How to increase brightness in avi videos?

[TteFAboB]

Oh wow! My turn to ask questions!

Perilscope how do I get a mouse cursor like that? Mine doesn't change orientation and size like yours! Please let me how where to get it.

[Skybird]

Ah yes, I am to that point exactly like you described it, Perilscope, sorry if my wording was not precise enough. But when I next save it then - it is the dark default setting again, although the setting produces lighter images within the program. The savin does not include the filtered movie, but resets it to default.
Is there a special hidden save option, maybe under a different label?

[Perilscope]

So Skybird did you manage to do it? If you didn't, and If it's not too much to ask, which AVI are you trying to brighten up, I can try the same video you are trying to edit. Tell me where or how to get it and I will try it too.

Alternatively, even better, tell us step by step what you do, maybe we can find out the point your are missing? If it works for us it must work for you. You must succeed.

Originally Posted by TteFAboB

...Perilscope how do I get a mouse cursor like that? Mine doesn't change orientation and size like yours!...)

Huh! It's not my cursor that you see on the pictures, it's a "Preset" addition found in PaintShopPro.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Perilscope

So Skybird did you manage to do it? If you didn't, and If it's not too much to ask, which AVI are you trying to brighten up, I can try the same video you are trying to edit. Tell me where or how to get it and I will try it too.

Alternatively, even better, tell us step by step what you do, maybe we can find out the point your are missing? If it works for us it must work for you. You must succeed.

Huh! It's not my cursor that you see on the pictures, it's a "Preset" addition found in PaintShopPro.

the two videos on Top by Arthur Lewis:
http://www.nr.no/~pab/il2.html
these have locked controls in media player, and are partially pitchblack.

I did EXACTLY like you said. Load them into virtualDub, get the brightness filter up, have it set to around +12% brightness, -87% contrast. Then mark the complete video, so that the bar on bottom turns light blue completely. The right monitor then shows the video lightened up, I can watch it - but I can'tT save it. when doing it, the recording nevertheless is dark. My settings are exactly those Gizzmoe gave.

[Gizzmoe]

I´ve watched "Stranger" and it looks good on my system.

I don´t know why VirtualDub doesn´t use the filter when you save the AVI. It should work when "Video/Full processing mode" is selected.

Like I said earlier, you should try and play the video with BSplayer, the color/brightness controls aren´t locked there.

[Gizzmoe]

Is "Video/Full processing mode" selected before you save them?

[Gizzmoe]

Well, give your friend the videos plus BSplayer, he can then decide for himself if he wants to change the brightness. I´ve watched both videos now, they are not too dark on my system/monitor.

[stabiz]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Whatever I download is waayyyy too dark, 60% of the movies are usualy pitchblack, but in all three players where I tried them in, colour, contrast and brightness controls are locked.

Skybird, the answer might be much easier than all the advise you have got so far. I suffered the same when I tried a new driver for my graphics card. Everything went dark, not pitch black, but way to dark. (Not the desktop or webbrowsing and such, only avi`s and other videos)

I tried another driver (nvidia), and everything is fine again.

Try some different drivers, mate.

[Skybird]

No, that problem is YEARS old and has seen many different driver version, nVidia for the most, and a short intermezzo with Omegas and Katalysts as well.