Upscaling 3gp video files?

[tom.96]

Good Afternoon all on a very rainy day here in Exeter, UK!

I have recorded quite a lot of videos on my mobile (friends and family mainly) and these are unfortunately in quite poor quality. The camera on the phone is only VGA, however I was wondering if there is anything I can do to try and improve the quality on these files (all 3gp format?)

The sound is ok but if I could make the picture a bit sharper then that would be great. Even a minor improvement would be welcome. I am using a Macbook 2ghz on OS X.5 and wouldn't mind buying shareware etc if it would help.

Thanks,

Tom

 

[-DH]

While you may be able to enhance the appearance of the video with certain filters, you cannot really improve on it's original quality. Video is pretty much a 'garbage in - garbage out' type of endeavor.

-DH

 

[NeoMayhem]

You can use the color corrector in iMovie. It wont help much, but should make the clips a little more clear.

 

[tom.96]

Thanks, I'll try that. I might also try and get a more modern phone!