• VEGAS Pro

  Frame Capture and Deinterlacing

  Posted by Kevin Cripps on November 21, 2008 at 5:42 am

  I’m using Vegas Movie Studio. I’m getting a still from a 1080-60i (HDV) video using the technique of setting the preview window to best/full and then doing a save operation. The still I’m trying to capture is from a scene with a lot of motion, so not surprisingly the still suffers from a lot of interlace artifacts. I realize that at least to some extent this is just the nature of the beast. What I’m wondering is if there is a more intelligent way to deinterlace and capture a frame that will produce fewer of these artifacts – i.e. give me a better quality image. Or am I hoping for too much? Thanks.

  John Rofrano replied 17 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Steve Rhoden

  November 21, 2008 at 6:27 am

  Kevin,

  You can try applying a de-interlace filter to the video
  clip….then capture your still as usual at the point of
  your cursor. Hence try this free de-interlacing filter
  called “Smart Deinterlace” with some other useful ones at:
  https://www.mikecrash.com/index.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=13

  Steve Rhoden
  (Cow Leader)
  Creative Arts Director and Film Maker.
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  John Rofrano

  November 21, 2008 at 12:32 pm

  I would set the project temporarily to progressive mode and then take the snapshot and set it back to interlaced. This will remove the interlacing while the snapshot is being taken. You can also deinterlace an already captured image with Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro or just about any image editor that understands video frame interlacing.

  ~jr

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