It's probably better to do the frame interpolation very last (if at all). Also, this last time I used ffmpeg's frame interpolation instead of butterflow and while I think it looked better in some places, it definitely messes up pretty bad in others.
I don't know about others, but I love the big exposure boost version.
I second that, but maybe toned down just slightly.
The term denoise is a bit misleading. One primary way to achieve the smoother, more natural look is to add dither which adds a small amount of noise to the picture. This takes two colors that are close to each other but are visually distinguishable and moves them closer to one another by moving some pixel values up or down a bit. This has the effect of blurring boundary lines. This greatly reduces compression artifacts like blob and banding.
Re: On intro video
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 2:14 pm
by Adrinus
Is this work being continued anywhere? It all looks great so far, I hope it's still being worked on
Re: On intro video
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 2:25 pm
by MasonFace
At the very least, I can finish upscaling all the videos and absorb it into the Pure Vanilla Extract mod.
My personal PC hard drive crashed last night, so it will be a little while before I can get to it. Luckily it was just the disk with my OS and a few games on it, so it's not a huge loss.
Re: On intro video
Posted: Fri May 03, 2019 3:47 pm
by King of Worms
Would be cool, the upscalled intro-filmic sequence is very nice.
And damn those HDD exitus stories are scarry :X
Re: On intro video
Posted: Sat May 04, 2019 5:34 pm
by King of Worms
Hi Rhymer, are you still around?
Id like to ask, if I can add your two videos to the DREAM Mod please? viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1168&p=14152#p14152
I would ofcourse mention you in the mod creadits and also in the DFMOD description in the game.
Re: On intro video
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 6:03 pm
by pango
Two years later, somebody else attempting to AI-upscale the intro video...
The guy's doing a lot of AI upscales on his YouTube channel, but I must say, I don't find the result as convincing.
The community upscale was really a collaborative labor of love.