I think your “mad scientist” extensive testing on upscaling the deleted scenes has really paid off!
Hahaha I like the sound of “mad scientist”!
That detail on Obi-wan’s face on the landing platform for example is pretty unreal. I made some comparisons and believe that you have achieved a new gold standard on upscaling these.
Thanks very much! I really appreciate that! 😃
The shots that no upscale can unfortunately make look good are the establishing shots that are very low detail/ poorly rendered in the original footage (senate dome, Naboo shots). But some detail adding/guessing AI could help improve those.
Yeah it’s a shame that the backgrounds were never properly finished. I think that fans with experience in Blender and VFX software such as Nuke would be able to replace the backgrounds, however it’s a mammoth task.
I did some tests with rotoscoping the landing platform scene with Obi-Wan and Mace, to see if a different background could then be inserted. To say that rotoscoping is a nightmare of a job would be the understatement of the year haha! I’ll have to leave that job to the VFX professionals!
I would be interested in getting these if you could drop me a link?
Yes of course! I will send you a link shortly. 😃