27.12.2025, 23:08
My experience is the exact opposite. I consider myself an amateur (slowly advancing)
Few years ago, I wanted to repair some old videos. I barely knew anything as far as videos, mp4, Avi, interlaced, progressive, it was all foreign to me. I realized that Premiere Pro, just wasn't made for it. Whether its to Deinterlace a video, stabilize a shaky video, clean it up, fix a missing frame, etc. First thing I picked up was using FFmpeg command, but that has its limits. Doing some research and reading in lots of forums it appears that experts are using scripts in avisynth and vapoursynth, with incredible results. That is a very steep learning curve, I just couldn't master it. By accident I discovered Hybrid, a software by Selur where all these tools are built-in. At first glance it was overwhelming, but it has everything and there is logic behind the menu and how it is setup.
I did try Topaz a couple of years back, Pre Starlight / Astra versions. The upscaling of objects were impressive, but people faces didn't seem natural, plus it was very slow.
As for as colorization, the only tool available was DeOldify, which was slow and painful to setup locally. Dan took it to the next level and is relentless in his pursuit for the ultimate method. The colorization seem to work better for outdoors nature scenes vs the indoors or dark scenes.
The support from Selur is incredible, frequent updates, new features and helpful guidance. Both Selur and the many contributions of Dan, don't get enough credit. But know this, there are many video enthusiasts like me out there and they do appreciate all you have done.
Few years ago, I wanted to repair some old videos. I barely knew anything as far as videos, mp4, Avi, interlaced, progressive, it was all foreign to me. I realized that Premiere Pro, just wasn't made for it. Whether its to Deinterlace a video, stabilize a shaky video, clean it up, fix a missing frame, etc. First thing I picked up was using FFmpeg command, but that has its limits. Doing some research and reading in lots of forums it appears that experts are using scripts in avisynth and vapoursynth, with incredible results. That is a very steep learning curve, I just couldn't master it. By accident I discovered Hybrid, a software by Selur where all these tools are built-in. At first glance it was overwhelming, but it has everything and there is logic behind the menu and how it is setup.
I did try Topaz a couple of years back, Pre Starlight / Astra versions. The upscaling of objects were impressive, but people faces didn't seem natural, plus it was very slow.
As for as colorization, the only tool available was DeOldify, which was slow and painful to setup locally. Dan took it to the next level and is relentless in his pursuit for the ultimate method. The colorization seem to work better for outdoors nature scenes vs the indoors or dark scenes.
The support from Selur is incredible, frequent updates, new features and helpful guidance. Both Selur and the many contributions of Dan, don't get enough credit. But know this, there are many video enthusiasts like me out there and they do appreciate all you have done.