adjust brightness thruout a vhs tape for burning

[diablo]

im trying to get old movies visually the best i can...i got old vhs family movies captured as mpeg2 but to get them half way decent every so often i have to increase the brightness to see some of the darkened footage of the movie then when it comes to a section thats to bright from increasing it from the previuous section i have to lessen the brightness. now, how am i going to get each part the right brightness, thruout a 2 hour tape then burn it to dvd?? is there a procedure, i have videostudio 9.. i have wintv and the brightness was set on its default setting when i captured it and wintv brightness can be changed. so how do i attempt this and should i recapture it again with a different brightness setting or just adjust it in videostudio and how is that done???

[THoff]

First, be aware that the color and gamma (brightness) calibrations between PC monitors and TVs are very different. I would recommend that you burn a rewriteable DVD first if your standalone DVD player supports DVD-RW or DVD+RW disks, and verify the results.

Second, probably the easiest way to deal with changing brightness adjustment requirements is the Auto Exposure filter. Drag it on top of the video clip(s), and render your project to an MPEG2 file. Sections that are dark will be brightened, and sections that are overexposed will be darkened.

[sjj1805]

If you are using the brightness filter, click customise, here you will see a "timeline". The default setting just has points at the start and ending of the time line.
Click the + symbol to add more points along the way where you can adjust the brightness, contrast and gamma settings at various parts of the video.

[bobcwilson]

Hi

I have converted many of my tapes to dvd. I have found that the color filter is the best filter to darken or brighten a clip. I have used it on many of my tapes that are over 15 years old with success. Not only does the filter brighten the image but it makes the colors more vivid (although you will never get the clip to look as good as the original).

To use the color filter, drag it to your clip and click customize. I usually use a positive number between 10 and 25 to brighten a clip but I have gone as high as 40 with an extremely dark scene. Use the same number for your start and end points.

bob

[diablo]

i found color balance, auto exposure, brightness and contrast in video filter.. also found color correction.

i know how to drag and drop the filters into entire movie and set the levels but how do i set the sections in the timeline that i need to increase and decrease at the different sections thoughtout the entire movie???

how do i set the begining and end of the timeline that needs the increases and decrease of the sections that needs corrections, do i use the mark in and mark out or is that just for cutting and triming?

when i set these do i use the same procedure for color correction

[sjj1805]

When you drag a filter over a clip, on the upper left of your screen you should see an "Attribute" tab where you have the option to "customise filter."

After clicking customise filter you will see two screens, a "Before" and "After"
Below these screens is a timeline.

You will see a diamond shape at the start of the timeline and another at the end. They are known as "Key frames". Look at the settings of the first keyframe. Now click the diamond at the end of the timeline and you will most likely see different settings.

To apply the same level of change to all of your video you have to make both sets of settings the same.

To change different sections of your video click just above the timeline - you will see the two preview screens change to your current position.

To add a keyframe, below the left hand preview screen is a "+" symbol. Now add various keyframes along the video, adjusting the brightness etc along the way.

[diablo]

i couldnt find that info on videostudio help section.

how about on color correction on the video tab at the left, can i use the plus and minus sign to adjust sections with color correction or is there a different method to use

i dont know what the other filter do but what other filters are good to use for old video tape captured to mpeg2? sharpen or clean it up , anything to use to get rid of the scratches on old tape?

thanks again

[sjj1805]

The ones you mentioned set one value for the whole video clip.
Instead, click the drop down box on the right hand side of the screen underneath the words "Video Studio 9" and you will see in the list
"Video Filter" here you will see several filters available (including brightness)
You can Add more than one filter at a time if you make sure the check box on the left side of the screen "replace last filter" is NOT checked.

You then click each individual filter you have added to the video to customise that individual filter.

The ones you may be most interested in include
Auto Exposure
Auto level
Blur
Brightness
Color Balance

You can also download a freebie (albeit its only in beta version at the moment) from Stefan Burgers web site that add lots more filters for you to use. http://www.burgers-transition-site.de/d ... index.html