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Dangerous Short Films are currently being upscaled to 4K on YouTube!

MJJ.D777 said:
Ok, now I'm sure, the jumbotron scenes were also filmed in 4K? So a 4K re-release is possible.
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Even though 4K cameras were used the final movie was finished in 2K according to IMDB. So they would have to some editing again if they were to release it in native 4K. I don't know if they have some rough edit in 4K.
 
It doesn't have to be 4K imo, that's all I am reading here. The quality has to improve in some way, that's what is important. I don't care if it's FullHD, 4K, 8K or whatever.

The "upscales" just look like taking a jpeg that's out of focus, using a sharpening tool and denoise... doesn't work that way, they should know that. Well, I am sure they know but they think "it's good enough".

It is heartbreaking to think about how much work Michael and all the teams involved in the short films put in there to create something outstanding and how it is treated now. Ugh.
 
All short films post Bad have their masters on tape, therefore you first have to locate and scan every camera negative, remove scratches and dust, edit and mix the whole thing back together and on top recreate VFX or manually cut shots out of an upscaled version from the tape master and edit them into the film scan
 
things are about to roll off next year with the biopic, album and so on so let's wait and see, HIStory and Blood On The Dance Floor get a reissue by MoFi next year so that's gonna be great
 
I'll go out and say it - AI remasters look awful, 100% of the time. I've never seen a good one. Including fan made "remasters". There was a wave of kids remastering every video in 2010-2012, it feels very much like that
 
dam2040 said:
I'll go out and say it - AI remasters look awful, 100% of the time. I've never seen a good one. Including fan made "remasters". There was a wave of kids remastering every video in 2010-2012, it feels very much like that
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Agreed. Even ones that I have seen people say look good always look bad to me. They always look off or lq in some way.

Maybe if you're watching on a phone screen they might look decent. Anything bigger and it falls apart pretty quickly in my opinion.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
Agreed. Even ones that I have seen people say look good always look bad to me. They always look off or lq in some way.

Maybe if you're watching on a phone screen they might look decent. Anything bigger and it falls apart pretty quickly in my opinion.
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It's unnatural sharpness etc. Just looks weird.


Like this is a film reel scan, why do you need to AI blitz the life out of it? This channel is a particularly terrible offender.
 
In The Closet looks awful, are they even watching these before they release them?

At this point we have to question whether it's self sabotage, I mean this is Michael art they're destroying. What's the purpose?

The fact they're replacing the very watchable originals with this rubbish is despicable.
 
mjfp said:
All short films post Bad have their masters on tape, therefore you first have to locate and scan every camera negative, remove scratches and dust, edit and mix the whole thing back together and on top recreate VFX or manually cut shots out of an upscaled version from the tape master and edit them into the film scan
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Using the SD source for some shots is ok in my opinion. It might not always look good but it can. It works in Careless Whisper music video:

 
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