JES Deinterlacer - 3.5.4

I use this to put old VHS videos to DVD that are pretty much unavailable any other way than by old tapes. Tried the tools available in FinalCut to clean up and de-interlace, and was very dissatisfied with the results and time they took to achieve. Enter JES Deinterlacer: it is truly amazing! Speedily creates superior progressive output to FC's Compressor, and coupled with JES Video Cleaner, the results are literally astounding. Factor in the cost of these apps, and I can't say enough good about them.

Other than having to trash the prefs files more than occasionally, the only real drawback to using this software successfully is that you must first READ through the included help files, and then be willing to EXPERIMENT to get the results you want. If you're unwilling, or unable to grasp these concepts, consider that you should probably be doing something else instead, and not messing with anything like Final Cut Studio (or any other serious video apps) to begin with.

...then it's time to get an education in the technology.

I've experimented de-interlacing various QT movies using this program. I've found that JES-D does a great job doing this, as long as you go from an interlaced QT.mov to a de-interlaced QT.mov.

In head to head trials, with all settings equal, if you want to go from an interlaced QT movie to a de-interlaced AVI, I've found MPEG Streamclip to do a better job, exporting without any noticeable decrease in picture resolution.

This really is a great program. It is very simple to create home movies and dvd's in pal or ntsc and convert them to the other to share with people in other regions. Jan is also great about responding to e-mails and helping people use the program correctly and to its full capabilities. Thanks for a great program, Jan.

Except for having to re-set the output file and no drag and drop support, this is a great utility. I was able to create quasi 720p video from my 1080i footage after a number of experiments. A really nice piece of work.