This is a plugin for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro which uses
super-resolution
method to upsize video. It can be used to make HD videos from SD. The plugin
uses the same super-resolution engine as
Video Enhancer 1.6.
How it works
The plugin uses information from neighbor frames to upsize current frame.
It accumulates information, so the more sequential frames are processed,
the better quality you get. When it's first applied to a layer, it takes
just a few frames preceding the current one.
Original
Original zoomed 4x
Uprezzed with SR
There are 3 quality modes:
High speed SR, High quality SR and Lanczos. First two modes differ in speed
and result quality. The last one is just Lanczos upscaling without
super-resolution, you can use it when you need relatively fast
upsizing with better quality than bicubic resize. This mode is also used
when you set "low quality" for chosen layer in After Effects.
Where it works
This version was tested in After Effects 7.0 and Premiere Pro 2.0
but may probably work in other versions (reported to work in AE 6.5).
Warning:
this upsize method works only with progressive video. If you want to upsize
interlaced video you should either deinterlace it or separate fields and
recombine them back after upsizing.
Quality comparison
This super-resolution method (used also in Video Enhancer) has been compared
with several alternative video upsizing methods and solutions including
plugins from Red Giant, Digital Anarchy and Topaz Labs. You can
see the comparison
here.
Registered and Unregistered versions
This plugin is a try-before-you-buy software. You can download and test it
free of charge as long as you want. While unregistered it will add watermark
(diagonal lines) over the result video. You can disable this watermark by
purchasing a license and entering your registration code. When ordering
don't forget to enter your serial number which you can see in Options dialog
of the plugin.
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