Yup, but at the same time, although I don't care to defend the upscaling, it does seem a slightly unfair frame to pick as being representative of the whole. It's a super brief shot in an action moment where the characters look distinctly goofy and low-detailed in the original.
Edit: Deleted old comment, was a bit much to say; it already looked bad and the AI made it look worse. Why do it? Just keep the old native res release up. No one asked for a AI upscale.
The AI upscaling does look bad, but that show was done as quickly and cheaply as possible, there're going to be a lot of times that they're off-model by a little or a lot. Sometimes they're even the wrong colors a few frames. Humans make mistakes too.
The show looks kinda shitty even without AI upscaling. It was super low budget and from the late 80s/early 90s. This is just upscaled poop. Still poopy, but now sharper. 🤷♂️
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DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 33d
At some point people are going to ask, why even bother participating in this society?
hOrni@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 33d
So how far are we from an AI "enhanced" re-release of A New Hope?
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 32 pts · 33d
And then they should purge all availability of the old version, as is tradition.
massacre@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 32d
Fuck AI, go look at this project! https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/project-4k77/
Lojcs@piefed.social · 6 pts · 33d
Probably already happened
Thorry@feddit.org · 29 pts · 33d
I threw up in my mouth a bit
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 33d
It’s Afghanimation.
JakenVeina@midwest.social · 15 pts · 33d
What's it supposed to look like?
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 37 pts · 33d
I can't find the same scene, but here are some examples:
egrets@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 33d
It's about 41 seconds into the intro, hard to get a perfect freeze frame:
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 14 pts · 33d
Nice find. It does look quite different. Our brains are better at filling in the missing resolution than AI.
edit: it reminds me of comparing old pixel games on a CRT vs modern TVs.
egrets@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 33d
Yup, but at the same time, although I don't care to defend the upscaling, it does seem a slightly unfair frame to pick as being representative of the whole. It's a super brief shot in an action moment where the characters look distinctly goofy and low-detailed in the original.
The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world · 4 pts · 33d
Yeah, that's a fair point.
greencoil@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 1 pts · 32d
Edit: Deleted old comment, was a bit much to say; it already looked bad and the AI made it look worse. Why do it? Just keep the old native res release up. No one asked for a AI upscale.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 33d
Toad's hat looks especially bad even in the original.
Lojcs@piefed.social · 2 pts · 33d
Seeing this the upscaled one doesn't look bad at all
Glytch@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 33d
The AI upscaling does look bad, but that show was done as quickly and cheaply as possible, there're going to be a lot of times that they're off-model by a little or a lot. Sometimes they're even the wrong colors a few frames. Humans make mistakes too.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 33d
Whats wrong? Toad always wore a Frisbee.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 33d
Apparently he did in the original scene as well!
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 7 pts · 32d
The show looks kinda shitty even without AI upscaling. It was super low budget and from the late 80s/early 90s. This is just upscaled poop. Still poopy, but now sharper. 🤷♂️
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 32d
Luigi looks stoned out of his mind.
DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 33d
Mama Luigi?
AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 32d
Looks like a knockoff you'd see in the absolute worst knockoff store ever.