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AI Neural Networks being used to generate HQ textures for older games (You can do it yourself!)
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Just use a disposable, temporary e-mail account (or several).
Tried gigapixel and letsenhance on family pictures from the early 2000s using webcams and first gen digital cameras. Works to a degree but still flawed. I began wondering if Google Photos will go this route with their face identifying tech. Use thousands of pictures of one family member to fix the face from a picture thats 640x480 with the only input from you is identifying the which person is which.
It wouldn't need 1000s of photos of that particular person, it just needs a general understanding of what it's looking at in the photo; then it can sample from similar facial features it has learned from other peoples photos. Using you example, Google has billions of photos to learn and sample from, so even with one low-res photo of person, never photographed before, they should be able to reach a point where they can generate a pretty close prediction of what the high-res version would be.
Extracted backgrounds from MI2 Special Edition too, because why not. Lets compare them:
Original:
AI magic:
Special Edition (made some adjustment to make it fit to other two):
AI version, being (obviously) much closer to the original vision and style is... better? WTF?!
This is so good. Plase tell me what is the max resolution you can upscale it to? Is there a limit?
Extracted backgrounds from MI2 Special Edition too, because why not. Lets compare them:
Original:
AI magic:
Special Edition (made some adjustment to make it fit to other two):
AI version, being (obviously) much closer to the original vision and style is... better? WTF?!
Jesus F christ
This is mind blowing
OK, I just got a result so impressive I'm in semi-disbelief myself. This was from a random profile pic, not a specific game, but the results are in the "wow" category for me.
So, source image (I ran this, then ran the result through the process again):
To help get a sense of the amount of detail in the pic, here's a nearest neighbor upscale made in Photoshop to match the output size I would end up getting:
And this was the actual result from running that first image through the process twice:
I'm honestly so impressed with the result, I feel like I'm gushing.
This is SO HILARIOUS because you know all these shitty cop shows where they're like, get
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Dragon Box have used bad versions of the masters too.
Only Funimation seems to have the good copy of the masters but they decide to consistently destroy them with each shitty release.
There's also the audio problem where Toei lost the high quality audio and fans had to rip it out from VHS and send it to them and they said they didn't want it.
Funimation was also given the high quality audio (stereo japanese tracks).
THEY WERE GIVEN THE STEREO TRACKS?! Those were lost! I could've sworn they were!
They were. Fans put them back together and it can be found illegally online.
Funimation was given the tracks. Needless to say it sounds incredible.
Always, always let fans record your stuff second hand. Because when you destroy your archives, accidentally or otherwise, they'll save your ass! Same thing happened to old Doctor Who episodes. Back in the day, the BBC habitually erased all their content after a short time, but fans recorded audio and video and so we can still see into the past. Super valuable stuff.
Keep circulating the tapes, as MST3k says.
Really? I've never watched them myself but I've always heard the Dragon Boxes were fantastic and highly accurate to the source, with their only problem being that they're not in HD (which something like Gigapixel could fix).
They are absolutely not accurate, they used masters that had been degraded because of old age. The colors are all messed up, some instances the detail is also lost, the audio is absolute trash etc...
It was just better than the awful cropped and overly saturated, filtered mess Funimation put out ... The lesser of two evil.
Well that's disappointing. I'd still like to see them AI upscaled though, it would make for an interesting exercise. Especially if they replaced any of that lost detail.
Hey, here's an idea. Train an AI on DBZ, then run Super through it. :D
I have been trying this out on the Steam version of "Shadow Man" and have been getting some really good results:
If the demand is there, a pack could be created.
If the demand is there, a pack could be created.
Looks great indeed!I have been trying this out on the Steam version of "Shadow Man" and have been getting some really good results:
If the demand is there, a pack could be created.
I have been trying this out on the Steam version of "Shadow Man" and have been getting some really good results:
If the demand is there, a pack could be created.
Amazing results! I've been wanting to get to Shadow Man for the longest time so I'd love to see that if possible :)
Played it on 64, the difference is night and day on that emblem wow. The scope of the The Asylum blew me away back then and that was just one zone. Without a guide back then I ran around for hours trying to make progress. I would be highly interested in a pack.I have been trying this out on the Steam version of "Shadow Man" and have been getting some really good results:
If the demand is there, a pack could be created.
I wish there was a way to include proper controller support in the PC version. That would be the cherry on the cake. The current ways of using third party apps isn't ideal.
That seems to be a problem with console ports of the time, Soul Reaver also isn't ideal with its lack of analog control
At least Steam makes it easy to bind keyboard keys to a pad, even if it is a compromise
If the AI upscaling is fast enough, it would be perfect fit to do during runtime.
Later patch added bicubic upscale to texture after maximum resolution was reached and camera went closer to texture.
At that point the game upscaled the texture and store it to same virtual texture atlas and renderer never knew the difference.
It would be awesome to change the bicubic scaler to proper AI upscaler, renderer wouldn't have to be changed in any way.
Man, this makes me want to replay even though I replayed it right when it came out.This is unbelievable
This is the vomit they are selling on every console and Steam
This is fitered background + old font + CRT filter
Do you have links to all of the mods used? I want this.
What i did is :
- moguri mod (it installs the backgrounds and old font and also adds Analog direction, the pressure is busted but at least you can walk around 360 degrees now)
It comes with Memoria which lets you speed up the battle transitions and battle speed in general (make it run at 20 fps in the .ini it's perfect and pick "fast" battle)
Then install Reshade and do this :
- "HDR" (important to preserve contrasts with the CRT)
- Adaptive CRT make it high resolution so that it's subtle
- AdaptiveSharpen
-TechniColor1
-TechnoColor 2 (both at the same time offset each other to give colors that are very close to the original without "CRT")
They are selling the game like this
I can't
FF9 with this is always impressive
The mod is here but still in beta https://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/1741105805743188237/
The mod is here but still in beta https://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/1741105805743188237/
FF9 with this is always impressive
The mod is here but still in beta https://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/1741105805743188237/
You will need the CRT, sharpen and color filters as this example is like one of the absolute best in the game, but not every screen is this convincing.
With filters though the whole game is good and an insane leap forward over the pixel barf Square released.
So impressive.
I don't remember the game much anymore, but did Final Fantasy 9 also have a lot of static background-to-FMV scenes like FF 8? How are those handled? Wouldn't the transition look jarring?
I'm still working on more Dolphin upscales, but DMC/Division/Sekiro and real life stuff has kinda slowed me down.
That already exists for hentai, actually.
FF9 with this is always impressive
The mod is here but still in beta https://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/1741105805743188237/
What the fuck.
I can't believe that, wow!
I don't really mind the base remaster since touch/mouse controls are pretty nice but I'm definitely gonna install all these mods next time I want to replay because it looks sooooo good.What i did is :
- moguri mod (it installs the backgrounds and old font and also adds Analog direction, the pressure is busted but at least you can walk around 360 degrees now)
It comes with Memoria which lets you speed up the battle transitions and battle speed in general (make it run at 20 fps in the .ini it's perfect and pick "fast" battle)
Then install Reshade and do this :
- "HDR" (important to preserve contrasts with the CRT)
- Adaptive CRT make it high resolution so that it's subtle
- AdaptiveSharpen
-TechniColor1
-TechnoColor 2 (both at the same time offset each other to give colors that are very close to the original without "CRT")
They are selling the game like this
I can't
Not sure if I am doing it right by my results are awful
It just looks like sharpening was added. I know the original texture is garbage but I expected the outcome to look a bit better
It just looks like sharpening was added. I know the original texture is garbage but I expected the outcome to look a bit better
Not sure if I am doing it right by my results are awful
It just looks like sharpening was added. I know the original texture is garbage but I expected the outcome to look a bit better
If the first image is your original then you get that result because it's not actually a low res image and the visible pixels represent one individual pixel, your image was upscaled before (or it used tome form of interpolation between each pixel), each visible pixel consists of 4 or more. Downscale the image before upscaling it again with ESRGAN could yield better results or use a different model.
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The folks who ported Catherine to PC a few months back used a similar model to improve the low-res textures.
This is a good shout. Here's a list I've made so far that could be placed in OP:
PC Games
Deus Ex
Doom (1993)
Elder Scrolls III, The: Morrowind
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy IX
GTA: Vice City
Half Life
Hexen
Resident Evil HD Remaster
Red Faction
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
Turok 2
Gamecube
F-Zero GX
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X
Soul Calibur 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Viewtiful Joe
Wii Virtual Console
Pokémon Snap
Wave Race 64
Let me know if anyone has any more to add :)
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Here's the original 1px size that should have been be used:Not sure if I am doing it right by my results are awful
It just looks like sharpening was added. I know the original texture is garbage but I expected the outcome to look a bit better
python test.py models/RRDB_ESRGAN_x4.pth
python net_interp.py 0.8
python test.py models/interp_08.pth
(Could try with a lower value like 0.4 for even less sharpening noise)
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Interpolation 0.4
python net_interp.py 0.8
python test.py models/interp_08.pth
(Could try with a lower value like 0.4 for even less sharpening noise)
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Interpolation 0.4
Note that the algorithm works best on 3D renders, photographic or painting-style images. It's not as good on plain colors with dithering or rough pixel-art. Without context and implicit blury details giving a general direction, there can't be new details guesses generated, and the sharpening becomes obvious between blocks of pure color.
Edit: from the "how to get it working" blog:
So that's why your image is a no ; because it uses indexed colors and very rough dithering on the skin.
So waifu2X would work better for your texture. http://waifu2x.udp.jp/
It's fit for that kind of plain colors digital art. (You could mix and match the parts for the other textures)
waifu2x
waifu2x twice
waifu2x twice
The example they put on the blog is to downscale the original by half (loss of data but creates a bit of blur) before passing it to the alrogithm. This results in a 2X image size compared to the original. But the result here is... still slightly painterly.
Halved
ESRGAN interpolation 0.8 on half
Should try with interpolation 0.4
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Interpolation 0.4
ESRGAN interpolation 0.8 on half
Should try with interpolation 0.4
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Interpolation 0.4
Maybe a mix of waifu2x, manual blurying/fixing then ESRGAN?
Maybe cut the image in smaller parts and use the best algorithm on each part independently?
It's also faster to process specific parts this way.
Tweaking the interpolation % value can reduce the sharpening noise.
I dunno if any other setting can be changed. (other than using another training set?)
Otherwise, the waifu2x results seem to be the best for this case.
For it to work on pixel-art, you'd need a lot more details and antialiasing. Like this:
That's it running on fine pixel-art. Were there special settings for this one?Whew
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There've been a few examples of people taking a good output and feeding it back in, so as long as it looks good the first pass you should be able to loop indefinitely.
It's way way too slow to be properly real-time. Theoretically an emulator could be made to do something automatically each time new textures come in, but it would need to pause to wait for it to be ready.
FF9 with this is always impressive
The mod is here but still in beta https://steamcommunity.com/app/377840/discussions/0/1741105805743188237/
This is fucking insane. If you had shown me this a couple years back I would have chuckled and 100% assumed this was CSI "enhance" bullshot (the first image being a downres version of the second, rather than the other way around).
Mankind's days as the top dog are numbered.
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RE2 on Dolphin is definitely coming soon :
This looks amazing. Is the person behind it going to release a pack?