Our goal is not only to upscale the series to 4K, but also to color-correct it in HDR, interpolate the frame rate to 60FPS and (possibly) to incorporate some of the re-rendered HD CGI from the fan who has access to some of the original 3D files, although he hasn't responded to our messages yet.
The following sources are being used for the remaster:
- For the pure live-action material: PAL DVD downscaled back to native 480p
-For the CGI and Composites: Vudu 4:3 Web rips
The tools that we are using to remaster the series:
- Topaz Video Enhance AI (from 720x480 to 4320x2880)
- Virtualdub2
- Neat Video 5 noise reduction plugin
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Photoshop/GIMP
- In some instances we may use Remini or (if we can get it running) ESRGAN or EDVR
- For frame rate interpolation (24FPS to 60 FPS for live-action, 30FPS to 60FPS for CGI and Composites) we were thinking of using DAIN, although we may use other methods.
The final encodes will be around 4GB per episode in 3840x2160 resolution, 10bit HDR, 60FPS, H265.