I am not the only one wondering, of the various kinds of de-interlacing tools/algorithms available, what are their relative advantages and indeed which one provides the greatest quality (or maybe quality/computation ratio) ? This subject has been raised repeatedly on the Sony Vegas forum. Most recently, the following have been of note:
- http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=768368
- Subject: Perfectionists’ PAL<=>NTSC Conversion, Posted by: Nick Hope, 2011-06-29.
- Various AviSynth scripts (posted) making use of QTGMC and MVTools.
- http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=773230
- Comparisons of various methods in context of a home movie.
- Mike Crash smart deinterlace plug-in for Vegas.
- Vegas 9 Interpolate
- Vegas – 9 Blend
- Yadif plug-in for Vegas
- Vegas Pro 8.0c to DNxHD to Handbrake.
- It would be good to see a comparison against Nick Hope’s scripts and also Cineform’s HDLink.
- John Meyer goes to some lengths to explain the importance of pixel-boundries etc. Instructive.
- Comparisons of various methods in context of a home movie.