I’ve been re-watching star trek voyager recently, and I’ve heard when filming, they didn’t clear the wide angle of filming equipment, so it’s not as simple as just going back to the original film. With the advancement of AI, is it only a matter of time until older programs like this are released with more updated formats?
And if yes, do you think AI could also upgrade to 4K. So theoretically you could change a SD 4:3 program and make it 4k 16:9.
I’d imagine it would be easier for the early episodes of Futurama for example due to it being a cartoon and therefore less detailed.
I don’t understand why there are so many purists bashing the idea. To answer directly, it can be done and it can be done well enough, albeit you’d need a fair amount of GPU. There’s a reason it’s mostly used for still images. Also, don’t expect scene to scene consistency. New hallways, etc, unless we get models that can account for that.
Also yes, you can upres stuff, even before all this image stuff. It’s gotten pretty good, even for video-- usually benefits from some human touch ups though; it’s used quite well on some video games. That’s easier than out painting, but has trouble with text and finer designs that are harder to guess.
Plus, it’s arguably easier with live action rather than animation although I’m not certain. Redoing an art style isn’t always easier than just filling in scenes.
Honestly at the rate we’re going we could probably even have AI generate whole episodes of stuff, but that’s when we’re really going to be treading dangerous waters.