VirtualDub MSU Old Color Restoration
- Project, ideas: Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin, Dmitriy Kulikov
- Version 0.8: Valentina Rudneva
- Version 0.9: Valentina Rudneva, Dmitriy Kulikov
Project is now in beta-testing stage
History of versions:
- 0.8b - version for beta-testing was released
- 0.9b - optimized verison (up to 20 times faster than previous verison)
The filter is used for restoration of faded colors in old video or old
photos.
This type of artifact is very common for a digitized old film, or for
video that was captured at incorrect light conditions.
This filter is a plugin for VirtualDub (Free!)
Please read User Manual before E-Mailing us
Settings

Examples
Let’s consider job of the filter on a test rollers.
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![]() Image processed by MSU Old Color Restoration |
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![]() Image processed by MSU Old Color Restoration |
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![]() Image processed by MSU Old Color Restoration |
Download
- Open this file VirtualDub. Unpacked in the folder “Plugins”. File size 61 KB (in ZIP)
- MSU Color Enhancement filter page
Contacts
E-mail:
- For common questions about filter’s work please contact us: color-filter@compression.ru
- For commercial license of this filter (commercial usage is not free) please contact us: video-licensing@graphics.cs.msu.ru
See Also
VQA Dataset
During our work we have created the database for video quality assessment with subjective scores
MSU Video Group / Video data filtering and compession
VirtualDub MSU Logo Remover
The filter is intended to remove logo from films
MSU Stereo To Multiview 3D Video Conversion ( Glasses-free 3D-Displays Video Content creation)
Stereo to multiview video conversion algorithm for glasses-free autostereoscopic 3D displays
MSU Video Super-Resolution Filter
This filter increases resolution of video sequence while saving and improving details and reducing artifacts.
MSU Video Group / Video data filtering and compession
Site structure
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MSU Benchmark Collection
- MSU Video Upscalers Benchmark 2022
- MSU Video Deblurring Benchmark 2022
- MSU Video Frame Interpolation Benchmark 2022
- MSU HDR Video Reconstruction Benchmark 2022
- MSU Super-Resolution for Video Compression Benchmark 2022
- MSU No-Reference Video Quality Metrics Benchmark 2022
- MSU Full-Reference Video Quality Metrics Benchmark 2022
- MSU Video Alignment and Retrieval Benchmark
- MSU Mobile Video Codecs Benchmark 2021
- MSU Video Super-Resolution Benchmark
- MSU Shot Boundary Detection Benchmark 2020
- MSU Deinterlacer Benchmark
- The VideoMatting Project
- Video Completion
- Codecs Comparisons & Optimization
- VQMT
- MSU Datasets Collection
- Metrics Research
- Video Quality Measurement Tool 3D
- Video Filters
- Other Projects