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Old 12th September 2018, 22:48   #6367  |  Link
katzenjoghurt
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Originally Posted by excellentswordfight View Post
Tune grain usually gives pretty bad results, I found it to be usefull in very few instances.

I would start over with main10, keep --no-strong-intra-smoothing and --no-sao, try a slower preset and a lower CRF value. If that doesnt give you good results start playing with AQ and qcomp
I will try tomorrow or during the weekend. As with any proposal that seems to be a bit more time consuming.

I'm quite happy with Tune Grain... I use it for every movie.
E.g. every Star Wars movie came out well with it so far... only Star Wars III seems like it was specifically made to make x265 look bad - pick your poison:
a) no grain b) 15k+ bitrate c) wobbling faces with artefacts

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