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This is the first beta version of the filter !

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!

There may be lots of errors, memory leaks or degraded image quality !

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This filter is based on DeInterlace (PAL) by Gunnar Thalin.
Full sourcecode is included in this archive.
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Thanks a lot to Hawk for testing and suggestions.
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This filter works almost like DeInterlace (PAL) by Gunnar Thalin except
that it checks the output picture for remaining interlace-lines which are
then removed using interpolation.

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IMPORTANT!
The maximum image width currently supported is 2000 pixels.
If, for some reason, you need the filter to cope with an image wider than
this, simply modify the line "# define maxwidth 2000" in main.cpp to your
needs and recompile. If you don't have MS Visual C++ installed, ask me, and
I'll compile it for you.
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Changes:
v0.1 beta : - initial version
v0.2 beta : - added "Show interpolated areas as white" setting. This option
              shows all interpolated parts in pure white, useful for finding
              the correct threshold
            - Interpolated pixels are now calculated from the surrounding
              6 pixels to achieve even better estimations. As this might tend
              to pruduce ghosts, I will make this an option in a later
              version !
            - Enhanced interlace-line-detection algorithm to be more friendly
              to hard edges
v0.3 beta : - recompiled using Visual Studio 6.0 SP4
v0.4 beta : - option to switch between interpolation algorithms (quick might
              produce less accurate results, whereas normal might tend to
              produce ghosts)
            - made some slight changes to interlace-line-detection. Note that
              this effects the threshold (you probably need to set it
              slightly lower than before)
            - reduced the number of wrongly interpolated single spots
v0.5 beta : - removed some redundant code
            - some small speed improvements
            - the minimum width of an interpolated area is now user definable
              (thus reducing wrongly interpolated pixels)
            - now the full source code is included in the archive
v0.6 beta : - fixed script support
v0.7 beta : - added an edge-detection feature to preserve hard edges
            - the very first image is now interpolated using the selected
              algorithm as well (before it was always interpolated using the
              quick interpolation method)
v0.8 beta : - modified edge-detection for horizontal edges
            - some changes to the interlace-line-detection
            - added a new option: edge detection threshold
            - wrote a small HowTo.txt to explain the various settings
v0.9 beta : - enormeously enhanced edge detection, improved overall image
              sharpness and quality
            - removed "quick interpolation" as this method has become
              outdated and useless (due to poor quality)
            - slightly modified interlace detection
v0.91beta : - Fixed script support. Values weren't restored properly when
              loading a configuration or doing a batch conversation.
v1.0beta1 : - Added "Blend fields" option for smoother images
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tHE fISH, 2001/May/25

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