I've been seeing a lot of 'upscaled' videos posted. Vintage and such, and some old JAV as well. What I don't see is the name of the software being used. Some of the work is amazing and I know of a LOT of Jav that would benefit from some sharpening and upgrading. I really don't want to shell out $$$ for software that doesn't do what I need it to do. So far, none of the posters I've messaged have gotten back to me on the subject.

Does anyone know of or use upscaling software, and would you recommend it?

RK

Hi,
From what I was able to find, there is at least these two:
- https://www.videoproc.com/video-converting-software/feature-ai-super-resolution.htm?ttref=w1bd-dhm2311-askw
- https://www.topazlabs.com/downloads?srsltid=AfmBOooo84T3efMMg8rxsPhNzPplhadLDIW8Uso2FHw2EjMYzcohr5JF

But both are not free, and I never used them (I don't have enough powerful computer anyway).

I use You Cut video editor on Android. I have the free version which does the job, but the file size is disproportionately high on upscaling.

It's free so I suppose beggars cannot be choosers.

Disproportionately high is an understatement. It also has a size/time limit. Had to slice a movie in 30 minute chunks. First chunk would be upscaled to 2164p and 8GB. Minimal results in picture quality. Thanks though.

I tried it a few times, and pretty much gave up. Trying to process them took an insane amount of time, and the file sizes were insanely big once it did finish. Quite often with artifacting that I absolutely detested.

Most of my adjustments are still done the "old fashioned" way. Most of what I work with are "classics" (1980s and older film releases), that suffer from various forms of vinegar syndrome or simply bad contrasting when originally converted to videotape three decades ago. So for those I just do the best I can in my editing software.

I tend to see myself more as an "archivist" than anything else.