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forum_emoticons.html	[quote=ford_guy,29871] Indeed, I apologize. If you wish, you can move the topic there ;) Anyhow, here's two samples, with the second one being the worst of the two: [URL=http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pdvd000gff.jpg][url]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5401/pdvd000gff.th.jpg[/url][/URL] [URL=http://img6.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pdvd001akf.jpg][url]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5622/pdvd001akf.th.jpg[/url][/URL] These two in particular weren't so bad since the whole car is seen. But I do realize that the image quality can't be improved a whole lot. I don't expect to go from bad to good, as antp said. But I just want to see if there's a way to make them look a bit better before adding them on to the site.[/quote]
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ford_guy

I agree with the quality of the CW reruns. one thing I hate about the downloads too is that every few minutes the CW runs advertisements for their shows that cover the bottom 1/4 of the picture. It's annoying and I can't really make a capture for it. Anyhow, I'll start making captures then and I'll add the pictures within the next couple of weeks as I will be busy. Thanks a lot for the help guys :smile:

IRT_BMT_IND

Most of the bad quality comes from the fact that the source is highly compressed and that CW's reruns of Cops kinda suck in terms of video quality. I say they are pretty much fine to upload.

antp

Quality isn't so bad.
I do not know if it can be improved. Maybe, but I do not know how.
Using some filters I could remove parts of noise in the picture, but it makes it looking more blurry so that's not very interesting I think.

ford_guy

Quote From: antp

For such questions you can post in the "public" forum :wink:

Indeed, I apologize. If you wish, you can move the topic there :wink:

Anyhow, here's two samples, with the second one being the worst of the two:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5401/pdvd000gff.th.jpg

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5622/pdvd001akf.th.jpg

These two in particular weren't so bad since the whole car is seen. But I do realize that the image quality can't be improved a whole lot. I don't expect to go from bad to good, as antp said. But I just want to see if there's a way to make them look a bit better before adding them on to the site.

antp

Well it is sometimes possible to clean images, I did that with some success on VHS images for a movie. But you go from awful quality to bad quality. Not from bad to good :grin:

IRT_BMT_IND

It is impossible to "add quality" if the source is bad. Post a sample like antp said. All my TV uploads are from torrents, and the quality is not that bad.

antp

For such questions you can post in the "public" forum :wink:

I doubt that much can be done to improve images. Can you post one as sample?

ford_guy

So recently I downloaded the first two seasons of 'COPS' through bittorent in the hopes of adding more to the existing page. However, I am hesitant to add any captures as the quality would not be very good in some cases. I was wondering if any of you knew, or used, a program that would improve image quality for any captures done. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks :smile: