Oh no evil AI.. Good lord. F.. off.. Go back to the middle ages..

[snow zinc]

^^ 🙂

[tall mountain]

howd u do that, discord always downscales the resolution

also tysm

[snow zinc]

If you save in PNG discord doesnt do anything.

[tall mountain]

Oh bet

[tall mountain]

can i ask what u used to 4k enhance it

[snow zinc]

https://github.com/n00mkrad/cupscale/releases/

[tall mountain]

ty

[snow zinc]

@quaint fable Cant wait until we have MT clouds on all planets and moons.

[quaint fable]

Can't wait either, it's strange going from mostly flying around MT to going elsewhere and seeing the flat cloud layers again

Also makes planets look 10x better than they already look

I'm interested to see if the clouds will ever have an effect on gameplay (masking some radar signatures, etc.. Sorta thing)

[lime cipher]

what AI network, Model, and settings do you typically use for cupscale? I tested it out with RealESRGAN and Realesrgan-x4plus.

[snow zinc]

realESRGAN and BSRGAN are good allrounder. By now I use several models depending on the picture. Its a process. You will learn by trying different models on different pictures and see where they are good and where not.

[lime cipher]

Thanks, any suggestions on whether or not to resize up / down before or after upscaling?

[snow zinc]

dont resize before upscale. Only resize after upscale if you want to keep a certain size.

[lime cipher]

Thanks. I figured if I resized before upscaling, it would probably make the pixel size too large making the resolution lower?

[snow zinc]

that all the models I use.

There are rare scenarios where resizing before upscale helps, but very rare as I find.

https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi

NMKD are devs models.

https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

A lot are redudand, thats why I keep to those above.

BSRGAN and realESRGAN tend to unblur when you dont want to.

Then I have to work around that with some other mdoels. Thats why I have the noise model for example.

Or like here.. BSRGAN tend to create tiles and stains at certain backgrounds.

@warm mesa denoised

@tall mountain enhanced and 4K

[warm mesa]

See, that's so nice

[snow zinc]

When pictures have no noise they feel like you can step into them.

I love that clean look

[tall mountain]

sick bro

[warm mesa]

That was a nice shot man. I say Hey man nice shot.

What a good shot, man.

[tall mountain]

tyty, looks great with the edit

[snow zinc]

@rustic vessel
4K and denoised

[rustic vessel]

nice

[lime cipher]

@snow zinc Watching you make these edits makes me want to get into postprocessing too. Been messing around with Cupscale, a little confusing at first but makes a huge difference in image quality.

[snow zinc]

Its not even about the higher resolution. Its the denoising and anti aliasing you can do with it.

[snow zinc]

It really does! 🙂 I was addicted the moment I found it. Thats why this thread is alive since so long. It just is so satisfying to see a noisefree and smooth picture.

[snow zinc]

@thorny zodiac 4K and denoised. 🙂 These Low res edges from frontal reentry effects are almost impossible to remove without manual editing in photoshop. I did my best in lightroom and with Ai.

[thorny zodiac]

Ahhh was waiting for it haha, still looks great, thank you. :)

[snow zinc]

😄

@quaint valeremoved sharp edges from reentry effects and denoised. 🙂

[quaint vale]

👍

[snow zinc]

@fierce phoenix 4K and denoised

@fierce phoenix I missed some HUD Elements. Removed them.

[snow zinc]

https://github.com/n00mkrad/cupscale/releases/

https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi

[kindred haven]

👍

[snow zinc]

https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond denoised

[snow zinc]

@fluid roost 4K, enhanced, denoised and removed JPEG artefacts. 🙂

@tall mountain You can also set the pixel resolution manually.

[tall mountain]

oh awesome ill try it when i take another SS i like

[snow zinc]

Yeah, only thing I think is a bug, I have to report this to the Dev I think, is when you "refresh preview (cutout)" with that pixel setting. It will handle the cutout as if it was the whole picture. This doesnt happen for example when you choose a percentage with a cutout preview. THen it handles the cutout as cutout and changes the res relative to the whole picture.

[tall mountain]

damn

[lime cipher]

What denoiser do you use? Topaz Denoise AI? And is the enhancement from Lightroom?

[snow zinc]

I use cupscale and then a appropriate model for scaling and denoising.

I dont like programs like topaz where I get a more polished UI but have less control. In cupscale I can use the exact model I want and can download them anywhere.

[lime cipher]

Just discovered the model comparison tool, can run multiple models against one image to see which model has qualities I like. Feel like I'm going to love cupscale.

[snow zinc]

model comparison tool? What you mean?

you mean this?

[snow zinc]

model comparison tool? What you mean?

[snow zinc]

@plain thistle more resolution, removed artefacts, fog, noise.

[snow zinc]

Where did you find this? Maybe something you only have with an nvidia card?

[lime cipher]

@snow zinc this icon at the top right

[snow zinc]

oh god I just saw it. xD

[lime cipher]

haha

[snow zinc]

I dont get how it works though..

[lime cipher]

you select a picture first, then choose multiple models under "add models". Then, it will process the image using mulitple models simulatenously, that way you can see which model you prefer post-processing.

Gives you a side-by-side of all the models for comparison, I'll show you one of mine

Not my best picture by any means since I'm still learning, but this demonstrates how it works

[snow zinc]

Ahh.. Nice. I did that always manually. But thats really a thing that saves my time.

[lime cipher]

It does make my cupscale app freeze like hell if I do any more than like, 2 at a time. 3 made it freeze entirely and use 100% GPU with a 3070 RTX

[snow zinc]

ah ok. I tried 3 now. ^^ Worked, but I used anyway only the cutout. Whole pictures take several minutes probably.

[lime cipher]

Sweet, hopefully it helps

I need to learn how you enhance your images after you upscale them. So far upscaling makes a huge difference though.

[lime cipher]

Wow that was fast for you. Mine takes several minutes

BSRGAN looks good on that one

[snow zinc]

BSRGAN and RealESRGAN are my favorites.

I use now also a model that adds anti aliasing which is very helpful with edges from low res VFX effects in SC.

Like you see the pixels on the left on the gladius. the right ones are more smoothed. I mostly do that model first now and then upscale it. makes the picture more smooth and sharp.

[snow zinc]

I first enhance them, then upscale them. Adobe Lightroom is on the beginning, since some editing actually produces noise by itself.

https://discord.gg/............ nbB4A5F

And that is the devs discord.
https://discord.gg/............ npRWMRYj

I like that comparison wizard. xD

[snow zinc]

@tribal ore 4K and enhanced. 🙂

@vale coral enhanced and denoised.

[tribal ore]

love the edit! thank you

[snow zinc]

@signal wave
enhanced your picture and made it 4K. 🙂

[signal wave]

Sick

[snow zinc]

😃

[signal wave]

Is it ok if i post it in #sc-screenshots crediting you ?

[snow zinc]

Of course. 🙂

[signal wave]

:DDD

[snow zinc]

@thorny zodiac

[thorny zodiac]

LFGGGGG

thats hot

oh you cropped the shadowplay shit out too

[lime cipher]

Still learning/practicing, what I've come up with on day one

[haughty elm]

I definitely need to learn how to do this. These images look amazing!

[snow zinc]

Nice!

[tiny lion]

I'm way too colourblind to start changing colours with precision lol

[snow zinc]

😄

Changing the colors of a picture cant do a lot.

Its something I always do with my screenshots. SC has to much fog and weird colors.

@azure mulch 4K and denoised. 🙂

[snow zinc]

@errant smelt 4K and enhanced and denoised.

@tribal ore
4K and denoised and enhanced. 🙂

[errant smelt]

[tall mountain]

@vast island i rlly liked this one so i upscaled and dehazed

[snow zinc]

Nice 🙂

[quaint fable]

Tried upscaling one of my own

Before

After

Not sure if it worked or not lol, but I tried

Seems to create some weird artefacts in terms of the hud a little, but eh

[alpine totem]

Hey @snow zinc I'm back with some more jumptown photos! Feel free to play around with any of these...

[snow zinc]

Love the HH pic. Removed the edges of the fire VFX and increased resolution. Also added more contrast and fire to the effects ^^

[snow zinc]

Dude.. xD Thats a 16K picture. xD

[quaint fable]

Oops lol

Didn't look at any guides so I just did what seemed to work

[snow zinc]

😄

Dont touch the resize before upscale. 🙂

BSRGAN has in its name "4x".

That means it will automatically 4x the resolution. its hardcoded into it.

YOu can then by "resize after upscale" change the end resolution.

[quaint fable]

Ah, right

I'll not supersize it next time lol

No wonder it was talking so long to load

[alpine totem]

🥵

nice work as always!

ty

[quaint fable]

How would I go about fixing the smaller artefacts like the hud being blurred and stuff? Or is that just innate within the ai and not much can be done?

And any other general tips for use/ best quality achievable?

[snow zinc]

The HUD is already blurred in the original. I suspect that its the dirty glass maybe and the camera is just outside the cockpit? Maybe thats why its already so bad.

A lot is try and error and to learn how which models performs with which picture. There is a comparison wizard in the top right corner.

you can there choose a few models and best is to zoom in on a part of the picture and then choose in that wizard "Current preview crop". So it will not take ages to render the whole picture.

There you have a side by side comparison what each model does.

And remember, I was clueless in the beginning too. This thread exists since months now and if I just made 1 picture every day, it would be already over hundred pictures. Its probably several hundred I upscaled by now. It takes time to learn what model does what.

Just set the scale to 1 so you see side by side the general character of the models.

[quaint fable]

Ah, didn't realise that, oops lol

Okay, cool, thanks for the tips

[snow zinc]

@fast fox enhanced and 4K

[fast fox]

thats sick

[snow zinc]

@fast fox4K and denoised but lost details.

[fast fox]

thats really cool

[quaint fable]

Finally got ReShade working \o/

Anyone have some recommended settings or presets? Currently using "Amped brilliance, colour and detail" by Shewtz, seems a bit grainy even with grain off

[fast fox]

krispy

[tribal ore]

https://tenor.com/view/gorgeous-you-are-so-gif-22362147

[quaint fable]

Still learning how to do this I suppose

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Looks a bit like a painting when you zoom in lol

[tall mountain]

fucking dope bro

[snow zinc]

@sly umbra enhanced 🙂

[sly umbra]

ty that was the only one i couldnt get

[snow zinc]

Try to keep the pictures at 4K. 🙂

@tiny lion 4K and enhanced. 🙂

@meager flume highres and enhanced. Could have been extreme good, if it was no JPEG.

[snow zinc]

@tiny lion 4K 🙂

[tiny lion]

Thats awesome. Wish the game screenshot tool wouldnt make JPG's. Because I currently only have 1 monitor I cant tab out to use Lightshot

[snow zinc]

You can use reshade as a pure screenshot tool or MSI Afterburner. I use afterburner. 🙂

[tiny lion]

Do those work while tabbed on SC?

[tiny lion]

I should really get Lightroom. Currently have photoshop and using the preserve detail 2.0 image resize function and the auto colour, contrast and tone

But it isnt close to what you produce here

[snow zinc]

I do everythign manual. 🙂

[meager flume]

@snow zinc Like this?

Wait discord itself is compressing it?

https://flic.kr/p/2n7wAMe

[snow zinc]

Thats fine. PNG is not being compressed by Discord. JPEG is. Also your picture format was just jpeg.

[snow zinc]

40% more resolution, enhanced, smoothed edges from low res VFX effects like DoF and blur in SC and denoised. 🙂

And I use an AI Model that can smoothen the edges.

Alone by upscaling you wont get that result.

[snow zinc]

@fossil dove4K 🙂

[fossil dove]

Thank you!

[snow zinc]

@mellow edge 4K and enhanced and denoised 🙂

[snow zinc]

@lament nest 4K

[mellow edge]

😍 thanks il replace my desktop background wiv this one

[lament nest]

Thanks, but why x)

[snow zinc]

Just because ^^

[lament nest]

lmao

what tool are u using? ur hands? an AI ?

[snow zinc]

Ai and lightroom

[lament nest]

Adobe illustrator or artifical intelligence lmao

[snow zinc]

Artificial intelligence ^^

[lament nest]

oww

how do you use that?

[snow zinc]

https://github.com/n00mkrad/cupscale/releases/

https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi

[lament nest]

nice! opensource!

[snow zinc]

https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

yep 🙂

[lament nest]

and what do you use lightroom for?

[snow zinc]

Lightrom for general editing like contrast, colors etc.

AI just for upscaling and denoising

[lament nest]

you use these 3 sites as part of the "AI" part?

[snow zinc]

First is the link to the prorgam.

[lament nest]

yup

[snow zinc]

second is the devs drive where you can download models

[lament nest]

it upscales

models?

[snow zinc]

and 3rd is a general Wiki where you find models you want.

[lament nest]

what do models do?

[snow zinc]

No not models like that 😄

A model is a matrix how the AI upscales and behaves. How it is trained. on what pictures and what for.

[lament nest]

Which model have u used for mine?

kinda interesting:

it took you time ?

[snow zinc]

the first one and BSRGAN

Yeah it takes time. The GPU is maxed out and upscales

Well, not really long. LIke a minute or so

Depends on the GPU as well

[lament nest]

ok so hummmm

[snow zinc]

Size of the picture you are upscaling etc

[lament nest]

i dont really wanna get into this mess rn

you take a picture,

[snow zinc]

😄 Nobody wants to force you ^^

I just do it for fun.

[lament nest]

put it in, choose your model (you use GainRESV blabla), then press "okgoman" , poof, ur picture enhanced?

[snow zinc]

Yeah I load the picture, choose the setting I want. Model and resize factor and press Go ^^

[lament nest]

noice

could you try with this one? wondering how it'll go with the clouds

[snow zinc]

4K

And denoised of course.

That model works better. Doesnt unblur the clouds .

[lament nest]

noice

i already have reshade

so i think screens are compressed

[snow zinc]

Not when you save PNG, well yes compressed but not lossy.

[fossil dove]

Reshade works for this?

[fossil dove]

does it affect FPS much?

[lament nest]

idk

but reshade make 2K screenshot of 7-10MB per screen to almost 500KB per screen, definitely worth it, plus you can modify the looks of your game

[snow zinc]

You definitely lose quality when a picture gets shrinked like taht.

@regal timber 4K and denoised.

@worthy widget 4K and denoised. 🙂

[worthy widget]

Wut do u mean?

[snow zinc]

I made that picture 4K and removed grain and noise from compression and so

[worthy widget]

Oh, how do u do it?

[snow zinc]

Magic 😄

No AI Upscaling and Adobe Lightroom ^^

[worthy widget]

Mind sharing the magik :3

Oh, welp, nvm haha

[snow zinc]

If you scroll up you see the links I shared.

[quaint fable]

No, it really is just magic lol

1ch0 is our resident magician

Taps your image with their wand and boom

4k and crystal clear

[haughty elm]

Which do you use first, upscale or lightroom?

[snow zinc]

First Lightroom. Because some edits produce noise by themself. Which I then later with Cupscale remove again.

[haughty elm]

That make sense. Thanks.

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond Denoised and enhanced

[worthy pond]

Nice thanks @snow zinc also found I could sell my warez at the T&D was nice!

[snow zinc]

@lime cipher enhanced and denoised

[meager flume]

@snow zinc I'm so confused

I guess Google photos converts to jpg when sharing?

[snow zinc]

Check this site.
https://photos.google.com/settings There I can set it to keep original size or safe space.

[snow zinc]

@twin pewter 4K and enhanced and denoised. 🙂

[twin pewter]

thank you very much

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond 4K and enhanced. 🙂

[worthy pond]

thanks! @snow zinc

[snow zinc]

Denoised

[wild iris]

The lack of that grain makes it look like a blender render 🤖

[snow zinc]

😄

[fast fox]

mm nice pics, are these related to a game/movie or just random good 3D renders

[snow zinc]

They are from Destiny 2. From "Station Eleven" the TV Series. And random scifi.. All from Artstation. 🙂

First two and last two are more random sci fi

helmet is destiny 2

and the others are from station eleven

[fast fox]

mm looks cool

[tiny lion]

Could you magic this picture to beauty pretty please, 1ch0? :3

I tried, but it didn't come out any better if not worse so the above it the original 😅

[calm crown]

Oh dang that armor looks nice, what do you use?

[tiny lion]

CBH-3 Helmet Grey and TrueDef-Pro Black/Gold/Silver armour which has the UEE Advocacy insignias on it. Undersuit is the Forceflex Greys

The whole set can be bought in the Area18 weapons/armour store

[tiny lion]

Sick, thanks!

[fast fox]

started using reshade and heres a preset i found for SC, it really changes a lot for the good and doesnt even lower fps

[sly umbra]

im gonna have to get reshade

that looks really nice

[fast fox]

it does, this video is a nice tutorial but keep in mind u need the 4.9.1 version bc the newest one doesnt work anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euIAmBSsHsI&t=770s

[sly umbra]

ty dude

[wet yew]

Large photo dump

[sly umbra]

what ship is the top pic?

[wet yew]

Mustang Alpha

[sly umbra]

i had no idea the mustangs had interiors

[wet yew]

It has a really nice interior

Yeah

This is the only one that does I believe

I know for sure that the mustang beta doesn’t have an interior and I’m not sure about the mustang gamma

[sly umbra]

ill need to get one ingame now just to see it

[wet yew]

It’s pretty nice

It’s not very big but it’s still very aesthetically pleasing

There’s no ramp or anything though

[sly umbra]

the window at the front looks really nice

[wet yew]

Indeed

[wet yew]

I had no idea that reshade makes this much of a difference

Left side is reshade, right side is vanilla

[thorny zodiac]

@warm jetty

[wet yew]

I only just realized that I mixed these around, the mustang alpha is the one without the interior and the beta is the one with the interior

@sly umbra just pinging so you don’t get the wrong ship if you actually end up getting it

[snow zinc]

To me left looks worse. The thing is, reshade would need an AI to intelligently change the picture stats.

[wet yew]

It is pretty annoying having to manually change all the settings

[snow zinc]

True

[wet yew]

It doesn’t look very good when it comes to bloom imo

[snow zinc]

@burnt widget 4K 🙂 and denoised.

[burnt widget]

beautiful thx

[halcyon trout]

@snow zinc yo can u upscale my 2 images that i posted in sc screenshots?

[snow zinc]

When I don't forget. 🙂 I'm back at home in a few hours..

[snow zinc]

40% more resolution and enhanced and removed artefacts.

[halcyon trout]

ty

[snow zinc]

@shrewd sphinx 4K and enhanced. Denoised.

@barren carbon enhanced, denoised and 4K

@glacial blaze 4K and denoised. 🙂

[glacial blaze]

Thankyou!

[snow zinc]

@tough grotto 4K and enhanced

[barren carbon]

@snow zinc 🙏 Could you please enhance this

[snow zinc]

@potent cedar denoised 🙂

[snow zinc]

@lone shore 4K and denoised

[snow zinc]

@crimson steppe4K

[lone shore]

tysm

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain
4K and denoised.

[tall mountain]

looks great!

[hybrid basin]

can you 4k this @snow zinc

[quaint fable]

@hybrid basin tried my best, still learning the software, and no colour correction or changes, just a pure enhancement and upscale (1ch0 will most likely do a better job lol, they are the god of upscale after all)

[snow zinc]

You took the right model. Ill see what I can do in lightroom.

[snow zinc]

@winter breach 4K and enhanced. Just denoised and upped resolution. 🙂

[winter breach]

I was hoping you would do something about it 🙂 Thx

[snow zinc]

🙂

@fossil dove4K
@magic loom Enhanced. 🙂

[magic loom]

Nice c:

[quaint fable]

I don't think I really use any other model lol, tried them all and it seemed to give the best results so i've just stuck with it

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[fossil dove]

that looks amazing thanks!

[snow zinc]

It definitely is one of the models with BSRGAN that works in 90% of the time.

[hybrid basin]

@snow zinc 4k?

[tall mountain]

doing gods work

[dreamy raven]

Just to say thanks for posting the resources the other day - just used the GainRESV3_Natural + BSRGAN combo you mentioned so far but it's a great tool I'd have no idea about otherwise 👍

[snow zinc]

Awesome! I'm happy when other people use it and can also enjoy their pictures! 😃 Advise, try not to use GainRES model with JPEG without removing the jpeg artefacts before. Because you will create artefacts because the model will not recognize the jpeg artefacts correctly since its not trained for that and make weird textures around edges of shapes.

There are actually 3 GainRES models from the author from the discord. I just chose to use the "natural" one after I made some pixel to pixel comparisons.

https://mega.nz/folder/yg0lHQoJ#sP8_BfDk2YlshFjOL9Qrtg

[dreamy raven]

For the artefacts, best to use something else first (Lightroom etc) or do it in Cupscale?

[snow zinc]

For just removing artefacts I use 1x_NMKD-Jaywreck3-Lite_320k.pth

But its not the optimal solution for everything. With a picture that has bad artefacts and you want to upscale it, ist most the time better to just use bsrgan or realesrgan. Only when you have situations with rough edges in SC from bad VFX effects like reentry effects, I go the extra mile and go first jaywreck, then Gain RES and then BSRGAN or Ultrayandere. If you do that regulary with any picture a use of only bsrgan or realesrgan will get you more detail. I tested it.

So there are usecases where you use differnt models. They are not perfect for everythign.

[dreamy raven]

Amazing, thanks for that! I'll have a play and run some comparisons. I run SC below 1080p, but enjoy photography so this is a lifesaver. Example from a test run earlier:

[snow zinc]

What resolution is your display?

[dreamy raven]

1680x1050. It's an old monitor, so the old ratio

[snow zinc]

Ah ok. 🙂 Time for some 4K monitor. ^^

[dreamy raven]

There's a reason I'm flying a Mustang starter 😂 We can dream!

[snow zinc]

haha. 😄 🙂

[snow zinc]

@barren carbon 4K and denoised. 🙂

[snow zinc]

@smoky crypt 4K and denoised. 🙂

[smoky crypt]

@snow zinc

OH WAIT

nv,m

stry

just realised

im stupid sorry

thank you xD

it looks awsome

never been here before i thought i did smth wrong

how did you do it?

[snow zinc]

Ai Upscaling. 🙂

With the new AMD Driver software from today now I can finally make screenshots in 8K.

[halcyon trout]

hey

can u upscale my image?

[quaint fable]

Stunning 8k resolution meditation app lol

[warm mesa]

You've taken your first step into a larger world.

[snow zinc]

@quiet kraken 4K and enhanced. 🙂

[quiet kraken]

nice 🥶

[snow zinc]

@odd harbor 4K and enhanced. 🙂

[snow zinc]

@quaint fable 4K

@glossy carbon 4K

[glossy carbon]

Woah that looks amazing thank you!

[quaint fable]

Thanks, looks great!

[magic loom]

Reckon you can scale this up for me? c:

[sly umbra]

The 1st is not upscaled the 2nd is upscaled

does anyone know how i can stop the weird looking parts on the ship

[glossy carbon]

that is stunning!

[snow zinc]

What you mean?

[sly umbra]

it looks off in some places

[snow zinc]

Then upscale after that

Use this model for chases like this. It anti aliases the edges.

[sly umbra]

🙏🙏🙏🙏 youre the god at this

[snow zinc]

^^

Its the low VFX effects in qualiyt in SC. You have to correct them sometimes. With PNGs I use that model always before I upscale ^^

also here

the model fixes shit like that

[snow zinc]

@hybrid basin 😉

[magic loom]

@snow zinc Reckon you could do your magic on this one for me? c:

[magic loom]

♥️

Actually sorry I'm gonna be a pain

Reckon you could take a swing at these?

I'm really fond of them and want to do some more stuff with them

[thorny zodiac]

1cho

[quaint fable]

Usual stuff 1ch0 does, just without the colour correction they do. Hope it looks good. (Great photos by the way)

[quaint fable]

4k'd and denoised, only without any of the colour correction/ further edits 1ch0 may have done

Still learning the software, but I hope it's alright

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[magic loom]

Cheers man c:

[thorny zodiac]

looks awesome thanks bro

[quaint fable]

Doubt i'll ever get to the mastery 1ch0 has, but hey, I try

Glad you both like them

[wet yew]

Area 18

The actual photos are higher quality, had to compress them to be able to upload to discord

[snow zinc]

You should be able to upload 100 mb no?

[snow zinc]

You can set the resolution on the right side. So you dont have to create massive pictures that have huge filesizes ^^

[snow zinc]

@tough grotto 4K and enhanced. 🙂

[wild iris]

@snow zinc heyo, my gpu has crapped out so i can't dlsr to 4k.. can ya help me out withh your fine tuning?

[thorny zodiac]

@snow zinc feel free to edit that up better, photoshop is my specialty not lightroom 🙂

i tried to get the stuff to the left of his head vignette...ed? out....? so that you really just see the lights on the right side

[snow zinc]

You mean like this?

[thorny zodiac]

ouuu yes pretty much, thank you 🙂

[robust path]

@snow zinc could you upscale this one pretty please, need it but its jpg blurry lol

[sly umbra]

no.

[quaint fable]

I'm no 1ch0, but it's been enhanced and then upscaled to 4k. Blur seems to be partially caused by the fog so not much I could do there (that I know of) but the rest of it has been cleaned up and all the good stuff

[robust path]

thanketh

[snow zinc]

I tried my luck. 🙂

@tall mountain awesome shot! 🙂 I edited it and upscaled it to 4k. 🙂

@blazing kernel4K upscaled.

[blazing kernel]

[snow zinc]

🙂

@vagrant root 4K upscaled

[robust path]

thnks!

[tall mountain]

thanks :D

[hybrid basin]

@snow zinc 4k? No filter change please

[snow zinc]

yeah, there is not much playroom anyway. JPEG. ^^

[snow zinc]

@wild iris realESRGAN has lots of noise reduction. But there are so many different models. 🙂
https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi
https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

[wild iris]

Schweeet. I’ll have to check that out

Thanks man!!

[snow zinc]

🙂

[snow zinc]

@hybrid narwhal 4K

@verbal hull 4K Since there are people that like noise in pictures I did a few different models.

[verbal hull]

👍

[snow zinc]

@ripe orbit
40% more resolution and edited

[snow zinc]

@summer relic 4K

[thorny zodiac]

@snow zinc

[vivid geyser]

@snow zinc At your earliest convenience, please

[snow zinc]

I tried my best.

[vivid geyser]

Lovely, I'm glad you did what you could. Would the first one being taken during a blizzard have influenced the ability to tweak it?

[snow zinc]

Mostly it the fact it was JPEG. Lots of artefacts that had to be removed.

[vivid geyser]

Ah, I see. I just posted straight out of the screenshot folder. Is there anything I can do to make it easier for you, in the event I have more screenshots I'd like to have touched up?

[snow zinc]

@tired lake 4K

[snow zinc]

Use PNG as a fileformat. 😉

[vivid geyser]

Would changing them to a PNG after creation really affect that much? I'm not experienced with image editing

[quaint fable]

I'm not sure if formatting to png after taking the initial shot would work, as it's still originally jpg and would have been compressed (hence artifacts) I think

But don't quote me on it

[violet blade]

@snow zinc

[snow zinc]

You have to take the picture in PNG from the start. Imagine fileformats as cases. A JPEG is a tiny box where you have to squeeze the picture in it and will have to sacrifice information to make it even fit. a PNG is a huge case. It has lots of space to put lots of information in it without the need to sacrifice details and inforamtion.

So by saving the JPEG as PNG, you put a small box in a big box. lots of free space and the little box still contains the small amount of infos.

@violet blade So best is to use a tool that can save in PNG.
A good video for you might be this.

https://youtu.be/R59ITx9uCJA

[violet blade]

Now? @snow zinc (Sorry for pinging again)

[snow zinc]

Here you see what gets better when I only remove jpeg artefacts. Thats what the model is for.

[violet blade]

Sheesh

So I changed them into PNG

Does ist work now?

[snow zinc]

When I save them, it still says jpeg

[violet blade]

But I changed the new ones to PNG

[snow zinc]

How did you change thme?

id you take them as PNG?

[violet blade]

Renaming from jpeg to PNG

[snow zinc]

Ah.. 😄 I figured. Thats now how it works. 🙂

[violet blade]

On my phone it says PNG too

[snow zinc]

You need a program that saves the screenshots from the game directly into png.

MSi Afterburner is what I use

[wild iris]

Greenshot is nice

Can just PRNT Scrn and crop in paint.net

[snow zinc]

yeah, anythign that makes no JPEgs ^^

You can in general use JPEG and get good quality but then you would need control over the compression. And when you use Print screen in SC it uses shitty compression

[violet blade]

Yoooo

That looks great

[snow zinc]

🙂

[violet blade]

Thank you so much

[snow zinc]

you are welcome. 🙂

[violet blade]

Thank you so much

[snow zinc]

🙂

[quaint fable]

@snow zinc sorry for the ping, but do you know of any decent photo editing software that we don't have to pay for? Tried Lightroom on my phone but it only works with jpg, which isn't great, had a look online and all the good ones are either subscription based or super expensive so I thought you might be able to throw a few suggestions my way with your experience on photo editing software

[vivid geyser]

Okay, I just got afterburner configured, I'll retake some screencaps as PNGs and shoot them back in here, see what magic can really be worked

[snow zinc]

Its definitely a difference.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22996130/nvidia-instant-nerf-demo-ai-render-3d-scenes-2d-photos This is so cool.

Imagine you could do that with game screenshots. ^^

[thorny zodiac]

ouuuuu

actually

you can

just take 4 screenshots

from diff angles

[vivid geyser]

@snow zinc there isn't a chance you can impose blizzard-like conditions in the editing process, is there?

[snow zinc]

Not with lightroom I think. Its not for that. Use photoshop for that.

[vivid geyser]

@snow zinc some decent recaps that SC allowed me to take, in PNG format. Your help has been greatly appreciated

[snow zinc]

👌

[thorny zodiac]

I can do something like that, 1cho does Lightroom I do Photoshop

[vivid geyser]

Well luckily, a light blizzard rolled in. But if you could make that last one look a little more believable as a blizzard, I'd appreciate that

Also, it occurs to me now that the last one has a bit of a graphical issue. I don't recall seeing that when I took the screencap

@thorny zodiac if you can impose some blizzard-y effects, this one probably has the most desirable angle from my end

[thorny zodiac]

Alright I'll give it a shot when I'm home

[hardy igloo]

this kinda reminds me of that once scene in interstellar

[thorny zodiac]

my favorite movie, i was thinking the same thing

[hardy igloo]

we need black holes in sc

[thorny zodiac]

@vivid geyser

mmannnnn im getting the hang of lightroom

@snow zinc do you approve

[vivid geyser]

Would you like credit for having edited the screenshot? And you as well, @snow zinc. I got a bit excited, but I'll edit the post if you guys would like crediting

[thorny zodiac]

@tall mountain

[thorny zodiac]

up to you, i dont mind whether or not you do

[tall mountain]

nice!

[thorny zodiac]

[snow zinc]

Lightroom is awesome.

[snow zinc]

no worries

[quaint fable]

Messed around in lightroom, then tidied it up and upscaled. Think it looks alright

Original image for reference

[fast fox]

damn is that somewhere in lorville?

[quaint fable]

No, Cyberpunk lol

Just slapped it here for some feedback

[snow zinc]

Yeah looks fine. 🙂

Maybe upscale with ultrayandere. Cyberpunk looks very clean and static in this picture anyway.

but the gain REs model was fine in this case.

I see lots of aliasing and edges you removed by that

[quaint fable]

Would that be in the model database thing you posted a while back?

[snow zinc]

yep

[quaint fable]

ESRGAN model?

[quaint fable]

@summer relic May not be the best, but it's been edited and upscaled for you

[summer relic]

Looks good 🙂 thanks. could you try other one as well ? cant decide which one i like more 😅

[quaint fable]

Yea, want me to do the same/ similar, or try something else with it?

In terms of colour correction and whatnot, that is

[summer relic]

same thing will be fine

same/similar 😄

[quaint fable]

Cool, i'll try and get the same result then

[summer relic]

how do you guys do this upscale btw. love how smooth it is after that. wish my game looked like that 😄 i have literary everything on full details... but i have only 1920x1080 monitor 🥲

[snow zinc]

I honestly almost dont wanna touch JPEGs anymore. You always have to work around the artefacts. Its obnoxious.

@summer relic Cupscale as a tool. 🙂

https://github.com/n00mkrad/cupscale/releases/

https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi

https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

[snow zinc]

I need to find a decent tutorial for cupscale...

[quaint fable]

Yeah, it's awkward to learn lol

I'd like to think I mostly have the hang of it now

[snow zinc]

https://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/19/windows/free-ai-image-upscaler-software-for-windows-based-on-esrgan-cupscale.html

I think this was one I shared a lot.

I look for a tutorial where the infos regarding pytorch are described well. You dont need to install pytorch or anything from teh web. Its already included in the installation.. Most tutorials dont cover that.

Maybe I make myself an tutorial ^^

[quaint fable]

You've probably got enough experience with it to make a pretty good beginner's guide sort of thing

Been good at explaining it to everyone who's asked so far

[snow zinc]

👍

[snow zinc]

Its really not hard, when you understand the basics. But first I was confused as well ^^

If you have a nvidia card, I would recommend to take a look at chaiNNer.

UI looks like that

But the dev doesnt want to support AMD or NCNN like cupscale does, where you can just convert the models to NCNN.

So its out for me ^^

The dev of cupscale wants to rewrite cupscale, too. To make it better in handling and managing models and all that.

[quaint fable]

Looks more complicated than it has to be, and i'd rather not learn another software lol

[snow zinc]

March 2nd this year.

I am looking forward to taht

[quaint fable]

Oh nice

[snow zinc]

I find it honestly more easy as you see the flow from left to right. In cupscale you go from left to rigth to left to right basically. ^^ You first have to figure out the dependencies and flows.

[quaint fable]

Yeah, true

Flowcharts can get pretty messy if you're not careful though

[snow zinc]

But for now cupscale does what it is supposed to and that for free. I see no reason to purchase one of the priced prgramms

[quaint fable]

Free stuff is always nice, that's for sure

Especially when it's to this quality too

[snow zinc]

I love the freedom. With a priced software I am usually bound to their models and stuff. Here I can use and download what ever model I want and they get better and better.

[quaint fable]

Yeah, especially since free software is sometimes open source too, so other people can add to it and improve it alongside the dev(s)

[snow zinc]

With cupscale you basically can. Its on github.

Yeah, I maybe will make a tutorial.

Since I wanna bring more people into the world of upscaling and using AI. Since it can do so much and bring fun to screenshots.

It is so satisfying. Seeing how the picture gets better smoother. I am addicted. 😄

[quaint fable]

Yeah, can't lie, it is satisfying to see

They do sometimes look almost cartoonish if you zoom in too much for some pictures, but eh

[snow zinc]

I think thats only natural as the AI can only work with what is there. So a higher quality picture from the start with higher resolution will always help.

[quaint fable]

Yeah, didn't think I could escape it

Just wish I had native 4k instead of being stuck with 1920x1080 😭

[snow zinc]

Yeah, get a 4K monitor!!

I had a 1080p before and now a 4K and its such a difference.

The pixel density

amazing

And they are not so expensive anymore.

And you dont even need a huge card with all teh upscaling techniques now.

I used magpie for FSR before, now even the driver has RSR implemented which is basically FSR in any game.

So I played SC in 4K upscaled from 1080p

looks amazing

https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/radeon-super-resolution

I got now a DELL S3221Q monitor.

My focus was to not step down in contrast as I had already a PVA panel before.

So its only 60 Hz also.

I dont care for high Hz

[quaint fable]

Ah, I don't have a Radeon card so I can't use it

[snow zinc]

Doesnt matter. Magpie does it. 🙂

https://github.com/Blinue/Magpie/releases

Use windows mode or window borderless and set a res below native. magpie will make fullscreen and upscale it. What AMD does now with RSR in driver.

Works awesome.

I got that one now.
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-32-curved-4k-uhd-monitor-s3221qs/apd/210-axkm/monitors-monitor-accessories

https://youtu.be/xxDexYt9BUU

[quaint fable]

Fancy monitor, bit out of budget for me at the moment though lol

[snow zinc]

😦 But definitely worth it.

I was held back too long

[quaint fable]

Seamless upscaling ingame? Sounds awesome

[snow zinc]

Yes ^^

[quaint fable]

I'll definitely have a look at it later, not something i'd want to miss out on

Does it translate to screenshots too?

[snow zinc]

No. screenshots still are in the resolution you set.

[quaint fable]

Ah okay, not so bad now I know how to upscale myself

[snow zinc]

Yeah magpie also pays of really when you have a high res monitor.

More pixel means more detail and upscaling playroom

[quaint fable]

Yeah, can probably take it to 8k or higher if you're running native 4k

[snow zinc]

No no.. Thats now what magpie does. It just scales the picture to your native res when its lower res in gaem.

So you can choose lower res in game to getr more performance but get a much beter picture when using a higher res monitor.

instead of just going fullscreen and monitor getting blurry picture

[quaint fable]

Ohhh right

[snow zinc]

https://youtu.be/xxDexYt9BUU?t=84

like it explains here

[quaint fable]

Yeah, i'll give that a watch later

[snow zinc]

Definitely do

@white crane
20% more resolution and edited.

[white crane]

thanks

looks good

[snow zinc]

🙂

@pallid girder 4K

@white craneremoved edges and denoised.

[white crane]

🙂

[white crane]

good work mate

[snow zinc]

All these halos you see are JPEG artefacts. You dont get those with PNG. I removed them to show the difference here.

[white crane]

ah

[snow zinc]

JPEG compresses the picture but by that looses information. thats why JPEG is mostly bad quality. and the save function in SC uses JPEG but even with bad compression.

PNG compresses as well, but lossless.

https://youtu.be/R59ITx9uCJA?t=65

hasgaha explains it well.

[white crane]

will watch that

[snow zinc]

Hasgaha is a good duee.

Dude has a own website and does contests and give aways sponsored by CIG

https://www.hasgaha.com/

[pallid girder]

@snow zinc👋

[gray ocean]

@snow zinc pick your fav and make it look cool please 🙂

[gray ocean]

i love how the clouds pop out more thanks

[quaint fable]

Ah

Seems we have two different approaches lol

[fast fox]

one is closer to reality while the second one is just outright magic shit lol

not saying their bad though

[quaint fable]

Went for a more saturated and arcadey look, brightening it all a bit too

Was torn between realism and not though

[thorny zodiac]

@snow zinc i been using a website to upscale lmao

[snow zinc]

Yeah we do. 🙂 I try to keep it realistic always but colorgrade the pictures almost always.

@velvet crater I like that

@wild iris
great picture! 4K now.

[wild iris]

Thanks man!! Was going to do it tomorrow morning but that saves me some time!!

[snow zinc]

^^

It is morning here. ^^ In Germany. ^^

[wild iris]

Hahaha, it is for me too, just an hour and a half past the AM.

[quaint fable]

Yeah, I think I prefer realism, but sometimes it's nice to give it a bit more pop to tune colour

[snow zinc]

@hybrid narwhal 4K

[thorny zodiac]

@snow zinc got a supply drop for you, I can't do em since I'm not home

[snow zinc]

@fallow dagger 4K

[halcyon trout]

Hey mind resing up this pic?

[gray ocean]

Need to up that saturation mah bwah

[snow zinc]

@tender onyx denoised and added anti aliasing.

[grim agate]

please may you do the cool thing on this

[tender onyx]

[thorny zodiac]

@snow zinc

[violet blade]

This too please

Do your Magic @snow zinc

[violet blade]

That ine too pls

[hybrid basin]

@snow zinc 4k, clear filter?

[deep mantle]

I'm here for the 4K wallpapers hehe

[snow zinc]

@hidden zinc 4K and edited. When 3.17 hits I have to make some screenshots with the 125A. 🙂 I wish the 100 series had a simple white skin not these origin symbols everywhere.

[hidden zinc]

those look good, thx.

and yep, the logos can be disturbing some times😅

[snow zinc]

@hybrid basin

[hybrid basin]

@snow zinc can you do the other 2 as well

[kindred haven]

nice

[snow zinc]

@worthy widget
4K and denoised

@worthy widget4K

[snow zinc]

@velvet crater Added antialiasing and upscaled.

@tall mountain upscaled and edited

[wild iris]

@snow zinc The NMKD superyandere model is supa cool

[snow zinc]

It really can be when the quality of the picture is good. 🙂

[snow zinc]

Oh you mean superyandere. I will download it.

[snow zinc]

@safe prairie Added antialiasing to it.

[worthy widget]

Thanks a lot m8, @snow zinc cheers

[snow zinc]

you're welcome. 🙂

[snow zinc]

@tired idol
I like the contrast. Good Idea for a picture. Origin right beside the trash of hurston. Well done. I upscaled it and edited it only slightly as I played around and came to the conclusion that the colors are good how they are. 🙂

[tired idol]

Haha thanks! @snow zinc

[snow zinc]

@olive mauve
Nice!

@olive mauve

@pseudo talon 4K

@hybrid basin

[snow zinc]

@robust path 40% more resolution.

[robust path]

oooooooooooooooooh

[snow zinc]

I am trying out some models I havent used in a while and appreciate them again.

Thats where my antialiasing model shines. These hard edges.

Goddamn bicubic filter in chrome..

[snow zinc]

@ionic fjord 4K

[snow zinc]

@tender onyx

[tender onyx]

[snow zinc]

I didnt use the "denoise ALL" model ^^

[hybrid basin]

@snow zinc 4k please?

[snow zinc]

@mighty burrow anti aliasing and 5K.

[snow zinc]

@safe prairie 5K and edited a bit.

[onyx rock]

my 1st attempt at an upscale using cupscale

[snow zinc]

looking good . 🙂

[snow zinc]

you can set the end resolution here.

[onyx rock]

oh! tks

i was just fiddling around, havent rally looked into how to use this thing effectively yetr

[snow zinc]

@ember hinge 4K and edited

[snow zinc]

@severe fulcrum 4K

[onyx rock]

is that how the bags look ingame?
or did it just get distorted

[snow zinc]

I wondered myself. No thats not how they look. But the screenshot was that way.

[grim agate]

@snow zinc please may you make this look cooler

[severe fulcrum]

Yes. I've tried to fix this by repairing, but to no avail.

[grim agate]

Cheers

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond Original vs. edited. 🙂

[snow zinc]

@tough grotto Original vs. Edited and 4K

@peak cove Original vs. edited

@green thicket Original vs. Edited and 4K. 🙂

[green thicket]

i need to get a better gpu so i can take pics that look nicer

my 1070 isnt liking sc sometimes

[snow zinc]

I did screenshots with my 1070 a year ago also in 4K. I switch the Resolution for teh Screenshot and switch it back afterwards ^^

[green thicket]

ah

[snow zinc]

@odd steppe Denoised.

[peak cove]

Thanks! Great work as always, friend!

[snow zinc]

@tender onyx 4K

4K

@twilit fulcrum ^^

[twilit fulcrum]

Thanks!

[snow zinc]

@wild zinc great picture. raised to 4K and slightly edited.

[wild zinc]

ty!

[uncut sky]

new phone wallpaper for me

[snow zinc]

Before and after editing. 5K Source material.

[snow zinc]

@odd steppe Denoised.

[quaint fable]

Think I did a pretty good job on this one

[snow zinc]

@quaint fable
4K

[quaint fable]

Ooo, was about to start on all the post stuff on my shots, but that looks great, thanks!

[snow zinc]

@winter breach denoised.

[winter breach]

Thx

[pastel mason]

@snow zinc Can you please upscale this to 4k? I want to use this screenshot as my wallpapaer?

[pastel mason]

You are the best!

[snow zinc]

🙂

[snow zinc]

@errant smelt I tried 🙂

[errant smelt]

Still way better than the original

[white crane]

@snow zinc please use your magic 🙂

[snow zinc]

Hope you like it. 🙂 40% more resolution.

[white crane]

perfect

thanks

[snow zinc]

yw

[snow zinc]

@worthy pond Nice!

[worthy pond]

@snow zinc thanks!

I took little video going up and down the river at Sunrise, will see what it comes out like, only 30-40fps but max details Inc clouds @4k

[snow zinc]

Nice

[robust path]

@snow zinc think you could work some quick magic on this?

[quaint fable]

👀

[tall mountain]

[quaint fable]

Not quite the same work our local magician can do, but i've done some slight colour tweaks and rid some of the noise

Did have to downscale a bunch afterwards though, so not sure on the overall quality

Should be okay

[robust path]

so long as jpg artefacts are gonzo

oh wait

that wasnt a jpg

it was just noise

[quaint fable]

Should be, downloaded as png for me so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[robust path]

oh man, ok i guess the original will be fine for [redacted]

hmmmmm but the artefacts

eh it adds to it

[quaint fable]

I'm guessing it's the storm creating some noise or whatever, i'll check the original anyway

Naturally should be in best condition for ||[REDACTED]||

Ah yea, original is jpg

I'll try tidying it up a bit

Won't be the same work 1ch0 can do, but it's something at least

Did what I could, still have some artefacts but it's a bit clearer now. Not too noticeable seeing as it's super high res anyway

[robust path]

thenks

[signal wave]

@snow zinc what if you did your magic on this masterpiece

Closer but has the "pico the penguin" thing

Oh nevermind, i can just take my helmet off lol, lemme do a last one

there :D

[white crane]

or press F4 and move your camera with the arrow keys

[snow zinc]

@white crane

[white crane]

you are the best

[grim agate]

It's meant to be like that

If you zoom in on this

You can see it's not a metal case but actually a material thing

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain 4K and edited a tiny bit.

[tall mountain]

I appreciate that you took the time to do that my good man!

Helas! like we say in french, I dont like it!

it's way too red! which coming from me is a statement because Red is a bedrock of my life!

[snow zinc]

^^ yeah I figured

[tall mountain]

hey no offence

[snow zinc]

They are both edited btw

below is just upscaled

[tall mountain]

oh right?

ok ok i like the below big time

let me compare it to my own on my drive

[tall mountain]

aaah nah

dont get rid of the etheral

you make things too sharp

try the other way

[snow zinc]

😄

[tall mountain]

go fuzzy

etheral!

[tiny lion]

Anything you think could be improved about this picture? I tried fiddling with the colours a bit, but I just don't see enough small difference which will likely end up in me mocking it up

[snow zinc]

Not sure if its better.

[fathom slate]

Can I get uhhhhhhhhh

[sly umbra]

[tall mountain]

@snow zinc try something with this one!

would love to see your edit!

[snow zinc]

Nice picture!

[fathom slate]

Alright!! Thanks, mate!

You're awesome

[onyx rock]

alright imo

upscaled to 4k

[snow zinc]

It`s alright. Knock yourself out with different models. 🙂 You will see what works and what not. 🙂

@worthy pond edited a bit and denoised. 😉 I love what the models do. One is pure GainRes which adds antialiasing and the other one is BSRGAN which denoised.

[worthy pond]

Looks great, more depth of field for sure!

[snow zinc]

I love how GainRes fixes issue even in pictures and smoothes things out. I didnt even change resolution and you see how the 2. video it just fixes the pixels.

@worthy pond I never tried myself on these EMP fields. Looks nice.

[worthy pond]

Almost looks like a planet doesn't it!

[grim agate]

Please may you make this look cooler

[worthy pond]

Looks much sharper compared to the original!

[onyx rock]

are there more models I am just not seeing?
only saw two.
and do oyu do interpolation and all thet?

that

I tried interpolate and it took forever then the result looked terrible

[snow zinc]

There are LOTs of models. 🙂 @onyx rock The Dev has a drive where you can download all his own models he created and there is even a wiki where you find models sorted by type for what they are trained for.

Also a discord for models in general.

https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi

https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

https://discord.gg/.................n9vH6cnP

https://discord.gg/...................jgTvhTbc

[grim agate]

Hey 1cho please may you make that screenshot look cooler

[snow zinc]

There is not so much you can do.. 😦

[grim agate]

Roger

[snow zinc]

I tried but its too destroyed.

No more detail of any kind.

I am no witcher. 😄

[grim agate]

👍

[snow zinc]

If you have the original..

[grim agate]

dw its fine

[snow zinc]

ok

[onyx rock]

Tks 1cho I'll check it out later

[snow zinc]

👍

[snow zinc]

@hoary halo enhanced and denosied.

[snow zinc]

@severe fulcrum 4K

[sly umbra]

[snow zinc]

@cobalt cave raised resolution, enhanced and denoised.

@tender wraith raised resolution and denoised.

@violet blade 4K and enhanced. Also removed JPEG artefacts. You dont wanna use JPEG with screenshots. 😉 I made a comparison where I only removed the artefacts and nothing else. You see the difference. Try to use PNG.

[violet blade]

Okay, I will

[violet blade]

How do I do that?

Can I just change the jpeg name to png?

[snow zinc]

No, you have to use another screenshot tool.

Like reshade, geforce experience, MSI Afterburner, AMD screenshot tool.

[cobalt cave]

if you have an Nvidia card, just use Shadowplay's screenshot. It's PNG

[violet blade]

how

[cobalt cave]

alt + ; to open the menu

[snow zinc]

https://www.howtogeek.com/340372/how-to-take-screenshots-of-your-pc-games/

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/community/citizen-spotlight/9808-Tips-amp-Explanations-On-Increasing-The-Image-Quality-Of-Your-SC-In-Game-Screenshots

This should help you. Older video, but still valid.

@violet blade

[violet blade]

Thanks you 😄

[cobalt cave]

any tips for the camera control? DoF especially feels like it's all or nothing

[snow zinc]

Use smaller field of view. You enhance by that the effect and can better scale it.

Field of view you change by pressing F4 and plus or minus on numpad.

[cobalt cave]

smaller as in more telephoto? My FOV is pretty small or "zoomed in" and the DoF still seems like it's pretty much hit or miss for everything

[snow zinc]

Yeah it's not very fine in it's adjustment.

[cobalt cave]

also, what do you use to upscale?

[snow zinc]

https://github.com/n00mkrad/cupscale/releases/

https://www.ilovefreesoftware.com/19/windows/free-ai-image-upscaler-software-for-windows-based-on-esrgan-cupscale.html

https://upscale.wiki/wiki/Model_Database

https://icedrive.net/s/43GNBihZyi

[snow zinc]

@spring ingot 4K

[spring ingot]

thanks man

[snow zinc]

@cobalt cave 4K

[shut condor]

I see alot of lost detail in theupscaled image

[quaint fable]

@boreal comet Tried to get as close to the original as I could

[boreal comet]

Thanks dad, my SS will be better now that I injected reshade

[quaint fable]

I am father now?

Well that's one way to find out I suppose

[snow zinc]

Crusader is just awesome to make screenshots

[snow zinc]

@white crane removed jpeg artefacts. 🙂

[white crane]

nice

[snow zinc]

@quartz saffron 4K

[quartz saffron]

Thanks you

[snow zinc]

Best I can do. 🙂

[quartz saffron]

My 4g is gonna run out with all these BIG pictures xD

[snow zinc]

😄 😄

@quartz saffron Download Magpie.
https://github.com/Blinue/Magpie/releases

Set a lower resolution ijn game than your monitor has, set the game wo window borderless

than activate magpie

it will upscale to your native monitor resolution

[quartz saffron]

Ok

[quartz saffron]

Ok

[snow zinc]

https://youtu.be/SdwM1ULn87A

[peak cove]

oops sorry I dind't mean to post it directly in here lol my bad

[snow zinc]

@robust path 4K 🙂

[robust path]

hawt

[sly umbra]

not sc related but i was messing around in light room

took this pic ages ago but i really like it

apart from the lens flare or whatever thats called

[snow zinc]

@shrewd fjord

[boreal comet]

Man, I wanna take my corvette down this road. It looks so nice

[snow zinc]

Oh yeah, looks nice. 🙂

Problem is with Real Life.. You need a good camera to make good "Screenshots". 😄

Thats actually where the "Ultrasharp" model excels. ^^ At realistic pictures.

[snow zinc]

@tired idol 4K

[tired idol]

Thanks mate!

[fathom slate]

:D

[tall mountain]

love the subtlety of how you improved on that! That shot is pretty cool!

[fathom slate]

tysm!!

[snow zinc]

@tall mountain Great picture!

[tall mountain]

yes yes yes! first one!

wow!!!

i can feel the heat of the big screens on my armor!!!

Really well done mate, thank you for appreciating and enhancing that moment!

[snow zinc]

🙂

I really like the armor.

look col

[tall mountain]

waitr wait