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Kirsch

kdenlive-show-video Kirsch

Status :

Maintained

Keyframes :

Yes

Source library :

avfilter

Source filter :

kirsch

Available :

linux appimage windows apple

On Master only :

No

Known bugs :

No

Color depth :

10bit color-management

Tutorial :

No

Description

This effect/filter applies the Kirsch[[1]] operator to the input video stream. It detects edges (non-linear edge detector) and, in the default settings, colors them in yellowish green, and colors are somewhat posterized. Compare Prewitt, Roberts and Sobel effects.

Parameters

ParameterValueDescription
PlanesSelectionSet which planes will be processed, unprocessed planes will be copied. Default is Y.
ScaleIntegerSet value which will be multiplied with filtered result
DeltaIntegerSet value which will be added to filtered result

The following selection items are available:

Planes

AlphaAlpha channel (if present)
Y (Luminance)Luminance
U (Chroma)The blue-difference chroma component
V (Chroma)The red-difference chroma component
Red
Green
Blue
AllDefault

[[1]]

For more (mathematical) details about this refer to the Kirsch operator article in Wikipedia. *[RGB]: Red, Green, Blue *[VFX]: Visual Effects *[feathering]: Smoothing or blurring the edges of a feature *[LFO]: Low-Frequency Oscillation *[dB]: decibel *[LUFS]: Loudness Units Full Scale *[AI]: Artificial Intelligence *[LLM]: Large Language Model *[HSV]: Hue, Saturation, Value *[SOP/Sat]: S(lope), O(ffset), P(ower) / SATuration *[CDL]: Color Decision List *[HSL]: Hue, Saturation, Lightness - Using HSL color space is useful for subtle color changes *[px]: pixel *[hh:mm:ss:ff]: hours:minutes:seconds:frames *[Hz]: Hertz