the default system presets.