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 </div> <div style="background-color:inherit; width:85%; margin:0.5em 3em; text-align:left; ">
 === What is AviSynth? === __NOEDITSECTION__
-*It is a '''powerful tool for video post-production.''' It provides ways of editing and processing videos.
+*It's a powerful tool for '''video post-production.'''
-*It is a '''[[frameserver]]''' to your other video programs, providing instant editing without the need for temporary files.
+*It's a '''[[frameserver]]''', providing instant transfer to other video applications without the need for temporary files.
-*It is a '''script system''' for '''[[Filter|video filters]]''' and '''advanced non-linear editing'''.
+*It's a '''script system''' for '''[[NLE|non-linear editing]]''' and '''[[Filter|video filters]]''' and effects.
 <p style="margin-left:1em;">
-It's called ''AviSynth'' because it ''synthesizes'' a virtual [[wikipedia:Audio_Video_Interleave|''Avi'']] file, "[[Original_AviSynth_announcement|generating]] video and audio data according to the script and feeding it to the application as needed." It is much '''more''' than that, though: to get an idea, take a quick glance at all the [[External_filters|third-party plugins]] available. At the same time, it is much '''less''': it's easy to [[Script_examples|create a quick script]] to solve some video problem.
+It's called Avi''Synth'' because it ''synthesizes'' a virtual [[wikipedia:Audio_Video_Interleave|AVI]] file, "generating video and audio data according to the script and feeding it to the application as needed." (in the [[Original_AviSynth_announcement|words of its inventor]], Ben Rudiak-Gould).
 </p>
 <p style="margin-left:1em;">
-AviSynth itself does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI). While scripting may at first seem tedious and unintuitive, it is '''remarkably powerful''' and is a very good way to manage projects in a precise, consistent, and reproducible manner. Because text-based scripts are '''human readable''', projects are inherently self-documenting. The scripting language is '''simple yet powerful''' - basic [[Filter|filters]] can be combined to create useful and unique effects.
+AviSynth itself does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI). While scripting may at first seem tedious and unintuitive, it is a very good way to manage projects in a precise, consistent, and reproducible manner. Because text-based scripts are '''human readable''', projects are inherently '''self-documenting'''. You have complete control of everything.
 </p>
 AviSynth is '''free open-source software''', under the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU General Public License GPLv2]; see [[Avisynth_wiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]].
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 === {{ReverseHeading3|New to AviSynth - Start Here}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
 * '''[[first script|Your first script]]''' - A guide for total newbies.
-* '''[[Getting started]]''' - An introductory guide for getting started with AviSynth.
+* '''[[Getting started]]''' - An introductory guide.
-* '''[[Grammar]]''' - The grammar of AviSynth script language. An introduction to AviSynth scripting.
+* '''[[Grammar]]''' - An introduction to the AviSynth scripting language.
-* '''[[Script examples]]''' - Assorted examples for putting everything together in the real world.
 * [[Filter introduction]] - An introductory guide to most common AviSynth [[Filter|filters]].
+* '''[[Script examples]]''' - Putting everything together in the real world.
 * Some guides explaining the basic possibilities of AviSynth:
 ** [http://www.doom9.org/capture/postprocessing_avisynth.html Analog Capture guide]. The AviSynth part of the capture guide is about what filters can be used to enhance the quality of the capture. It discusses things like deinterlacing, denoising, cropping and resizing and color adjustment. Which makes it really useful to learn about some of the capabilities of AviSynth in a schematic way.
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 ** [http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/avisyntha.html Introduction AviSynth from AnimeMusicVideos.org]. A basic guide about deinterlacing, resizing and some other basic stuff.
 ** [http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/avspostqual.html Introduction basic AviSynth filters from AnimeMusicVideos.org]. A basic guide about smoothers, rainbow removal, sharpeners, color adjustment and some other basic stuff.
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 |style="vertical-align:top; width:60%; padding-right:2em; padding-top: 1em;" |
-=== {{ReverseHeading3|FAQ, Guides and Advanced topics}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
+=== {{ReverseHeading3|Script Syntax}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
-* [[AviSynth FAQ]] - Answers to many common problems.
+''The official reference documentation.''
-* [[Aspect ratios|Aspect ratios explained]] - Introduction to aspect ratios (DAR, PAR, SAR), and how to use that for resizing your clip.
+* [[AviSynth Syntax|AviSynth Syntax overview]]
-* [[Guides]] - Tips on specific conversion types and common tasks.
+* [[Script variables]] - How to declare and use them in scripts.
-* [[Advanced Scripting Tips]] - Using recursion, weaving 3 clips, and other programming tips.
+* [[Operators]] - Available operators and relative precedence.
-* [[Advanced topics]] - Chroma Upsampling Error, color conversions, hybrid video, motion compensation, and other advanced subjects.
+* [[Internal functions]] - General purpose functions for math, logic etc.
-* [[High_bit-depth_Support_with_Avisynth|High bit-depth (Deep Color) support with AviSynth]]
+* [[Clip properties]] - Properties such as Width, Height, Framerate etc.
+* [[Control structures]] - Language constructs for script flow control.
 {|
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 === {{ReverseHeading3|Filters and Utilities}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
 * '''[[Internal filters]]''' - Included media [[Filter|filters]], organized by category.
 * '''[[External filters]]''' - Hundreds of separately downloadable filters, organized by category.
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 |-
 |style="vertical-align:top; width:60%; padding-right:2em; padding-top: 1em;" |
-=== {{ReverseHeading3|Script Syntax}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
+=== {{ReverseHeading3|Guides and Advanced topics}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
-''The official reference documentation.''
+* [[Guides]] - Tips on specific conversion types and common tasks.
-* [[AviSynth Syntax|AviSynth Syntax overview]]
+* [[Troubleshooting]] your scripts and configuration.
-* [[Script variables]] - How to declare and use them in scripts.
+* [[Advanced Scripting Tips]] - Using recursion, weaving 3 clips, and other programming tips.
-* [[Operators]] - Available operators and relative precedence.
+* [[Advanced topics]] - Chroma Upsampling Error, color conversions, hybrid video, motion compensation, and other advanced subjects.
-** [[Clip properties]] - Functions that return a property of a clip.
+* [[Aspect ratios|Aspect ratios explained]] - Introduction to aspect ratios (DAR, PAR, SAR), and how to use that for resizing your clip.
-* [[Control structures]] - Language constructs for script flow control.
+* [[High_bit-depth_Support_with_Avisynth|High bit-depth (Deep Color) support with AviSynth]]
-* [[User defined script functions]] - How to define and use them in scripts.
-* [[Plugins]] - How to load plugins (AviSynth, VirtualDub, VFAPI and C-plugins), autoloading and name-precedence.
-* [[Runtime environment]] - Scripting on a per clip frame basis.
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 * '''[[first script|Your first script]]''' - A guide for total newbies.
 * '''[[Getting started]]''' - An introductory guide for getting started with AviSynth.
 * '''[[Script examples]]''' - Assorted examples for putting everything together in the real world.
 * [[Filter introduction]] - An introductory guide to most common AviSynth [[Filter|filters]].
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 ''The official reference documentation.''
 * [[AviSynth Syntax|AviSynth Syntax overview]]
 * [[Script variables]] - How to declare and use them in scripts.
 * [[Operators]] - Available operators and relative precedence.

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-| colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top; font-size:96%; padding-top: 1em;" |
+| colspan="1" style="vertical-align:top; padding-top: 1em;" |
 === {{ReverseHeading3|About This Website}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
-''Welcome to our MediaWiki. Feel free to pitch in and help out! We need your help to build and improve our site. Please see the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide MediaWiki User's Guide] to learn about Wiki editing. If you are interested in porting this documentation to another language, please see the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Localisation MediaWiki Localisation Guide.]   '''Filter and script authors''' - please submit your documentation to the Wiki! See [http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=171356 this thread on doom9.org] for a guide on how to easily get involved.''
+We need your help to build and improve our site!
-[[File:Avisynth_icon.png|center|32px|link=Main_Page|AviSynth icon]]
+|style="vertical-align:top; font-size:96%; width:40%; padding-top: 1.5em;" |
-−
-|style="vertical-align:top; width:40%; padding-top: 1em;" |
 === {{ReverseHeading3|Documentation Copyright}} === __NOEDITSECTION__
-AviSynth documentation is Copyright (c) 2002-{{CURRENTYEAR}} AviSynth developers and contributors - see the  [[Avisynth_wiki:Copyrights|Copyrights]] page for more information.
+AviSynth documentation is [[Avisynth_wiki:Copyrights|Copyright (c) 2002-{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] AviSynth developers and contributors.
-Starting from 5 August 2007 the documentation on this site (avisynth.org and avisynth.nl) is released under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License] (abbreviated by "CC BY-SA 3.0", see also [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode full license terms]).
 |}
 </div>
 [[Category:AviSynth]]

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 <br>
-[[File:Histogram-tournesol-color2.png|center|240px|link=Histogram#Color2_mode|Histogram(mode="color2")]]
+<!-- [[File:SMPTE_Color_Bars-16x9-800x450.png|center|220px|link=ColorBars|Color bars]] -->
-[[File:Histogram-vortex-levels.jpg|center|240px|link=Histogram#Levels_mode|Histogram(mode="levels")]]
+[[File:Histogram-tournesol-color2.png|center|240px|link=Histogram#Color2_mode|Histogram(mode="color2")]]
-[[File:SMPTE_Color_Bars-16x9-800x450.png|center|240px|link=ColorBars_theory|Color bars theory]]
+[[File:Histogram-vortex-levels.jpg|center|240px|link=Histogram#Levels_mode|Histogram(mode="levels")]]
 |-

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 *It is a '''script system''' for '''[[Filter|video filters]]''' and '''advanced non-linear editing'''.
 <p style="margin-left:1em;">
-The name ''AviSynth'' comes from [[wikipedia:Audio_Video_Interleave|''Avi'']] + ''Synth,'' because it ''synthesizes'' a virtual AVI file, "[[Original_AviSynth_announcement|generating]] video and audio data according to the script and feeding it to the application as needed." It does much '''more''' than that, though: to get an idea, take a quick look at the [[External_filters|list of third-party plugins]]. At the same time, it does much '''less''': it's [[Script_examples|easy to create a quick script]] to solve some video problem.
+It's called ''AviSynth'' because it ''synthesizes'' a virtual [[wikipedia:Audio_Video_Interleave|''Avi'']] file, "[[Original_AviSynth_announcement|generating]] video and audio data according to the script and feeding it to the application as needed." It is much '''more''' than that, though: to get an idea, take a quick glance at all the [[External_filters|third-party plugins]] available. At the same time, it is much '''less''': it's easy to [[Script_examples|create a quick script]] to solve some video problem.
 </p>
 <p style="margin-left:1em;">
-AviSynth itself does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI). While this may at first seem tedious and unintuitive, it is '''remarkably powerful''' and is a very good way to manage projects in a precise, consistent, and reproducible manner. Because text-based scripts are '''human readable''', projects are inherently self-documenting. The scripting language is '''simple yet powerful''' - basic [[Filter|filters]] can be combined to create useful and unique effects.
+AviSynth itself does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI). While scripting may at first seem tedious and unintuitive, it is '''remarkably powerful''' and is a very good way to manage projects in a precise, consistent, and reproducible manner. Because text-based scripts are '''human readable''', projects are inherently self-documenting. The scripting language is '''simple yet powerful''' - basic [[Filter|filters]] can be combined to create useful and unique effects.
 </p>

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 </p>
 <div id="avisyn_mainpage_topbox">
-<div style="margin:1em 2em;"><!--
+<div style="margin:1em 2em;">
 <div class="avisyn_mainpage_boxcontents" style="text-align:left">
-text-align:center; padding:auto;
-−
--->
-<div class="avisyn_mainpage_boxcontents" style="text-align:left"> <!--
-−
-style="margin:auto; text-align:center; width:85%; border:1px solid black; background-color:lightblue;"
-−
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-<!--
-−
-<div id="avisyn_mainpage_pagetitle" style="background-color:inherit; font-family:Arial;font-size:200%; margin:0.5em 2em; text-align:center">
-Welcome to the '''AviSynth''' Documentation Project
-</div>
-<div style="margin:-1em;">[[File:Avisynth-logo-tray.png|center|280px|link=Main_Page|AviSynth logo]]</div>
-−
--->
-<!--
-−
-<div id="avisyn_mainpage_pagetitle" style="background-color:inherit; font-family:Arial;font-size:200%; margin:0.5em 2em; text-align:center">
-''Welcome to the [[File:Avisynth-logo-tray.png|242px|AviSynth]] Documentation Project''
-</div>
-−
--->
 <div id="avisyn_mainpage_pagetitle" style="background-color:inherit; font-family:Arial;font-size:200%; margin:0.5em 2em; text-align:center">[[File:Avisynth-logo-tray.png|280px|AviSynth]]
-</div> <div style="background-color:inherit; width:85%; margin:0.5em 3em; text-align:left; "><!--
+</div> <div style="background-color:inherit; width:85%; margin:0.5em 3em; text-align:left; ">
-−
--bg-lightblue
-−
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 === What is AviSynth? === __NOEDITSECTION__
 *It is a '''powerful tool for video post-production.''' It provides ways of editing and processing videos.
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 *It is a '''script system''' for '''[[Filter|video filters]]''' and '''advanced non-linear editing'''.
 <p style="margin-left:1em;">
-AviSynth itself does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI). While this may at first seem tedious and unintuitive, it is '''remarkably powerful''' and is a very good way to manage projects in a precise, consistent, and reproducible manner. Because text-based scripts are '''human readable''', projects are inherently self-documenting. The scripting language is '''simple yet powerful''' - basic [[Filter|filters]] can be combined to create useful and unique effects.
+The name ''AviSynth'' comes from [[wikipedia:Audio_Video_Interleave|''Avi'']] + ''Synth,'' because it ''synthesizes'' a virtual AVI file, "[[Original_AviSynth_announcement|generating]] video and audio data according to the script and feeding it to the application as needed." It does much '''more''' than that, though: to get an idea, take a quick look at the [[External_filters|list of third-party plugins]]. At the same time, it does much '''less''': it's [[Script_examples|easy to create a quick script]] to solve some video problem.
 </p>
 <p style="margin-left:1em;">
-The name ''AviSynth'' comes from [[wikipedia:Audio_Video_Interleave|''Avi'']] + ''Synth,'' because it ''synthesizes'' a virtual AVI file, "[[Original_AviSynth_announcement|generating]] video and audio data according to the script and feeding it to the application as needed." It does much '''more''' than that, though: to get an idea, take a quick look at the [[External_filters|list of third-party plugins]]. At the same time, it does much '''less''': it's [[Script_examples|easy to create a quick script]] to solve some video problem.
+AviSynth itself does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI). While this may at first seem tedious and unintuitive, it is '''remarkably powerful''' and is a very good way to manage projects in a precise, consistent, and reproducible manner. Because text-based scripts are '''human readable''', projects are inherently self-documenting. The scripting language is '''simple yet powerful''' - basic [[Filter|filters]] can be combined to create useful and unique effects.
 </p>