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Old 12th May 2015, 08:11   #81  |  Link
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If Upscaling Refinement shaders are added to the post-resized image, why do they only impact videos that are sub 1080p?
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If Upscaling Refinement shaders are added to the post-resized image, why do they only impact videos that are sub 1080p?
I assume you are watching on a 1920x1080 display? They apply for me watching 1080p on a 2560x1440 screen. Think of them as part of upscaling and upscaling doesn't run when viewing 1080p at 1920x1080.
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Old 12th May 2015, 09:35   #83  |  Link
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Ok, one more question. Is SuperRes a form of image doubling, or can it do irregular upscales?
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Old 12th May 2015, 09:46   #84  |  Link
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It can handle arbitrary upscales.
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I understand SuperRes is more of a post process method than an independent scaler; it runs along with or on top of the other scaling option chosen, it doesn't replace it.
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I understand SuperRes is more of a post process method than an independent scaler; it runs along with or on top of the other scaling option chosen, it doesn't replace it.
That's more or less correct, although it will still give reasonable results even if you use a really simple scaler such as nearest neighbour, or even if you just feed it a black image. But if you start with a better image you need less iterations, so it's a bit of a trade off.
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Old 12th May 2015, 10:42   #87  |  Link
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Personally I'm still not sure about SuperRes. On high quality content, the difference it makes is very minimal, and on low quality content it tends to sharpen the artifacts more than I would like.
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Old 12th May 2015, 11:21   #88  |  Link
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I do think I like SuperRes for chroma. The minimal difference on high quality content seems like a good difference as well, at least with animated content.
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Old 12th May 2015, 15:33   #89  |  Link
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SuperRes: This is a post process method. From Shiandow
Sweeet, thanks for digging the link for us as I was really looking forward to explanations regarding this feature because to my eyes NEDI+SuperRes can really match/exceed NNEDI3's PQ but I'm still finetuning settings atm
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There have been some changes to the algorithm though, although the general idea has remained more or less the same. The steps now look more like the following:
  1. Calculate an initial guess (using a different upscaler)
  2. Downscale and calculate differences with original image.
  3. Scale those differences to the final size
  4. Improve guess by:
    • Softening the image
    • Subtracting differences with the original image
    • Sharpening (optional)
    • Removing aliasing (optional)
    • Removing ringing (optional)
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 several times.
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I do think I like SuperRes for chroma. The minimal difference on high quality content seems like a good difference as well, at least with animated content.
How can you tell it's impacting the chroma? I thought it only applied to the luma, or the luma and chroma together.
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Old 12th May 2015, 20:52   #92  |  Link
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How can you tell it's impacting the chroma? I thought it only applied to the luma, or the luma and chroma together.
because superres can be used for chroma only.
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Old 13th May 2015, 03:35   #93  |  Link
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SuperRes is chroma only?

Anyway, major kudos to Shiandow once again for the NEDI+SuperRes combo because to my eyes it doesn't have the artificial look of NNEDI3, doesn't look oversharpened and looks very natural/realistic AFAICS. motionDSP's fluff doesn't look all that impressive anymore.

Would be fun to know how the combo fares with the samples in this link but some of those SuperRes apps are far from realtime so this might be quite unfair.
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SuperRes is chroma only?

Anyway, major kudos to Shiandow once again for the NEDI+SuperRes combo because to my eyes it doesn't have the artificial look of NNEDI3, doesn't look oversharpened and looks very natural/realistic AFAICS. motionDSP's fluff doesn't look all that impressive anymore.

Would be fun to know how the combo fares with the samples in this link but some of those SuperRes apps are far from realtime so this might be quite unfair.
Can someone explain the three different SuperRes options?
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There have been some changes to the algorithm though, although the general idea has remained more or less the same. The steps now look more like the following:
  1. Calculate an initial guess (using a different upscaler)
  2. Downscale and calculate differences with original image.
  3. Scale those differences to the final size
  4. Improve guess by:
    • Softening the image
    • Subtracting differences with the original image
    • Sharpening (optional)
    • Removing aliasing (optional)
    • Removing ringing (optional)
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 several times.
This should be added verbatim to the guide.
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SuperRes is chroma only?
you can use it as the chroma resizer too and don't have to resize luma at the same time. so it can be used for chroma only.

i guess this is more accurate.
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SuperRes is chroma only?
SuperRes can be chroma only (check the "activate SuperRes filter" box on the chroma upscaling page).

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This should be added verbatim to the guide.
Yes, I really wish I had more characters to use so I could.

What sections should/could be removed or pared back?
edit: I squeezed it in, I hope I didn't remove anything important.

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There have been some changes to the algorithm though, although the general idea has remained more or less the same. The steps now look more like the following:
  1. Calculate an initial guess (using a different upscaler)
  2. Downscale and calculate differences with original image.
  3. Scale those differences to the final size
  4. Improve guess by:
    • Softening the image
    • Subtracting differences with the original image
    • Sharpening (optional)
    • Removing aliasing (optional)
    • Removing ringing (optional)
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 several times.
Thanks for the excellent and succinct explanation of SuperRes, I am sure many people with appreciate it.

...and all the work you put into the method itself, of course.

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Can you read the following post? I think your rendering diagram is wrong. In the post below, madshi explains the input for image doubling is "always RGB." This is not reflected in your diagram: http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?...ostcount=29697.
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But my diagram does have the input for image doubling as always RGB? The "image doubling" madshi is talking about is the dashed orange box.

I leave out that madVR will use any of the Bicubic opitons if you have it set for image upscaling but I assume most users will not have a bicubic set for image upscaling. Otherwise that post agrees with my diagram.
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But my diagram does have the input for image doubling as always RGB? The "image doubling" madshi is talking about is the dashed orange box.

I leave out that madVR will use any of the Bicubic opitons if you have it set for image upscaling but I assume most users will not have a bicubic set for image upscaling. Otherwise that post agrees with my diagram.
So you are saying a color space conversion from RGB to YCbCr is a necessary part of image doubling? This is what I questioned based on that post.
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