PPro CS3 deinterlacing – does it still drop vertical res by 50%?

[Blast1]

I’ve seen it on the net, but wouldn’t touch it, its country of origin is .ru

[Jonathan Shohet]

Why wouldn’t you touch it?
I thought of giving the demo a try, I would really love a good deinterlacer that works as a PP 2.0 plugin and not as standalone or via avisynth. Are there any other alternatives?

[Jack Kelly]

Oooh, thanks for the heads-up on that Alparysoft plug-in. That looks interesting – I might give it a shot later this afternoon.

The blurb seems to suggest that it does some clever motion compensation.

Regarding whether or not it’s safe to download Russian software – I understand that a lot of spam and viruses come from Russian computer users but I’d suggest that it’s a little far-fetched to suggest that you shouldn’t touch any code written by Russians! Besides, you shouldn’t need to worry too much about viruses and malware if you’re properly protected.

Thanks,
Jack

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Jack Kelly
London
Dir / Prod / Camera
Jack-Kelly.com – my homepage
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[Jack Kelly]

Hi,

I’ve just been tinkering with Alparysoft’s de-interlace plug-in for PPro. Some notes:

1) It does seem to do a good job at de-interlacing PAL 50i standard definition DV. It’s single-threaded though (so it doesn’t make use of multiple processor cores).

2) I can’t get it to work with HD content. I’ve tried HDV .mpeg files and Cineform files. This is a deal-breaker for me. I need it to work with HD.

Thanks,
Jack

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Jack Kelly
London
Dir / Prod / Camera
Jack-Kelly.com – my homepage
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[Blast1]

[Jack Kelly] “Regarding whether or not it’s safe to download Russian software – I understand that a lot of spam and viruses come from Russian computer users but I’d suggest that it’s a little far-fetched to suggest that you shouldn’t touch any code written by Russians! Besides, you shouldn’t need to worry too much about viruses and malware if you’re properly protected.”

Viruses and malware are just part of it, there is also spoofing of commerce servers, etc., I don’t have time or inclination to verify these, just as there certain sections of cities you avoid if you are prudent, same goes for the internet