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Old 31st January 2019, 18:10   #6689  |  Link
benwaggoner
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Originally Posted by katzenjoghurt View Post
AQ3 isn't the solution for me...
I tried again yesterday... the file size doubled and still I didn't really
reach the quality I could achieve by defining zones manually.
You need to compare at the same bitrate. So try 2-pass VBR or a higher CRF. SDR content can often get away with a higher CRF with aq-mode 3.

Trying the chroma offsets is also a great idea, at least for those scenes. So glad to have —zones!
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