Appreciate the tips, just wondering in which of these passes do you enlarge the resolution? Would it be better to do that step during the artemis or iris pass?
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Appreciate the tips, just wondering in which of these passes do you enlarge the resolution? Would it be better to do that step during the artemis or iris pass?
So I’m giving this another go trying upscale the 480p bangbros & brazzers vids. Even doing just 2x I’m still getting high compression or introducing artifacts due to AI. Then I see this guy upscale 80 & 90s classics with no problem.
Any advice would be helpful.
Any advice would be helpful.
What are you upscaling with?
What programs, what settings/models? Which hardware.
What's the quality of the source & can you upload a cut down part (say a minute or two long) with the source and the end result with the problems.
What programs, what settings/models? Which hardware.
What's the quality of the source & can you upload a cut down part (say a minute or two long) with the source and the end result with the problems.
I’m using the newest version of Topaz AI enhance. Usually I’ll do 1 pass to clean it up and a 2nd pass to refine/upscale. I’m using a 5 year old mid tier dell laptop with a built in gpu.
Current settings on the 1st pass
Progressive
Proteus MQ
Parameters Auto
Recover detail =70
Grain Amount 2, Size 1
2 pass is just a basic preset with a 2x
This is native quality
And here’s what get after all my passes. It’s doesn’t have the fidelity of the Spankbang vid I posted.
I never used Proteus. I just stick to Artemis LQ for old and poor quality videos. I would try a single pass of Artemis LQ going for the 2x upscale and see how that compares.
Don't know if this is the place to ask this but looking for someone to upscale an old video as I don't have to system requirements to do it myself, anyone able to offer any help?
No one mentioned Gaia HQ in Topaz Video AI. For me, Gaia is the best AI upscale model in 95% cases (with the exception of extremely LQ videos 600p or lower, in which case I find Iris works better). Also for porn, Apollo (regular not fast) is far superior imo than Chrono. Less artifacts, less warp, and sharper frames (sometimes faster as well). I have Video AI 5.0 so perhaps older versions may not have these AI models.
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Give this thread a visit and look at the recent upscaled uploads of this gentleman. He uses Iris to upscale 600p to 4k (one would need a 4k display to appreciate how mind blowing the results are).
With videos above 600p, like 720p, or 1080p, Gaia is even better than Iris. It does not give the artificial look, and retains all the little imperfections exceptionally well. Perfectly sharp, down to the hair follicles, look at sample screen cap of a 600p upscaled to 4k using Gaia:
I Know this is not the request thread but Hey, I have a request, Can you resize and upscale/enhance this low quality video to 1080p60fps or 1440p60fps ??
You're lucky I'm playing around with Topaz 5 and I'm not too lazy to crop it first for you and that upscaling didn't take long to do.
, bunkr wouldn't let me upload anything so it's on gofile so it'll probably vanish in days.
Just note that is an awful source file, especially overblown gamma so it's got a lot of artefacting.
Thanks buddy, I appreciate it. If i find a decent quality source file of the above video i will post it if you want to try it out!!
Same video but different source, check it out if you want to. And thanks again for your post.
After upscaling a video, there was a slight red tint applied, which is not present in the source video. Happens with other videos too.
I'm using Topaz video and the version is 5.0.1 or 5.0.2. I just switched off my PC so I can't check which, nor settings. I don't believe I changed any settings that should do this.
Model used is Gaia. I used to be pretty decent at this but I haven't touched the software for well over a year now.
I'm assuming it's the model?
I'm using Topaz video and the version is 5.0.1 or 5.0.2. I just switched off my PC so I can't check which, nor settings. I don't believe I changed any settings that should do this.
Model used is Gaia. I used to be pretty decent at this but I haven't touched the software for well over a year now.
I'm assuming it's the model?
How many passes are you running. It seems like those early 2000s bangbros/brazzers era vids are just trash even when I’m using a native source.
I experimented with double passes and single passes. I have come to the conclusion that single pass is always better in terms of efficiency and quality. These AI models (I may be wrong) were never meant to be ran multiple times. You pick one that's appropriate, you run, and you're done.
With regards to old footage restoration, you are correct. AI can only do so much to restore what could be there, not what wasn't there. If a video is a good quality 480p / 720p, and I mean tack sharp good in those native resolution, you can do quite a bit with them. It's even possible to upscale to noisy 4k. But if they are not even sharp in 480p / 720p, don't bother.
Upscaling is like plastic surgery. A bit is good because no one can discern what's natural and otherwise. But too much and it looks plastic. Therefore, I stick to Gaia for all my needs. Iris is a close second but it is a bit too aggressive for my liking. And other models are simply inferior for realism imo.
Here is my work flow to 4k:
- If a video is sharp in its native resolution, I use Gaia HQ. It is more aggressive than Gaia CG, and I use it because I can really get away with it.
- If a video is not sharp/ is extremely grainy in its native resolution, I use Gaia CG. Gaia CG is just incredible. You can probably blow up an image from 720p to 8k no problem, and it'd be perfectly realistic to the eyes. It is the least aggressive AI model, and my go to.
- I'd consider most 720p / 1080p source OF videos sharp, and can pass with Gaia HQ. I hope that serves as a useful reference to you in determining what I mean by "sharp".
For frame interpolation:
- Apollo (regular not fast) is always the first choice. Chrono is good, but Apollo is far more superior when it comes to non-linear/sporadic movements. It introduces less blur, less warp after render, and a smoother, more natural overall image. You can 4x/5x the frames no problem. Check out my recent uploads in Faye Reagan thread for sample.
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Could you please provide an screencap perhaps. I have never had that happen to me.