I’ve been testing out VEAI with some old Lo-Band Umatic tapes and generally it is doing a very good job at enhancing the picture quality. I am very impressed with what it can do. However, it wold be great if the AI algorithm could recognise the kind of tape dropout known as Comet tails. The 1 frame white horizontal flashes that are very common on old Umatics, VHS tapes and Beta’s. I would have thought these would be very easy for the AI to pick out and replace with sections from previous frames or lines above or below.
See links for images:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f5gwX7zQNsy3Ol8KIXTuuG2_X7OfZEHl/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ReQ24XrNvFLwUjhl3Iq0E0gvNtEVcxHJ/view?usp=sharing
Thanks Nick