>>1314211 (OP)>right settings>best qualityNo and no.
You're a retard who encoded the video as 8 bit, which basically ruins all the effort you put into upscaling...
Why would you waste so much time upscaling, only to handicap it with 8 bit, causing massive banding and blocking?
Look at the shoulder, there's so many fucking blocks.
And by the looks of it, you used ESRGAN's AnimeVideoV3. Sure it's clean, and many might prefer it, but it ruins fine detail, like the background.
Fine for porn, but not anime. Use AnimeJaNai instead.
Also you're dogshit at making comparisons, you can't even compare the correct frame...
Plus the aspect ratio gets fucked, just look at the first comparison you posted.
The source you used is shit too because it has interlaced shit in it. Bad rip.
>letterbox encoded into the videoKill yourself.
Maybe it's the best ATTEMPT at an upscale that currently exists, but it's by far the best one can get.
For any of you that want to give this a serious attempt and care about quality, use VideoJaNai with AnimeJaNai model and encode with -pix_fmt yuv420p10le to avoid banding/blocking issue.
>>1341301>normies who can stand ai art or ai upscales need to get a brainNo u.
AI is literally a tool and plenty of art made with it looks as good (if not better) than real artists. Upscales can also enhance how things look
The problem is, HOW you use it. Sure AI art looks bad, if you don't know how to use it or use garbage like NAI V1, SD1.5, AOM, etc etc.
Same with upscales like the shit I just explained above, badly encoded and using a model that vastly changes how things look.
Use AnimeJaNai and you get slightly cleaner lines without fucking anything up.
Here's a sample that compares the model they most likely used (ESRGAN) against a MUCH more faithful model, AnimeJaNai: https://slow.pics/c/nC62teGc
There's nothing wrong with using AnimeJaNai. For porn, I like ESRGAN somewhat, since nobody cares about tiny details when cooming.
Interpolation is dogshit though.
