YRangeMask

Latest revision as of 19:02, 25 June 2020

[edit] Description

AviSynth script to create a mask by specifying the range of the brightness.
mt_yrangemask is a script implementation of the old YRangeMask plugin by Putin. The script version is much faster and supports additional colorspaces.

[edit] Requirements

• [x86]: AviSynth+ or AviSynth 2.6
• [x64]: AviSynth+
• Supported color formats: Y8, YV12, YV16, YV24, YV411

[edit] Required Plugins

Latest versions of the following filters are recommended unless stated otherwise.

• MaskTools2

[edit] Syntax and Parameters

mt_yrangemask (clip , int "min_y", int "fade_min_y", int "max_y", int "fade_max_y", bool "invert")

clip   =

Input clip.

int  min_y = 0

Minimum threshold.

int  fade_min_y = 0

How many minimum pixels to fade.

int  max_y = 0

Maximum threshold.

int  fade_max_y = 0

How many maximum pixels to fade.

bool  invert = false

Set to true to invert the mask.

[edit] Script

function mt_yrangemask(clip clip, int "min_y", int "fade_min_y", int "max_y", int "fade_max_y", bool "invert")
{
    assert(clip.IsPlanar(), "clip is not planar format")
    min = default(min_y, 0)
    max = default(max_y, 0)
    assert(min >= 0 || min < 256 || max < 256, "Specify in the range from 0 to 255")
    assert(min <= max, "min_y must be less than or equal to max_y")
    fmin = default(fade_min_y, 0)
    fmax = default(fade_max_y, 0)
    assert((fmin + fmax) <= (max - min), "'fade_min_y + fade_max_y' should be less than or equal to 'max_y - min_y'")

    min = string(min - 1)
    max = string(max + 1)
    fmin = string(fmin + 1)
    fmax = string(fmax)
    invert = default(invert, false)

    #expr = 255 / (x < max - fmax ? fmin / (x - min) : (fmax + 1) / (max - x))
    #expr = invert ? 255 - expr : expr
    expr = "255 / (x < " + max  + " - " + fmax + " ? " + fmin + " / (x - " + min + ") : (" + fmax + " + 1) / (" + max + " - x))"
    expr = (invert ? "255 - " : "") + expr

    return clip.mt_lut(mt_polish(expr), chroma="0")
}

[edit] Examples

Masked areas and the effect of the fade parameters.
Note: illustration was taken from YRangeMask docs.
1) mt_yrangemask(min_y=16, fade_min_y=0, max_y=80, fade_max_y=0)
2) mt_yrangemask(min_y=16, fade_min_y=4, max_y=80, fade_max_y=16)

Another example:

 BlankClip(length=10000, width=1920, height=1080, pixel_type="YV12")
 mt_lutspa(mode="relative", expr="x 256 *", chroma="128")

 mt_yrangemask(min_y=16, fade_min_y=4, max_y=80, fade_max_y=16, invert=true)

[edit] Changelog

Version      Date            Changes

             2016/01/24      - mt_yrangemask: MaskTools2 script reimplementation by Chikuzen
v0.03        2012/06/02      - ?
v0.02        2012/05/28      - ?
v0.01        2012/05/01      - initial release

[edit] Archived Downloads

• Note: YRangeMask is an AviSynth 2.5 closed source plugin. Not recommended! The script implementation is faster and supports additional colorspaces.

[edit] External Links

• potatosub's blog - Using WarpSharp + YRangeMask (Japanese).
• csbarn.blogspot.com - mt_yrangemask script, uses MaskTools2 for much better performance (Japanese).

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