I’m definitely looking forward to your version but also ZigZig’s and poita’s version because everyone has a slightly different goal and the end result will be different. It’s really nice that there’s finally three ACTIVE theatrical TPM HD projects going on!
Thank you! I fully agree with you: after years of famine, what a joy to see a craze for the restoration of theatrical TPM all around this forum!
I’ve actually gone and redid, from scratch, all 3 upscaled/patched shots. I think they look much better than they did before.
Indeed, they look really great now!
I’d be interested in seeing a comparison between Chewie’s Naboo bridge removal compared to yours, you can see that the area where the bridge was is softer on his screenshot. Just judging from your senate scene, you can make the image slightly clearer and have harder edges so I think it would blend in perfectly then.
Here is the comparison you asked for (this is one of the scenes I have not finished yet). The area where the bridge was is maybe slightly less soft in my version, but it is still soft (I guess that the initial HD rendering was already softened) :
PALACE OF NABOO BY NIGHT (aka “there was no bridge”)
FrameCompare : http://www.framecompare.com/screenshotcomparison/FJ1CNNNU
Chewielewis
ZigZig
PALPATINE’S OFFICE
(Here, the difference between SD upscaled and true HD is more obvious)
FrameCompare : http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/KDY7NNNX
Chewielewis
ZigZig
I won’t make any other comparisons in this thread so as not to encroach further on Chewielewis’s work, and I’ll create my own thread when my own version will be ready.
Chewielewis said:
I can’t say they are as good as yours, ZigZig, but they are good enough for this project.
It is your project, it is (of course) up to you to estimate what is good enough, I do not want to interfere with my own quality requirements and I will not further parasitize your thread 😃 .