diff --git a/ContourExctractor.py b/ContourExctractor.py
index 0cf783d..f143ef2 100644
--- a/ContourExctractor.py
+++ b/ContourExctractor.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class ContourExtractor:
     #X = {frame_number: [(contour, (x,y,w,h)), ...], }
     extractedContours = dict()
     min_area = 500
-    max_area = 5000
-    threashold = 20
+    max_area = 7000
+    threashold = 13
     xDim = 0
     yDim = 0
 
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ class ContourExtractor:
 
             frame = imutils.resize(frame, width=resizeWidth)
             
-            gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-            gray = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5, 5), 0)
+            gray = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2LAB)
+            gray = np.asarray(gray[:,:,1]/2 + gray[:,:,2]/2).astype(np.uint8)
+            
+            #gray = cv2.GaussianBlur(gray, (5, 5), 0)
 
             # if the first frame is None, initialize it
             if firstFrame is None:
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ class ContourExtractor:
                 continue
 
             frameDelta = cv2.absdiff(gray, firstFrame)
+
             thresh = cv2.threshold(frameDelta, threashold, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)[1]
             # dilate the thresholded image to fill in holes, then find contours
             thresh = cv2.dilate(thresh, None, iterations=3)
@@ -78,9 +81,12 @@ class ContourExtractor:
                 #cv2.rectangle(frame, (x, y), (x + w, y + h), (0, 255, 0), 2)
             if len(contours) != 0:
                 extractedContours[frameCount] = contours
+
+            if frameCount % (60*30) == 0:
+                print("Minutes processed: ", frameCount/(60*30))
             frameCount += 1
 
-            #cv2.imshow( "annotated", frame )  
+            #cv2.imshow( "annotated", thresh )  
             #cv2.waitKey(10) & 0XFF
         self.extractedContours = extractedContours
         return extractedContours
diff --git a/Exporter.py b/Exporter.py
index 36f406e..bcdca3c 100644
--- a/Exporter.py
+++ b/Exporter.py
@@ -16,19 +16,21 @@ class Exporter:
             writer.append_data(np.array(frame))
         writer.close()
 
-    def exportLayers(self, layers, outputPath):
+    def exportLayers(self,underlay,  layers, outputPath, resizeWidth):
         fps = self.fps
         writer = imageio.get_writer(outputPath, fps=fps)
         i=0
         for layer in layers:
             data = layer.data
+            contours = layer.bounds
             if len(data) < 10:
                 continue
-            for frame in data:
-                (x, y, w, h) = frame[1]
-                frame = frame[0]
-                frame1 = np.zeros(shape=[1080, 1920, 3], dtype=np.uint8)
-                frame1 = imutils.resize(frame1, width=512)
+            for frame, contour in zip(data, contours):
+                (x, y, w, h) = contour
+                frame = frame
+                frame1 = underlay
+                frame1 = imutils.resize(frame1, width=resizeWidth)
+                frame1 = cv2.cvtColor(frame1, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
                 frame1[y:y+frame.shape[0], x:x+frame.shape[1]] = frame
                 cv2.putText(frame1,  str(i), (30,30), cv2.FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1,(255,255,255), 2)
                 writer.append_data(np.array(frame1))
diff --git a/LayerFactory.py b/LayerFactory.py
index cb074ba..77a1a55 100644
--- a/LayerFactory.py
+++ b/LayerFactory.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class LayerFactory:
                         print("LayerFactory: Layer knew no bounds")
                         continue
 
-                    if frameNumber - layer.lastFrame <= 20:
+                    if frameNumber - layer.lastFrame <= 5:
                         (x2,y2,w2,h2) = layer.bounds[-1]
                         if self.contoursOverlay((x-tol,y+h+tol), (x+w+tol,y-tol), (x2,y2+h2), (x2+w2,y2)):
                             foundLayer = True
diff --git a/__pycache__/ContourExctractor.cpython-37.pyc b/__pycache__/ContourExctractor.cpython-37.pyc
index 5039fb1..44b2a71 100644
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diff --git a/__pycache__/Exporter.cpython-37.pyc b/__pycache__/Exporter.cpython-37.pyc
index 79a35c2..c0c2bcf 100644
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diff --git a/__pycache__/LayerFactory.cpython-37.pyc b/__pycache__/LayerFactory.cpython-37.pyc
index bfde8e3..4c526cf 100644
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diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index c945e94..ffeeab3 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import cv2
 def demo():
     print("startup")
     resizeWidth = 512
-    maxLayerLength = 5*50*30
+    maxLayerLength = 1*60*30
     start = time.time()
 
-    footagePath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "./generate test footage/3.MP4")
+    footagePath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "./generate test footage/out.mp4")
     contours = ContourExtractor().extractContours(footagePath, resizeWidth)
     print("Time consumed in working: ", time.time() - start)
     layerFactory = LayerFactory(contours)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def demo():
     layerFactory.sortLayers()
     layerFactory.fillLayers(footagePath)
     underlay = cv2.VideoCapture(footagePath).read()[1]
-    Exporter().exportOverlayed(underlay, layerFactory.layers, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "./short.mp4"), resizeWidth)
+    Exporter().exportLayers(underlay, layerFactory.layers, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "./short.mp4"), resizeWidth)
     print("Total time: ", time.time() - start)
 def init():
     print("not needed yet")
diff --git a/short.mp4 b/short.mp4
index 76ba390..0fc15fd 100644
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