ricardo marty wrote:Thom Guida wrote:Long story short: I have avi's of 70 year 16mm film my Father shot, most of which is poorly focused or completely or near completely out of focus.
With all the progress of AI, has there been any successful development of video focus correction?
There are many loved one's kept alive in those brief moments in time that Father (RIP) captured. Many of my relatives are getting very long of tooth and I'd like to give them some smiles deep from their past which they likely do not know exist.
Thank you all in advance,
/Thom
Maybe this could help a little:
https://www.topazlabs.com/video-enhance-aiRicardo Marty
Ricardo!
YOU are now my BBF or BFF or whatever the kids are expressing with all these Acronyms from the interwebs and social media.
I tested it, the WATERMARK is the affected area which is SMALL. Topazlabs. really? At $300 it is the same cost as DRS, that quashed moving on it. Since I tested it everyone and their Brother's Mother has already entered the Xmas Season price reductions vying for the pent up availablitity of cash liquidity - and to get their cash before anyone else. Meanwhile Topazlabs has not.
I could wait, and I could die before then; no not a flip joke of poor taste. My Radio Club Brother, and one of the biggest supporters of what I do and give gratis, died Monday. Not Covid, he wasn't a sickly man. All he needed was a stent 2 weeks later and still in the Hospital, he needed bypass,then complications lead to stroke, to cardiac arrest. So why do I say this? I spend a lot of money for gear, H/S, various licensing - HUGE amount of time for the Club, on the Clubs brand - they are non-profit and I can not ask for compensation or <cough> a budget??? The mystical, magic Money Tree is not in my backyard yielding cash.
Oh, as we are a quasi-government agency in support of Comm Services to Borough and County as OEM 1st Responders in a Support role of Major emergencies. Why bring this up? As part of the .Gov certain dollar amounts force a competive bidding process, which usually takes long normally. The stuff I do they don't even have a category for. We can't ask for money. And I'm on a fixed income.
Sorry for the unloading and off-topic extrospection - it just kinda flowed. And TMI, which will likely bite me in the A$$.
May I add, the forum members here are civil, INCREDIBLY talented, creative and knowledgeable. And for that I am grateful beyond words. I don't say much here, in general, have little to offer - but certainly feel honored to be in speaking distance of such a diverse, brilliant talent pool of *Good* people. I am hoping by osmosis or proximity I can absorb what I am exposed to.
Thank you members, you are appreciated. Blackmagic and the fine employees here have pretty much made me a FanBoy for life. Yeah, good people all.