K1 Cutscenes Rescaled 1.5.0

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This mod modernizes all K1 cutscenes by upscaling, slight compositing, and remaking text elements. This in 3440x1440, 3840x2160,  2560x1440 and 1920x1080 resolutions at the original framerate and interpolated to a 60fps version.

Disclaimer
This mod only includes enhanced cutscenes. Adjusting your game to the preferred resolution is necessary.  There's multiple guides on how to do this online. (like this one.)

Information
- Cutscenes have been upscaled using a combination of AI models in Topaz Video AI 4-5, then re-composited and exported back to bink files at a high bitrrate.
- Remade the subtitles for videos 02-09-31a-50-56b
- Remade legal screen
- Remade title crawl in video 01a
- Fixed issues in certain videos (color grading, broken fades,..)

Installation
- Download preferred resolution and frame rate versions.
- Extract the downloaded folders into the  "movies" folder in your game installation directory. Remember to make a backup of the original folder first if you want to restore them at some point.
- Overwrite with any preferred alt versions.

Alts
All the resolution versions have the same alternative options.
- "legal" an alternative legalscreen option.
- "nosubs" removes subtitles from videos 02-09-31a-50-56b
- "whitesubs" adds white instead of blue subtitles to videos 02-09-31a-50-56b

Let me know if  you run into any issues or have any thoughts. This is by no means perfect since the upscaling process still introduces a lot of artifacts but I'm hoping to revisit and improve this project whenever there's a significant update in available upscaling video tech.


What's New in Version 1.5.0   See changelog

Released

Reworked all videos with a new workflow for more detailed upscaling.

Added a 60fps version.

Re-encoded .bik files at higher bitrates.

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I took the copies of the earlier versions you uploaded, downres'd then to 1920 wide, letterboxed to 1080 high, and upped the framerate to 60fps. My older 29.97fps videos that I had upscaled myself several years ago were running super choppy with the game running at 60fps on a 120hz monitor. It's working well so far, 19-odd hours into my current playthrough. So I'd suggest offering a 60fps version might be useful to people. Although I discovered that the game would crash when mixing videos of different framerates, so it's an all or nothing thing.

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Remade the star wars crawl in video 01a

Is that still the same version as the one you uploaded before? I noticed the crawl pops in suddenly in the version I have rather than scrolling in from the bottom of the frame.

I'm curious how you did that btw. Did you just grab the few frames of empty space after the original crawl faded out and duplicate them to give you a clean background to create the new crawl on?

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"nosubs" removes subtitles from videos 02-09-31a-50-56b

That's appreciated. I can add new subs to the letterboxing in my local version. Edit: Ah, I see you included letterboxed versions. Nice.

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I noticed the issue with the 01a video before uploading so the pop in should be fixed in this version. I did however notice just now there is still something off with the timing of the crawl, making a new version asap. And jep, that's exactly how I did it, it's basically a freeze of the empty space scene before the camera starts moving.

I'll look into a 60fps version, was a bit worried about the extra artifacts it would introduce.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, ConansHair said:

A 1920x1080 option would be nice! :thumbup:

Definitely doable! Wasn't sure what resolutions people would want at first, but I'll spin up the renders for a 1080p version tonight.

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On 12/3/2023 at 8:17 AM, Pops Maellard said:

Definitely doable! Wasn't sure what resolutions people would want at first, but I'll spin up the renders for a 1080p version tonight.

Any chance for a 2560x1440 version?

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