Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Use QE SuperResolution to Extract Stills from DV
Posted by James Fee in "SOFTWARE" @ 05:00 AM
"If you've ever tried to extract a still image from footage on your DV cam, you know the resulting image likely looks something less than photo-quality. This is primarily because video cameras simply aren't meant to deliver still image resolutions. QE SuperResolution uses some clever image interpretation to help improve this, examining several frames of video data around the still image you select to create a more complete representation of the still you want to save from the video file. While this doesn't deliver results equivalent to taking shots with a 5 megapixel still camera (or even a 3 megapixel cam for that matter), it does deliver improved results that might even be print worthy at small sizes. The next time you capture something with your DV cam that looks like it would make the perfect slice of time, instead of settling for a grainy image, try QE SuperResolution to beef up the image quality and output a more accurate still."
I'll have to give this a try. Getting nice looking stills out of DV is never easy and maybe this can do the trick. What other choices are there for doing this?
I'll have to give this a try. Getting nice looking stills out of DV is never easy and maybe this can do the trick. What other choices are there for doing this?
