VirtualDub MSU Smart Sharpen Filter

• Project, ideas: Dr. Dmitriy Vatolin
• Implementation: Maxim Makhinya
• Optimization: Denis Kubasov, Alexey Moskvin

Version 1.4 - parameters loading from JOB file fixed

The filter allows to enhance image sharpness with minimum noise amplification.
New version works 5-8 times faster than previous!

Settings

The set of filters allows you to change filter’s intensity. Presets, which contains “borded” in their names provides additional unsharp mask.
New version supports VirtualDub jobs and AviSynth
Script example for AviSynth

LoadVirtualDubPlugin("...\Virtual Dub\plugins\msu_sharpen.vdf","MSUSmartSharpen", 0)  
clip=AVISource("D:\Video\test.avi", false, "RGB24")
clip.ConvertToRGB32.MSUSmartSharpen(4)

Parameter for MSUSmartSharpen in the third line of the script is number of preset (from 0 to 5).

Examples

Let’s feed the filter a portrait of M. Lomonosov and study the results.

Source image

Image processed by Smart Sharpen Filter

Now let us zoom in to see the differences better:

A fragment of source image

The fragment processed by Smart Sharpen Filter

One more example with Astronaut test image.

Source image

Image processed by Smart Sharpen Filter

Consider zoomed fragment of the image:

A fragment of source image

The fragment processed by Smart Sharpen Filter

And one more zoomed fragment of Astronaut image:

A fragment of source image

The fragment processed by Smart Sharpen Filter

Download

• Open this file VirtualDub. Unpacked in the folder “Plugins”. File size 40 KB (in ZIP)

• Filter license

• For common questions about filter’s work please contact us: video@graphics.cs.msu.ru
• For commercial license of this filter (commercial usage is not free) please contact us: video-licensing@graphics.cs.msu.ru