This is a one-stop “best fit” line, but it’s a good best-fit line if you’ve got the horsepower for it.
#AVISYNTH TFM HOW TO#
This guide explains how to create the highest-quality version of Deep Space Nine I currently know how to create without requiring any frame-by-frame or scene-by-scene editing. While this method is not absolutely perfect - if you zoom in, you’ll see Topaz creates some subtle blue lines around the logo that don’t exist by default - but the low-visibility error (especially at an 8-foot watch distance on a TV) is far outweighed by the degree of improvement.
From the beginning, I’ve promised that once I figured out a reliable enough method of performing this task to feel as if I could recommend it, I would do so. Improved color grading would help, but Seasons 1 & 2 look more like VHS tapes than DVD.īecause this is a tutorial, we’ll spend less time discussing the overall project and more time on the nuts and bolts of how you can perform this work yourself. I am willing to tolerate these acknowledged flaws in the DS9 Upscale Project because nobody I know of has had better luck repairing them. Check the output before you decide to automatically upscale these seasons.
#AVISYNTH TFM FULL#
In many cases, these seasons may benefit more from AviSynth and QTGMC alone than the full upscale treatment.
Note: I am actively looking for a better method of upscaling seasons 1-3 than the output below. This is much less of a problem after Season 2. In some cases, the green screen effect is amplified because the foreground character is so much sharper than the background. Upscalers struggle in these instances because they cannot find enough detail in the scene to lock on to and improve. I can only assume that whoever created the Season 1 & 2 DVDs really hated DS9’s pre-Dominion storyline because that holodeck background made it to disc with all the clarity of a mid-70s Playboy shoot. The shot of Jake Sisko fishing on the holodeck in Emissary was done with a green screen whose detail transferred badly.
Some of Deep Space Nine’s early special effects, especially external station shots and the credits, are in very poor condition on the DVD. While these can be improved, they still begin from a much lower baseline and benefit less. Seasons 1 & 2 are much worse than the rest of the show. Deep Space Nine’s seasons are of highly variable quality.
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