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Old 21st August 2021, 18:31   #14  |  Link
takla
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Originally Posted by lollo2 View Post
Personally, on my s-vhs captures I experimented that it is not any better than a full AviSynth restoration + upscale flow:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/...ts#post2620598

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/...e9#post2626723

I used it just as an upscaler after the excellent avisynth denoise + sharpening, so Topaz VEAI takes advantage of the avisynth restoration; otherwise in my case is not even worth of consideration!
As I already said, people should use Artemis because it is the fasted and most tuned model. Furthermore, all AI models do denoising, so denoising with avisynth is pointless (will destroy too much fine detail if denoised twice). The same is true for sharpening (as long as your source is not too soft). Both of these things Artemis can do much better.

And personally, I'd save topaz output to prores (and use ffmpeg with more control for final encode)

Oh and for interlaced content I use bwdif because qtgmc makes the image look like a waxpainting.

Last edited by takla; 21st August 2021 at 18:48.
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