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Upscaling Methods Showdown by Saul Espinosa

Testing out some different Upscaling methods, in this test I upscaled some 720p footage to 1080p. This is a cropped in close up of the test results.

A custom Nuke TVI method is by far the best but I will say the Red Giant Plug-in Instant 4k did pretty good and got 2nd best. After Effects, built-in Detail-Preserving Upscale was mediocre and finally just a Nuke Reformat node which provided the baseline generic upscale.

The results speak for themselves, Nuke TVI methods are on another level but for Non-Nuke users, the Instant 4k plug-in works surprisingly well. Recommend one of the two above options if your up-scaling CG renders.

Redshift for Houdini 17 is now available! by Saul Espinosa

Hey guys, as many of you now know Houdini 17 released yesterday. Juanjo the Houdini dev for Redshift decided to share an early preview build for people to use inside of Houdini 17 until the proper plug-in releases. For now it is a plug-in patch file you download and add to the already available 2.6.23 build. Here is a link to the forum post with the Houdini 17 plug-in download link. Follow the instructions and update your environment file like usual. Lots of really cool new features in Houdini 17, enjoy guys!

https://www.redshift3d.com/forums/viewthread/21490

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Starting Patreon and Youtube Channels by Saul Espinosa

Hey guys! So its been a long what feels like ages since I updated my Squarespace. I figured I would start updating it and update my Squarespace blog more often. I have been busy lately with my Youtube channel and Patreon page which cover tutorial material specifically for Redshift and environment work. I look forward to posting new interesting content here in the future.

Patreon
Youtube Channel

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