hi bob,

thanks for that.

it'll be interlaced - it's the horses (as ever), so what with the tracking and panning interlace is my only option really.

where do i find smart de-interlacer - you're not writing of project settings i presume? if you're referring to vdub i'll have to install it it and try - haven't been outside of vegas in ages ;-)

any suggestions as to a good upscaler (preferable that'll handle batching)?

i gather what they're after is post card size - so i presume a frame grab would be quite acceptable at that size?

thanks,

leslie

I use a 'snapshot' script that de-interlaces, then sets to 'Best-Full' and sets back to your original preview mode afterwards, There are quite a few of these free scripts around. If you can't find one, drop me a PM, and I'll e-mail it to you.

If I do a HDV snapshot from the Vegas timeline with the preview set to best/ full I can print a 13" x 19" picture on my Epson R-1800 with Epson paper and it will be magnificent. If I scan a 35mm slide at 1200 DPI and do a 13" x 19" picture it is magnificent. That is after I place the picture in Photopaint and blow it up 300% and proceed to remove all scratches, decay marks, tears, dirt, etc. before printing. I can also scan a fairly good quality 2" x 3" photo at 600DPI and print a 13" x 19" picture direct to the printer and the printer upscales it to magnificent quality.
JJK

"where do i find smart de-interlacer "

http://www.mikecrash.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=6

I thought everyone had these, I use at least one of those plugins every week.

Bob.

[edit] For postcard size you should be ok, just. I've pulled stills from HDV that were used as 2 column photos in a magazine. One thing I did back then was to find the frame with the least motion in the subject. It's interesting that you can find the odd frame where moving things are almost static. As I didn't have the smart de-interlacer I just de-interlaced in PS.

I use http://www.benvista.com/main/content/content.php?page=ourproducts&section=photozoompro_1Photozoom Pro 3[/link]. It gives me the best still picture uprez I have ever seen.

In Photoshop, a really good way to deinterlace is to make two copies of the bottom layer, then deinterlace the middle layer with an interpolate filter. From there you can make the top interlaced layer visable and go over any places you see an interlace comb with the erase tool. You need to touch up the color too because the sRGB image from the video will look washed out. When you're done, if you have Photozoom Pro 3 installed you can export this image into Photozoom and use it's magic to uprez. You'll be amazed at the quality of the stills you can get this way. If you originally shot with progressive it is even better.