Sometimes they delete the files and it has to be recreated from scratch. I believe that this is Deep Space Nine’s problem right now.
IIRC someone from the effects team stated most if not all the files still existed, even put out a few sample renders which were beautiful.
That’s good to know. The effects work on that show was very well done. I feel like DS9’s vfx were more quality over quantity whereas a show like Babylon 5 had to take the opposite approach.
I think that those effects have been deleted or lost since those samples were made.
I wonder how effectively the existing effects shots could be upscaled, if it would be too jarring intercut with hd re-scans of the live-action footage.
The cgi for Firefly was only 480p IIRC. I wonder how it looks on blu-ray, haven’t rewatched any of that show since my friend let me borrow the dvd more than a decade ago.
They would look pretty bad. They’re already a little jarring on the DVDs.