Intel clear video: video optimization technology

Today we are going to talk a little bit about Intel Clear Video technology. Like other tools we've seen lately, this Intel standard has been with us for a few years. Although today it is not as important as in previous years, you can still squeeze some of its features.

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What is Intel Clear Video ?

First of all, let's narrow down what we are talking about, since by its name it could refer to many things.

Intel Clear Video technology is a standard created by Intel just under 10 years ago. It is a functionality implemented in most processors that allows us to change some characteristics of the videos that we play.

Therefore, today it is used to enhance the viewing of some multimedia content in 4K.

According to the company itself:

Intel Clear video technology is a collection of video enhancement and playback features to enhance the end-user viewing experience.

To do this, we can access the Intel Graphics Control Panel where we will have access to some specific tweaks.

It should be noted that any changes made will be applied to all those who use said computer. In other words, there is no distinction between sessions and users.

To finish, we recommend one last thing. Despite being able to fiddle many values ​​in this application, a subtle change is necessary to see how these changes affect in real time.

For this we can access from the same app or from the Control Panel .

In this second case, you will have to press Start and go through the following path Configuration (the gear)> Applications> Video Playback . Next, the option that you will have to activate is 'Automatically process video to improve it' .

If we do not have this activated, we will not see any changes we make in the app until we restart the session.

Once we complete all these steps, we should be able to access Intel Clear Video normally.

Relevant changes in the application

The application you will see start when you open the Intel Graphics Command Center will be the following:

However, this window is not Intel Clear Video , but rather its functionalities are included here. As you can imagine, we only have to click on the 'Video' tab to change the visual details that we want.

We could talk about the other tabs, but since they do not have to do with the software that we will see today, we urge you to explore them yourself. They do not have much mystery, so you will finish them in a couple of minutes.

Returning to the topic, if you click on the 'Video' tab you will see this main window:

The first thing we recommend you do is create a new profile, since otherwise you will not be able to activate certain options. In this first image you have already had a small sneak peek of what we can edit and the truth is that it may not impress you. Changing the color, brightness or contrast is very typical and does not impress the general public.

However, what we can fiddle goes far beyond that. Going down in the options, we can discover a set of more interesting settings.

The first thing we highlight is the sharpness, but also other more impressive ones such as noise reduction. On the other hand, Intel offers a feature capable of improving skin tone, something we don't quite understand how it does.

Not surprisingly, the most useful thing to guide us in this marabunta of options is the preview that we always find at the top of the screen. As standard we have three videos, but we can add any other to find exactly what we want.

Changes in some parameters

We recommend you take a look and try different things.

Despite this, remember that it is also important to have a quality monitor (either laptop or full equipment) . There is no use having 4K UHD content if we are not able to enjoy it.

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Multimedia today

Today we are at the end of 2019.

According to Intel estimates, for this year the Internet content standard should be 4K UHD , which is why its processors were better prepared.

Intel forecasts for 2019

However, it seems that the premonition was not very successful, although it really is not that far.

Be that as it may, Intel ensures that its new processors are ready for current content. Here we can see things like:

• 4K content playback for more than 8 hours (on laptops) 360º video support Better compatibility with video editing software Specialization in Virtual Reality software

As you can see, the company bets high and does not leave the mobile section behind.

The question is what is to come in the remaining years if we consider that the 10th Generation is about to fall. Most of the mentioned features were announced in the 6th and 7th Generation, so it's time for change.

Personally, we believe that Iris Plus graphics will make a difference in the graphics experience that Intel can offer us. But, of course, these are just speculations and it must be the same company that talks about new standards and technologies.

And the question you may be asking yourself now may be:

Is this Intel technology useful?

Well this is a bit of a tricky question.

A technology is as useful as people use it at the end of the day, right? For example, Nvidia GeForce Experience is quite well known and useful because it is not particularly intrusive, but it recommends quite a few updates, settings, and more.

However, to get to this point a balance has to be found between people knowing her, not being too intrusive and being useful enough.

There are applications that are tiresome, others that do not offer anything differential or some that you do not use because you do not even remember that you have them.

We believe that Intel Clear Video (within the Intel Graphics Command Center) falls into this latter group. Since we have no way of reminding ourselves about the visual touch-up, we may edit the team's visual appearance once and never touch it again.

Not in vain, we think it is a very interesting tool to implement due to the content we consume every day.

If you watch multimedia regularly, adjusting the parameters to what you like the most (darker, sharper, more saturated colors…) is highly recommended. It will take just a quarter of an hour and perhaps you will enjoy the video experience more.

And to you, what do you think of these additional technologies that Intel offers us? Will you use this application now that you know it? Share your ideas in the comment box.

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