Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
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Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
This is something i've been doing lately.
I'm trying to clear pixelation out from SEGA CD screenshots, so i could use them in hi-res wallpapers, signatures and other graphics. It's actually very difficult and since i'm not anykind of pofessional in this work so sometimes i think that i have not a clue what the heck i'm trying to do. Usually i just try different kind of effects, adjusting settings, blurring and so on. Most of the time results are just shit but this time i actually suprised myself.
I'm using paint shop pro and i adjusted 'digital camera noise removal', contrast and enhanced coloursatiety.
Does someone else here tryed to do this, and if so post your results. I would like to see how good someone has cleared screenshots =)
Here's some of my results:
I'm trying to clear pixelation out from SEGA CD screenshots, so i could use them in hi-res wallpapers, signatures and other graphics. It's actually very difficult and since i'm not anykind of pofessional in this work so sometimes i think that i have not a clue what the heck i'm trying to do. Usually i just try different kind of effects, adjusting settings, blurring and so on. Most of the time results are just shit but this time i actually suprised myself.
I'm using paint shop pro and i adjusted 'digital camera noise removal', contrast and enhanced coloursatiety.
Does someone else here tryed to do this, and if so post your results. I would like to see how good someone has cleared screenshots =)
Here's some of my results:
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
looks good nice one.
but in my own opinion im sorry to say i kind of like the old pixly versions. im kind of one of those people if it aint broke dont fix it.
but good work none the less
but in my own opinion im sorry to say i kind of like the old pixly versions. im kind of one of those people if it aint broke dont fix it.
but good work none the less
Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
Cool. They almost look like they were drawn by hand.
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
Ah, you're making your problem worse by turning on the aspect ratio correction in Gens (that looks like what you're using). It uses crappy nearest-neighbor filtering to stretch the 256x224 pixels to 4:3. Just turn it off, filter, and then correct to 4:3 (if you even want to, some people are happy never correcting the ratio).
And you shouldn't even be using Gens. Use Fusion; the filtering is WAY better. Just experiment around with the filters in both emulators but you do want to turn off the aspect ratio correction.
And you shouldn't even be using Gens. Use Fusion; the filtering is WAY better. Just experiment around with the filters in both emulators but you do want to turn off the aspect ratio correction.
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
Too much blur, you can barely see Gillian's eyes in some pics.
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
hmm... i always tought Sega genesis games are actually on 320x240 pixel resolution.8bitsonic wrote:Ah, you're making your problem worse by turning on the aspect ratio correction in Gens (that looks like what you're using). It uses crappy nearest-neighbor filtering to stretch the 256x224 pixels to 4:3. Just turn it off, filter, and then correct to 4:3 (if you even want to, some people are happy never correcting the ratio).
Am i wrong about this then? (But i'm playing ther game on double resolution so that the screen would be satisfid size)
But yeah, i admit that those screens i tried to clear up aren't really that good. Actually the one of Randam looks fine, but others doesn't. And that's because the Randam screen has more dark colors which kind of makes it to look better and not too blurry.
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
All Genesis games run at either 320x224 (almost 4:3 but not quite) or 256x224 resolution. Most SG/SCD/32X games run at 320x224, but Snatcher was converted from the PC-Engine, where it ran at 256x224 (like most PCE games), and obviously most of the graphics are simply ported over. And you're going to have a problem removing the pixelation in any case, because the resolution is so low. I think Gens has some sort of fancy filter that makes the picture look very high resolution, though sometimes it looks kinda weird... SCUMMvm has the same filter. I think it's called "HQ2x" or something like that, maybe try it?Solidé wrote:hmm... i always tought Sega genesis games are actually on 320x240 pixel resolution.8bitsonic wrote:Ah, you're making your problem worse by turning on the aspect ratio correction in Gens (that looks like what you're using). It uses crappy nearest-neighbor filtering to stretch the 256x224 pixels to 4:3. Just turn it off, filter, and then correct to 4:3 (if you even want to, some people are happy never correcting the ratio).
Am i wrong about this then? (But i'm playing ther game on double resolution so that the screen would be satisfid size)
But yeah, i admit that those screens i tried to clear up aren't really that good. Actually the one of Randam looks fine, but others doesn't. And that's because the Randam screen has more dark colors which kind of makes it to look better and not too blurry.
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
Out of interest, what exactly are you trying to achieve? I looks like you've used a surface blur or smart blur filter in photoshop...
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
Just like i said. i was trying to make screenshots more prettier and removing pixelation so they could look more nicer and then use the screenshots on different kind of graphics.Mr. Seed wrote:Out of interest, what exactly are you trying to achieve? I looks like you've used a surface blur or smart blur filter in photoshop...
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Re: Clearing some SEGA CD screenshots
I admit, at first glance, they brought to mind heavily anime stills, but to fully cure something like that, you'd need someone to hand draw the frames all over again... Someone with talent and dedication. And a crapload of time.