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| Name: | The Photoelectric Effect |
| Version/Date: | Version 3.1, 30 Aug 2021 |
| Authors: | Marc-Olivier Lajeunesse, Tyler deBoon, Dr. Rob MacDonald, Andrew Martin, Dr. Brian Martin, Dr. Peter Mahaffy, |
| Contact: | Visit www.kcvs.ca for contact information |
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The Photoelectric Effect
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: It uses intelligent algorithms to generate new pixels, adding sharpening and anti-aliasing to preserve detail when upscaling low-resolution video. Availability : It is part of the Red Giant Shooter Suite
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Stick to , Gumroad (for free indie tools), or GitHub for open-source solutions.
The plugin was part of Red Giant's Shooter Suite, a collection of tools for video acquisition and image processing. Instant 4K used algorithms and anti-alias filters to upscale images, sharpening lines and dealing with aliasing to improve the quality of the upscaling result. Users found it did a "bang-up job" of upconverting standard-definition footage, often producing higher quality results than After Effects could achieve on its own. Fortunately, you do not need to spend money
Free AE community plugins / scripts
If you want to push your upscaling further or simulate the exact look of stylized 4K plugins, you can chain multiple native After Effects tools together.
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| Name: | The Photoelectric Effect |
| Version/Date: | Version 3.1, 30 Aug 2021 |
| Authors: | Marc-Olivier Lajeunesse, Tyler deBoon, Dr. Rob MacDonald, Andrew Martin, Dr. Brian Martin, Dr. Peter Mahaffy, |
| Contact: | Visit www.kcvs.ca for contact information |
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