Star Wars GOUT in HD using super resolution algorithm (* unfinished project *) — Page 36

Empire and Jedi should be finished in less time. I'm using one setting for all frames now, so in principle that should also work for Empire. Jedi may take a little adjusting, but I suppose that should not be too much work. The rendering now takes ages, though. Once the video sample is finished, I will render Star Wars completely, if the sample looks good, an will do Empire immediately after that.

@ thorr

I don't think that video would work, as you need common elements in the frames, and in this case the elements are averaged with elements from the other movies that move in a different manner.

RU.08 said:

As we've discussed, you really need a DVD that has considerable aliasing to benefit from it.

 if it really needs aliasing, why not try upscaling each field. I'll bet dr dre's script would be great at deinterlacing 60i material

DrDre said:

@ thorr

I don't think that video would work, as you need common elements in the frames, and in this case the elements are averaged with elements from the other movies that move in a different manner.

 I was just kidding.  ;-)  Thanks anyway!

This is totally exciting Dre. Thanks for putting in the work! :)

Here finally is the 10 min sample for SRV12. Enjoy!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajQkIyUW05YVJ3Tm8/view?usp=sharing

For full quality, please download!

Looks great. The detail and anti-aliasing are really at their best. Seems a little grainier than previous renders (especially in static backgrounds, it actually reminds me of team blu's release in that regard).

DrDre said:

Here finally is the 10 min sample for SRV12. Enjoy!

<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajQkIyUW05YVJ3Tm8/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajQkIyUW05YVJ3Tm8/view?usp=sharing</a>

For full quality, please download!

Looks extremely great DrDre!  It usually doesn't have the distracting elements that it used to and looks very 3D at times.  There are many fine details that I never noticed before. My only question is did you add grain back in after the fact because the grain pattern seems to be sort of the same while it is in motion which doesn't make sense for real grain vs fake grain.  I don't think there is too much grain, but just wondering if you added it or if that is what is there in the source.  Glad to see the anti-aliasing made the Lucasfilm logo look a lot better as well as throughout the 10 minute sample.  I would say this version is possibly a "print".

I didn't add back any grain. The antialiasing does use some temporal filters that might be an explanation, although the the grain structure seems to match the GOUT if you look at it frame by frame.

SR may have simply brought out grain that wasn't visible before.

Although the grain it brought out is not inherent to the film, but part of the original LaserDisc video. Its this grain field that permeates on the top of the entire picture. Good ol analog sources :)

Glad you didn't add it back in.  I am satisfied then.  ;-)  Now how about a 10 minute Empire Strikes Back sample?  :-D

When you do the final encode, please use 1920x1080 with black bars and 4:2:0 encoding if you aren't already so it can be played on a bluray player. 

Thanks!

I will make sure it's BD compliant with black bars and such. :-)

Awesome work. I looked at your sample next to my GOUT dvd's and the difference is amazing. It's wild, truly. 

Can't wait to watch these but personally I'm REALLY looking forward to Return of the Jedi. Again, thank you for the hard work Dre.

Your SR12 sample has more detail than the TN preview. Bad ass shit. Can't believe you did that with that DVD.

Jorel81 said:

Can't wait to watch these but personally I'm REALLY looking forward to Return of the Jedi. Again, thank you for the hard work Dre.

 I'm curious about ROTJ as well. But mostly because it's still up for debate if Dre's technique will benefit Jedi as much. It also doesn't seem settled whether or not the PAL or NTSC disc is ideal for that film. 

On another note: Has Harmy made any comment about this work, yet? He says that even with all of team negative's 35mm sources, he will still need the GOUT here and there. Surely this project would be of great interest for that purpose.

towne32 said:

Jorel81 said:

Can't wait to watch these but personally I'm REALLY looking forward to Return of the Jedi. Again, thank you for the hard work Dre.

 I'm curious about ROTJ as well. But mostly because it's still up for debate if Dre's technique will benefit Jedi as much. It also doesn't seem settled whether or not the PAL or NTSC disc is ideal for that film. 

On another note: Has Harmy made any comment about this work, yet? He says that even with all of team negative's 35mm sources, he will still need the GOUT here and there. Surely this project would be of great interest for that purpose.

 I would assume this project would be an asset to Harmy's stuff. I think Harmy is just super busy these days though. 

Jorel81 said:

towne32 said:

Jorel81 said:

Can't wait to watch these but personally I'm REALLY looking forward to Return of the Jedi. Again, thank you for the hard work Dre.

 I'm curious about ROTJ as well. But mostly because it's still up for debate if Dre's technique will benefit Jedi as much. It also doesn't seem settled whether or not the PAL or NTSC disc is ideal for that film. 

On another note: Has Harmy made any comment about this work, yet? He says that even with all of team negative's 35mm sources, he will still need the GOUT here and there. Surely this project would be of great interest for that purpose.

 I would assume this project would be an asset to Harmy's stuff. I think Harmy is just super busy these days though. 

 Oh, I'm sure that he's still pretty busy. Just wasn't sure if he's aware of the quality of this. Many people were pretty skeptical or wrote it off early on (and to be fair, it was no where near what it became). On the other hand, it's consistently one of the top threads for the last few months, so one might suspect that good things are indeed brewing in here. :)

Wow suprised at how good that looks. 

I thought it was agreed that the PAL RoTJ was "better", but I have not seen comparison screenshots or anything.

But I have heard people say that RoTJ is better looking than the other two due to it having less DVNR.

Totally agree with you. And good stuff is brewing all over the place in these threads.

And I like your avatar by the way, towne32. :)

The Tatooine scenes look very good, much cleaner, and easier on the eyes. :P

Overall detail is incredible, aliasing is nicely reduced, and its just awesome looking. Haloing is still a problem, but I doubt much more can be done with it without affecting the detail. 1080P is definitely the way to go!

Excellent work again! Hope the other 2 films get similar results.

A stunning improvement.

The only thing that caught my eye is the black panels at 3:16-3:17 seem to warp and fluctuate a bit. As does the rest of the wall up to the doorway, but the black panels are most eye catching.

Yes, that is in the GOUT as well, so it's not caused by the script. Glad you all liked the sample. :-)