@tonalt there is no needs in a special intro video, because the program understanding is simple. It is a complete solution for video quality improvement of semi-pro and consumer camcorders and DSLRs on a post-production film phase to use these cameras in a commercial quality films.

There is no known competitors, so this software is unique. There are many video denoisers those make only denoising. But I know no complete solution that can work with all video quality aspects. I know only DaVinci Revival, that costs $10,000. But I have no knowledge how it works. There is a very simple denoiser NeatVideo that can remove some small noise and it costs $100. A Windmotion denoiser is much better, even in the free edition.

The publishing videos are the parts of the 3-hours complete learning course. It is not "so complicated". Many software learning courses are many hours longer. It is required to get a knowledge.

These three videos gives you the complete understanding of all required knowledge to work with Core, Postproduction and Premium editions. Video language is in Russian.

Also some news. The Windmotion beta 5 now supports Panasonic X900, GH2, GH3, GH4, G7, Samsung NX1, Sony NEX-5, NEX-7, HX20, RX100. More camera models support is coming soon.

@chanucy Have some examples. These are some PNG captures of the original 4K25p 100Mbit file from my Panasonic G7, shot at 6400 ISO, and from the processed files using the templates in WindMotion 2.0.3. PP beta. The reduction of noise is very significant. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1Z5pBaxWjTIZVFLSUxpZXowZ1k DISCLAIMER: This is a m43 camera, and this was shot with the kit lens, (equiv FF to 24mm F7 (12-42 3.5-5.6))

@chauncy Post edited (I had wrong previous answer):

8-bit output is possible:

For UHD: ConvertToYV24().Spline64Resize(1920,1080)

For Cinema4K you should also use Crop() filter to get an UHD frame first.

This requires a 8-bit source. So, after noise reduction you can convert 16 bit to 8 and resize the result.

10-bit output is not possible by default code. You can search for a Dither plugin documentation (it is included in Core). Use Resize16 function that requires a stacked input. So, if you write some code, you can get it in 10-bit.

Postproduction and Premium editions are for 4K to 1080p by design.

PS. Your camera is already supported in the current internal build. I fixed also some 4K Samsung issues, for example, banding that gives a "plastic" look. I dont know if this a FFmpeg H.265 issue or Samsung writes that, but I have low level banding in all Samsung camera sources from many users.

@producer, uncomment this line:

#RangeY(a=16, b=255, ao=16, bo=235, g=1.0, bitdepth=OutBitdepth)

It is a levels filter. Here are: a,b - input levels, ao,bo - output levels, g-gamma

For AVCHD use a=16, b=255 (Sony and Panasonic cameras) For Samsung and some Canon use a=0, b=255.

Some Canon require Bt.601 to Bt.709 color matrix conversion to get a Rec.709 output. Use this filter:

#Matrix(from=601, to=OutMatrix, bitdepth=OutBitdepth)

You can also correct a saturation using:

#Saturation(offset=-50, bitdepth=OutBitdepth)

here is offset=0 means no any changes. Try different values.

The Matrix filter allows also color correction, but this feature is not enabled in the default template.

The full Matrix parameters with default values: Matrix(from=601, to=709, rg=1.0, gg=1.0, bg=1.0, a=16, b=235, ao=16, bo=235, bitdepth=8)

Here you can use rg, gg, bg: values. They are RGB gain values. Change also the "from" value to 709 to get Bt.709 colors unchanged.

All filter communications are in 16 bit (processing using floating point 32-bit internally for each filter), so you will get no any quality loss if export 10-bit video.

PS. For complex color correction I recommend a 3D LUT filter. It is included in the Premium edition only, but you can buy it separately (USD $20). You can get any colors you want. The Windmotion editor supports png image save, so you can create this 3D LUT file using exported png file in any supported color corrector (for example, in BMD Fusion).

Panasonic G7 (UHD video frame) 4:2:0 to 4:4:4 restoration example. The image contains one color channel look in a difference viewer (Diff/Before/After) (resized to 1080 by the forum software)

You can see in the Diff side some rectangles - it is a H.264 low bitrate artifacts restoration. As you can see, the original channel looks blurred. Some fine details are restored- they are not available in the original frame - it is a result of my temporal restoration algorithms. New details are calculated using 3 frames. Also you can see sharp edges. This is a result of 4:2:0 to 4:4:4 resolution restoration algorithms. As you see, it works correctly on a blurred image.

The whole restoration speed of this UHD video is 0.9 fps on Intel Core I7K 4Ghz. The quality may be better and you can get more details, but the processing time will be increased. This image is a result of the speed/quality balancing optimization. I create this optimization for every camera supported. It is a cause why I asked many camera examples in different lighting/setting conditions.

I intended to make a premium quality solution. So I'm very picky. We can make some garbage, and we can create a really awesome tool to be used by thousands of creative people those expect the highest level of program quality for the money spent and the CPU time.

@chauncy for what is this link? I see a x264 reencoded to low quality 16.5 Mbps file in different resolutions. I found no original source download link there. Do you ask me to reencode it to 1080? Or what? I do not understand your idea.

PS. Wm 2.0.1 is published.

@chauncy, great! I will update an audio codec to PCM by default in a next program update.

4:2:0 output in ProRes gives a "truncated 4:2:2" output (many subpixels are the same) and it looks the same as 4:2:0. ProRes codec does not support 4:2:0.

4:2:2 and 4:4:4 denoise is supported in non-free Windmotion releases as a part of a specialized Camera-optimized templates. These editions process denoise and another improvements in Y, U, V separately and you can get true 4:2:0 or 4:4:4 output.

Also please note, true 4:4:4 4K output is possible for very high quality 4K cameras with a big sensor and good bright lenses. Many 4K cameras produce very noised image, so 4:4:4 is useless and processing waste time (it is 1.5 - 2 times slower). But we can get true 1080p 4:4:4 output. This looks awesome. Currently I have Panasonic GH4 and G7 supported (currently in development and testing phase). I can add your camera support if you will send me camera files.

PS. H.265 cameras have additional 4:4:4-compatible effect in resolution reconstruction, because H.265 codec should produce less motion artifacts than H.264. But this is a theoretical idea - I have not yet tested it. 100 mbps source is not enough to encode 4K. It should be 5-10 times bigger to get a quality output.

@blkngld for better tests you can crop any part of the video and resize it up to 8-16 times (to see anything on Youtube). Then crop the original image and place these resized examples to compare. You will see many difference in these small areas.

Especially you enjoy it as H.264 distorts the image parts and makes these parts moving ;) Windmotion can fix this moving and you will see it. You can see them also on the Windmotion editor, if you will press cursor keys: ← → ← → to see these geometric distortions.

(Click to the playing position and press cursor keys to move it or use mouse scroll. Also you can resize the video view if click to the video window and change mouse scroll). You will see anything Windmotion can do there.

@spacewig, I mean different ISO conditions to see a camera noise difference, details lost, sharping, etc. For example: one example on a sunny daylight, another example for overcast. Or, if you can change ISO and make different ISO versions: noised and clean.

Hello all hope you are well.

Rean, I have done some test with your software, to me it seems that my UHD 4K 4:4:4 exported picture quality from your software is sharper than in full 1080P straight from GH2. I am using the Core beta from your site. GH2 running Moon T8. Here are some preliminary tests.

4K with Rean's software:

1080P From GH2:

Are my eyes deceiving me?

ok. I ran it with default settings, changing nothing in the bat file. I used a file recorded with Samsung Nx1, 4k with h.265 encoding.

I played it back with windows media player classic from the latest code pack(also played back on quicktme player). I run win 10.

After render, it did appear that some areas had more detail and less moire. But I can't be sure, it may have just been more contrast and a little darker.

I tried to get more side by side comparisons with the original file. But I could not import the new rendered file into the latest adobe premeire cc2015(supports h265). The error premeire gave back was "file has no video or audio stream".

If what I think I saw was real, this would be a good thing. But I need to get the file into a proper editing program before I can be sure.

@endotoxic

One post instead of 4 is ok.