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Averager v1.00 |
Description:
This program improves the quality of SMA video captures by
combining multiple similar frames into one sharp image.
No special installation is required, just download the .zip file
and extract the .exe to wherever you want it.
Disclaimer:
I won't take any responsibility for any kind of damage that this
program might cause.
All I can say that it has worked fine on my computer.
Read my general disclaimer for
more info.
Brief Usage Instructions:
1. Shoot your footage with SMA
- Set the "grab n frames at a time" setting to
at least 2
2. Convert the .avi to a .bmp sequence with
VideoMach
3. Open image averager and fill the required information
4. End the directory field with a backslash ('\'). This is
the directory where you saved the BMP sequence
5. Source image prefix: img00.bmp => img
6. Start from: img00.bmp => 00, img0001.bmp => 0001
7. Images per frame: This is the number you used in SMA
(grab n frames at a time)
8. Destination Image Prefix: what you want to name your
result files. Output => output0001.bmp, output0002.bmp etc.
9. Total # of frames: How many resulting frames you'll end
up with. Check that the "last frame number" equals the
last exported BMP file.
A word of warning:
The programs is not at all a finished product, I'm just trying
out a function I'm planning to add to my own Video Capture
software. The program does not perform any checks, so make sure
that you don't give it false parameters.
If you learn to use the program it should help you improve the
quality of your movies. It proved to be quite useful when I
tried it with footage shot in bad lighting conditions. It did
not however improve the images shot in good lighting. Just give
it a try and see if it's useful.
Future Improvements:
Version 2 of the program is currently under development. Here
are some of the planned improvements:
- 20 to 25 times faster
- JPG support
- Resulting BMP incompatibility problem solved
- Multiple averaging processes at once
- Easier to operate in every way
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