I used frames from 5 episodes from the PAL DVD sets with differing quality levels against the German Blu-rays in order to reverse engineer an AstroRes model. Detail enhancement is very high though it helps to have a good quality source (of course). The model will remove MPEG-2, some halos, and PAL-conversion artifacts like image trails and faded lines to great effect. Temporal stability is quite good.

AstroManLite

Purpose: To recreate the upscale process used in the He-Man German Blu-ray release.

A followup to my previous AstroManLite model. The primary focus is on detail preservation and enhancement of decent DVD material instead of artifact repair. I eliminated the attempt to remove temporal artifacts from the He-Man DVDs as it proved detrimental to the final results. It will, however, remove MPEG-2 artifacts to great effect.

AstroManPlus 262k

Using the Kineko 4K scan the hope was to clean up the Funi DVD releases and upscale to something comparable. This model degrains the series pretty damn well, but what's revealed beneath is a lot of moving noise that's probably best dealt with in pre- or post- with a video editor like AVISynth. So while the model is remarkably temporally stable, the DBZ sources certainly aren't. The movies look really nice when upscaled with raw input, though.

2x_DBZScanLite

Meant to preserve original 4:3 framing of G&F while upscaling. Trained to handle all seven seasons, which drastically differ in quality. Fixes include rainbowing, dot-crawl, halos, general noise, and of course MPEG-2 artifacts. It should be generally flexible in dealing with different degrees of those artifacts, but as always the cleaner the source the better. The model could be useful with other shows from the '80s and '90s with ugly video sources. Maybe.

2x_Garfield1_308k

In addition to removing the vertical blur, the model upscales, sharpens and will remove MPEG-2 artifacting and a small amount of rainbowing and dot crawl. Another series afflicted with the vertical blur is Avatar the Last Airbender, which can be repaired by this model. The video fed into the model MUST be 540 vertical for the deblur to work properly.

AstroManPlus 262k

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