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Originally Posted by slalom
What about the speed?
What's the difference in speed between SMDegrain & MDegrain at those 3 settings you suggest?
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Well, thing is, SMDegrain and MDegrain are so different from one another the speed should not be comparable. SMDegrain calls a lot more functions and I would think it would be vastly slower, but it's not. SMDegrain is comparable in speed to MDegrain. All depends on functions used.
Generally, and I don't know why, SMDegrain Light and Medium is faster than equivalent MDegrain. While SMDegrain Hard is about 20-30% slower than MDegrain. SMDegrain gives vastly improved visuals over MDegrain. Just as MDegrain gave huge improved visuals over HQDN3D.
Edit: blksize=8 drops the speed down by half, which is okay as it's processing four times as many blocks. I use this to prevent "blotchy" in content that the background is almost dark, or having two similar colors, such as in Untouchables, where Sean Connery is wearing a navy blue uniform at night on the bridge. Though I have to zoom up on the image to notice it.