So as a kid I had this literally convenience-store brand old 720p camcorder which I used to mess around and learn how video making works and recently, I came across a box of old DVDs where I had a few of movies saved that I would like to touch-up and preserve…but I noticed that a LOT of them were done with x3-x5 digital zoom, which results in a lot of…not sure if this counts as noise or artifacting, but basically the zoom completely messed it up.
I was able to negotiate an out-of-hours access to my employer’s editing station they use for Topaz Video AI (version 6 from what I was told) however they were not willing to spare me any time to help with this so I was hoping someone here could help me with any tips or suggestions? I know that there’s no “this is the one perfect thing” but a starting point from someone who already tried digital zoom fixing or a “you definitely should not do -thingX-” would be very much appreciated.
Maybe try the Focus Fix option in the first step. You could also add a minor noise (not grain) to help the a. i. work on the image data.
I think just try the models, Artemis, Proteus, Iris and Rhea out of the box as first try, and do nothing, except for Iris (lq), there is mostly manual increase of deblur needed, otherwise it is too soft. Take whatever looks best and then you can play with the parameters
This actually worked shockingly well on the video I tested last night - used Proteus with its default/automatic setting, Focus Fix set to Normal with added noise set to 1 and then adding a little grain - night and day difference! (not amazing, but much better than what it was originally)
Thanks for the help ^-^
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